1st Okinawa International Movie Festival

1st Okinawa International Movie Festival

Local performers on the main stage of the 1st Okinawa International Movie Festival
Opening film Goemon
Closing film Burn After Reading
Location Okinawa Island, Japan
Founded 2009
Awards Competition Grand Prix (Battle League Horumo)
Festival date March 19 – 22, 2009
Website http://www.oimf.jp

The 1st Okinawa International Movie Festival was held from March 19 to March 22, 2009 and took place at the American Village at Mihama Chatan-cho in Okinawa City. The inaugural events saw 38 films being shown and was supported by the Ministries of Economy, Trade and Industry, and Foreign Affairs, along with the Cabinet Office in Okinawa.[1]

Most of the movies for the first Okinawa International Movie Festival were shown free of charge with a few priced at ¥800/ ¥400 for adults/ children. The Chatan Town Sunset Beach also hosted performances by Okinawan artists Rimi Natsukawa and the Rinken Band.[1]

The Competition Grand Prix was awarded to Japanese director Katsuhide Motoki for his film Battle League Horumo.

Official selection

The official selection of films shown in competition included three domestic films out of 8 in competition, all of which were given their world premiers. The five competing foreign films were given their Japan premier at the festival.

Competition

The following films were selected as In Competition:

English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countries
Battle League Horumo 鴨川ホルモー Katsuhide Motoki Japan
Guardian Angel 守護天使 Yuichi Sato Japan
Baby, Baby, Baby! ベイビィ ベイビィ ベイビィ！ Kazuyuki Morosawa Japan
Sunshine Cleaning N/A Christine Jeffs United States
A Fiancé For Yasmina Un novio para Yasmina Irene Cardona Spain, Morocco
My Stars Mes stars et moi Laetitia Colombani France
Simply Actors 戏王之王 (Hei wong ji wong) Hing-Ka Chan & Patrick Leung Hong Kong
Unstoppable Marriage 못말리는 결혼 Seong-wook Kim South Korea

Out of Competition

The following films were screened out of competition:

Special Invitation
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Goemon (film)* GOEMON Kazuaki Kiriya Japan
Oppai Volleyball* おっぱいバレー Yuichi Sato Japan
Yes Man (film) N/A Peyton Reed United States
The Summit: A Chronicle of Stones to Serenity 劔岳　点の記 Daisaku Kimura Japan
Burn After Reading N/A Joel & Ethan Coen United States
Crows Zero 2 クローズZERO II Takashi Miike Japan
Beverly Hills Chihuahua* N/A Raja Gosnell United States
Gloss Глянец Andrei Konchalovsky Russia
If You Are The One 非诚勿扰 (Fei Cheng Wu Rao) Xiaogang Feng China
Painted Skin* 画皮 (Hua Pi) Gordon Chan China
Special Screening
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
Ah Single あゝ独身 Yoshiyuki Kuroda Japan
Otosan wa Ohitoyoshi お父さんはお人好し Torajiro Saito Japan
Tokyo Kid 東京キッド Torajiro Saito Japan
No Problem 無問題 Alfred Cheung Hong Hong, Japan
The Circus (film) N/A Charlie Chaplin United States
The Gold Rush N/A Charlie Chaplin United States
Drunken Master 醉拳 Woo-Ping Yuen Hong Hong
French Cancan French Cancan Jean Renoir France, Italy
Feature on Osamu Tezuka 手塚治虫特集 Osamu Tezuka Japan
Feature on Fujio Akatsuka 赤塚不二夫特集 Fujio Akatsuka Japan
Feature on Mikio Igarashi いがらしみきお特集 Mikio Igarashi Japan
Feature on Tatsuo Yoshida 吉田竜夫（タツノコプロ）特集 Tatsuo Yoshida Japan
Feature on Walt Disney ウォルト･ディズニー特集 Walt Disney United States
Airplane! N/A Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker United States
Tough Guys! Tough Guys! Shintaro Kishimoto Japan
Mutenkadesuyo! The Movie 無添加ですよ！ザ・ムービー Jiro Nishida Japan
Yoshimoto Special Presentation (all world premieres)
English title Original title Director(s) Production country
King of the Escape 板尾創路の脱獄王 Itsuji Itao Japan
Drop ドロップ Hiroshi Shinagawa Japan
Nisesatsu ニセ札 Yuichi Kimura Japan
Furimun in Okinawa 南の島のフリムン Gori (comedian) Hong Hong, Japan

Jury

Main stage of OIMF 2009
Competition

Awards

Official selection

In Competition

The Okinawa International Movie Festival "Laugh & Peace" Competition Grand Prix was won by the Japanese-language film Battle League Horumo directed by Katsuhide Motoki.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "1st International Movie Festival opens today". Japan Update. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2012-12-17.

External links

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