TOKYO FILMeX (東京フィルメックス) is an international film festival established in 2000.
History The film festival was launched by Office Kitano, the agency and production company co-founded by leading actor-filmmaker Takeshi Kitano.Filmmaker Magazine TOKYO FILMeX especially focuses on new and independent feature films from Asia. A large number of films selected for competition program come from China, Japan, Korea, Iran, and other Asian countries.
The festival's main events have been held annually at Yurakucho, Tokyo in late November. These events consist of the Competition Program, Special screening Program and Filmmakers in focus Program. Alongside the competition program for young emerging Asian filmmakers and other screening programs, stage appearances by actors and symposiums are also planned to discover the masterworks of independent filmmakers from around the world.
In 2018, Office Kitano was restructured after Kitano announced in March that he was quitting to go independent. As representing Kitano brought in a large proportion of Office Kitano's revenue, the company has now scaled back production and is no longer in a position to fund TOKYO FILMeX. Kinoshita Group has stepped in to take over the management role and part-finance the event, which also receives funding from government and sponsorship deals.
Winners
Competition Grand Prize Year Film Director Nationality of Director(at time of film's release)2000Suzhou RiverLou Ye2001Flower IslandSong Il-gon2002Blissfully YoursApichatpong Weerasethakul2003IncenseNing Hao2004Tropical MaladyApichatpong Weerasethakul2005BashingMasahiro Kobayashi2006To Get to Heaven, First You Have to DieJamshed Usmonov2007TehilimRaphaël Nadjari2008Waltz with BashirAri Folman2009BreathlessYang Ik-june2010Love AddictionShinki Uchida2011Old DogPema Tseden 2012EpilogueAmir Manor2013In BloomNana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß2014Cyclo D' OrFrancis Pasion2015TharloPema Tseden2016Life after lifeZhang Hanyi2017Marlina the Murderer in Four ActsMouly Surya The Seen and UnseenKamila Andini 2018AykaSergei Dvortsevoy 2019BallonPema Tseden2020In Between DyingHilal Baydarov2021What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?Alexandre KoberidzeAnatomy of TimeJakrawal Nilthamrong2022AutobiographyMakbul Mubarak2023Inside the Yellow Cocoon ShellPhạm Thiên Ân
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