2nd Okinawa International Movie Festival

2nd Okinawa International Movie Festival

Main stage of 2nd Okinawa International Movie Festival
Opening film Furimun in Okinawa
Closing film

Saraba Itoshi no Daitouryou

Location Okinawa Island, Japan
Founded 2009
Awards Golden Shisa Award (Miss Kurosawa Film)
Festival date March 20 – 28, 2010
Website http://www.oimf.jp

The 2nd Okinawa International Movie Festival was held from March 20 to March 28, 2010, and took place at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan City and Sakurazaka Theater in Naha, owned and run by Japanese director Yuji Nakae.[1] Attendance was recorded as 380,000, with 194 official guests.[2] The Golden Shisa was awarded to Taku Watanabe for his Miss Kurosawa Film.

Japanese J-Pop singer Namie Amuro was a special guest on the Okinawa International Movie Festival red carpet on March 24.[3] Other guests included Korean actor Kang Ji-hwan, Chinese director Ing Sheng, Korean-American actor Steve Seungjun Yoo, Taiwanese Director Fu Tien-Yu and Adisorn Tresirikasern, a director from Thailand.[4]

Official selection

The official selection of films was broken into two categories, "Laugh" and "Peace". The former focuses on comedy films, while the latter includes dramas and documentaries with elements of comedy.

Competition

Laugh Category

The following films were selected as In Competition for the Laugh Category:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries
A.D. Girl - Things She Must Do Tomorrow 明日やること ゴミ出し 愛想笑い 恋愛 Ryuta Agari Japan
Selfish Planet! 宇宙で1番ワガママな星 Hiroaki Ito Japan
Stay The Night at The Grave お墓に泊まろう！ Takayuki Ito Japan
Miss Kurosawa Film クロサワ映画 Taku Watanabe Japan
Saraba Itoshi no Daitoryo さらば愛しの大統領 Daisuke Shibata & Atsumu Watanabe Japan
Zebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City ゼブラーマン ゼブラシティの逆襲 Takashi Miike Japan
Close Encounters Of The Stupid ~Tales of Rossy Stardust & Junior From Mars~ 無知との遭遇 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE STUPID Takanobu Goda Japan
Miracle Girls: Neva-da Stop Dreaming 矢島美容室 THE MOVIE ～夢をつかまネバダ～ Shinya Nakajima Japan
Watashi no Yasashikunai Senpai 私の優しくない先輩 ' Yutaka Yamamoto Japan
My Girlfriend is an Agent 7급 공무원 ' Shin Tae-Ra South Korea
On His Majesty's Secret Service 大内密探灵灵狗 (Da Nei Mi Tan Ling Ling Gou) ' Wong Jing Hong Kong
The Hangover (film) N/A Todd Phillips United States
Fanboys (film) N/A Kyle Newman United States

Peace Category

The following films were selected as In Competition for the Peace Category:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Solanin ソラニン Takahiro Miki Japan
My Darling is a Foreigner ダーリンは外国人 Kazuaki Ue Japan
Sunshine Ahead てぃだかんかん ～ 海とサンゴと小さな奇跡～ Toshio Lee Japan
A Song of Gondola ニライの丘 ～A Song of Gondola～ Naoya Oshiro Japan
The Hero Show ヒーローショー Kazuyuki Izutsu Japan
Wararaifu!! ワラライフ!! Yuichi Kimura Japan
Little Big Soldier 大兵小将 (Da bing xiao jiang) Sheng Ding China
Bangkok Traffic Love Story รถไฟฟ้า..มาหานะเธอ (Rot Fai Faa..Maa Haa Na Ter) Adisorn Trisirikasem Thailand
Somewhere I Have Never Traveled 帶我去遠方 Tien-Yu Fu Taiwan
A Match Made in Heaven* Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Aditya Chopra India
A Town Called Panic (film) Panique au village Stephane Aubier & Vincent Patar Belgium, France, Luxembourg
The Missing Lynx El Lince Perdido Raul Garcia & Manuel Sicilia Spain
Hipsters (film) Стиляги (Stilyagi) Valery Todorovsky Russia

Out of Competition

The following films were screened out of competition:

"Special Screening Feature on Okinawa Movie"
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Furimun in Okinawa 南の島のフリムン Gori (comedian) Japan
Sachiko Nakada: The Queen of Okinawan Comedy オバアは喜劇の女王～ 仲田幸子 沖縄芝居に生きる ～ Yasunari Izuma Japan

Jury

Red carpet at 2nd Okinawa International Movie Festival, 2010
Competition

Awards

Official selection

In Competition

The Golden Shisa Award was won by the Japanese-language film Miss Kurosawa Film directed by Taku Watanabe.

The Laugh Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix went to Miss Kurosawa Film directed by Taku Watanabe.

The Peace Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix was won by Indian film A Match Made in Heaven by Aditya Chopra.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Darrell Nelson (2012-03-28). "Fourth Okinawa International Movie Festival". Shift East. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  2. ↑ "3rd Okinawa International Film Festival". UNIJAPAN. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  3. ↑ "Okinawa International Movie Festival – Laugh and Peace". Japan Style. 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  4. ↑ "Beach stage is highlight of International Movie Festival". Weekly Japan Update. 2010-03-25. Retrieved 2012-12-30.

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