YIDFF Awards

[Aaron Gerow]

The awards were announced for this year's Yamagata International 
Documentary Film Festival. Since there were no Japanese films in the 
International Competition, the focus for Japanese documentary was on 
New Asian Currents, where for the first time, a Japanese director won 
the coveted Ogawa Shinsuke Prize.


Prizes for the International Competition
     Jury: Sai Yoichi (President), Dominique Auvray, Jia Zhangke, Wu 
Yii-feng

     The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize):
     Before the Flood Dir: Li Yifan, Yan Yu / CHINA

     The Mayor’s Prize:
     Route 181—Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel  Dir: Michel 
Khleifi, Eyal Sivan / BELGIUM, FRANCE, UK, GERMANY

     Special Jury Prize:
     Darwin’s Nightmare  Dir: Hubert Sauper / AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, FRANCE

     Award of Excellence:
     Foreland  Dir: Albert Elings, Eugenie Jansen / THE NETHERLANDS

     Award of Excellence:
     About a Farm  Dir: Mervi Junkkonen / FINLAND

New Asian Currents Awards
     Jury: Murayama Kyoichiro, Pimpaka Towira

     Ogawa Shinsuke Prize:
     The Cheese & The Worms  Dir: Kato Haruyo / JAPAN

     Awards of Excellence:
     President Mir Qanbar  Dir: Mohammad Shirvani / IRAN
     Garden  Dir: Ruthie Shatz, Adi Barash / ISRAEL

     Special Mentions:
     Dear Pyongyang  Dir: Yang Yonghi / JAPAN
     The Spirit of 8  Dir: Li Chia-hua / TAIWAN

Citizens’ Prize
     In the Shadow of the Palms—Iraq  Dir: Wayne Coles-Janess / AUSTRALIA

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FIPRESCI Prize
     The Cheese & The Worms  Dir: Kato Haruyo / JAPAN

     FIPRESCI Best Short Film:
     Keep the Change  Dir: Ceren Bayar, Dilek Iyigün, Elif Karadenizli, 
Özge Kendirci, Savas Ilhan / TURKEY

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Community Cinema Award
     Darwin’s Nightmare  Dir: Hubert Sauper / AUSTRIA, BELGIUM, FRANCE



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Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University

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