42nd Yokohama Film Festival

42nd Yokohama Film Festival
LocationYokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Founded1980
Festival date2021

The 42nd Yokohama Film Festival (第４２回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 5 February 2021. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the physical awards ceremony was cancelled and an official pamphlet was released on 5 February 2021. The winners had been notified on 5 December 2020, and given their prizes individually.[1]

Awards

  • Best Film: - Labyrinth of Cinema [2]
  • Best Director: Hideo Jojo - On the Edge of Their Seats [ja] and Dangerous Drugs of Sex
  • Yoshimitsu Morita Memorial Best New Director: Takuya Uchiyama - Sasaki In My Mind [ja]
  • Best Screenplay: Shin Adachi [ja] - A Beloved Wife and Underdog Parts 1 and 2
  • Best Cinematographer: Hidetoshi Shinomiya [ja] - Sasaki In My Mind [ja] and Town Of Headcounts [ja]
  • Best Actor: Kazunari Ninomiya - The Asadas
  • Best Actress: Asami Mizukawa - A Beloved Wife and Runway
  • Best Supporting Actor:
    • Shohei Uno [ja] - The Voice of Sin and The Real Thing
    • Naoto Ogata - Momi's House [ja]
  • Best Supporting Actress: Aju Makita - True Mothers and Child of the Stars [ja]
  • Best Newcomer:
    • Nana Mori - Last Letter, 461 Days of Bento: A Promise Between Father and Son, and Blue, Painful and Brittle [ja]
    • Kisetsu Fujiwara [ja] - Sasaki In My Mind [ja] and His
    • Hio Miyazawa - His
    • Sakurako Konishi - First Love, Fancy [ja], and Sasaki In My Mind [ja]
  • Examiner Special Award:: Gaku Hosokawa [ja] - Sasaki In My Mind [ja]
  • Special Grand Prize: Nobuhiko Obayashi and Kyoko Obayashi - Labyrinth of Cinema[3][4]

Top 10

  1. Labyrinth of Cinema[5]
  2. A Beloved Wife
  3. The Asadas
  4. True Mothers
  5. Wife of a Spy
  6. On the Edge of Their Seats [ja]
  7. The Voice of Sin
  8. The Real Thing
  9. I Never Shot Anyone [ja]
  10. Sasaki In My Mind [ja]
runner-up. 37 Seconds

References

  1. ^ "第42回ベストテン". Yokohama Film Festival (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ "第４２回ヨコハマ映画祭 2020年日本映画個人賞". Yokohama Film Festival (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. ^ "ヨコハマ映画祭で「海辺の映画館」が作品賞に、新人賞・宮沢氷魚からコメントも" (in Japanese). natalie.mu. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  4. ^ "宮沢氷魚「うれしい」ヨコハマ映画祭最優秀新人賞" (in Japanese). nikkansports.com. 5 December 2020. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  5. ^ "2020年日本映画ベストテン". Yokohama Film Festival (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2021.


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