TIFF awards

[Rob Schwartz]

Orchard Hall second floor bar, which was too small really, lst year it was
in the museum

On 10/30/06, Eija Niskanen <eija.niskanen at gmail.com> wrote:
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> At the press event.
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> Where was the party?
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> On 10/29/06, Rob Schwartz <gangamati at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, at the closing party Yanagimachi-san said the same thing to me.
> >
> > I think the decision was a travesty, The film is a parody of 50s spy,
> > it's nice but not an award winning film. I am bitterly disappointed.
> >
> > Where did Yanagimachi-san announce he was against the decision?
> >
> > rob schwartz
> >
> >
> > On 10/29/06, Eija Niskanen <eija.niskanen at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > At the press conference for the awards the jury president Jean-Pierre
> > > Jeunet told the press that the jury was one-minded when deciding the
> > > Sakura Grand Prix award winner (OSS117: Cairo Nest of Spies), but
> > > interestingly Yanagimachi Mitsuo announced that he was actually
> > > against the decision, but that it was a majority vote 5-1.
> > >
> > > Eija
> > >
> > > On 10/29/06, Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu> wrote:
> > > > The TIFF site already list the awards given out today. It usually
> seems
> > > > that the TIFF jury will hand out at least one consolation award to a
> > > > Japanese film in the Competition, but this was not the case this
> year.
> > > > The only Japanese film to win any Japanese award was Hiroki
> Ryuichi's M
> > > > in the Japanese Eyes section, which earned a special award for its
> > > > actor, Kora Kengo. What won the film prize for Japanese Eyes was in
> > > > fact a documentary made by Linda Hattendorf, The Cats of Mirikitani.
> It
> > > > might not be a pure Japanese film, but my congratulations go out to
> > > > Yoshikawa Masa, the producer of that film who has helped out at a
> > > > number of Kinema Club events.
> > > >
> > > > Aaron Gerow
> > > > KineJapan owner
> > > >
> > > > Assistant Professor
> > > > Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
> > > > Yale University
> > > >
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