Tokyo International Film Festival
The Tokyo International Film Festival has been held since 1985 and is Japan's largest international film festival. Its main competition awards the Tokyo Grand Prix, together with prizes for directing and acting.
Winners of the Tokyo International Film Festival (Japan), year by year. Names link to the film or person page when they are on Sinekatalog. Compiled from Wikidata.
Best Film Best Director Best Actress Selection and Section Prizes
Best Film
3 years listed (1985–1989); some years may be missing from the source data.
| Year | Film | Director / winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | That Summer of White Roses |  Rajko Grlić |
| 1987 | Old Well |  Wu Tianming |
| 1985 | Typhoon Club |  Shinji Sōmai |
Best Director
27 years listed (1985–2016); some years may be missing from the source data.
Mustafa Kara
Benedikt Erlingsson
Lorraine Lévy
Ruben Östlund
Kamen Kalev
Sergey Dvortsevoy
Peter Howitt
Carlo Rola
Reza Mirkarimi
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Martha Fiennes
Guy Ritchie
Ademir Kenović
José Ramón Novoa
Yim Ho
Taylor Hackford
Chung Ji-young
Alan Parker
Best Actress
28 years listed (1987–2016); some years may be missing from the source data.
| Year | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Lene Cecilia Sparrok | — |
| 2015 |  Glória Pires | — |
| 2014 |  Rie Miyazawa | — |
| 2013 | Eugene Domingo | — |
| 2012 | Neslihan Atagül | — |
| 2011 |  Glenn Close | — |
| 2010 |  Fan Bingbing | — |
| 2009 |  Julie Gayet | — |
| 2008 | Félicité Wouassi | — |
| 2007 |  Shefali Shah | — |
| 2006 |  Abigail Breslin | — |
| 2005 |  Helena Bonham Carter | — |
| Jin Yaqin | — | |
| 2004 |  Mirella Pascual | — |
| 2003 |  Shinobu Terajima | — |
| 2002 |  Donatella Finocchiaro | — |
| 2001 | Luiza Xhuvani | — |
| 2000 |  Jennifer Jason Leigh | — |
| 1999 | María Galiana | — |
| 1998 | Maki Miyamoto | — |
| 1997 | René Liu | — |
| 1996 | Hildegun Riise | — |
| 1995 |  Yasuko Tomita | — |
| 1994 |  Debra Winger | — |
| 1993 |  Lü Liping | — |
| 1992 | Lumi Cavazos | — |
| 1991 | Zhao Lirong | — |
| 1989 | Elena Yakovleva | — |
| 1987 |  Rachel Ward | — |
Selection and Section Prizes · 13
Selection and Section Prizes
13 years listed (2004–2016); some years may be missing from the source data.
| Year | Film | Director / winner | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | — | Jun Lana | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
| 2015 | God Willing |  Edoardo Falcone | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
| 2014 | Pale Moon |  Daihachi Yoshida | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
| 2013 | Red Family | Lee Ju-hyoung | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
| 2012 | — | Matsue Tetsuaki | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
| 2011 | When Pigs Have Wings | Sylvain Estibal | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
| 2010 | Sarah's Key |  Gilles Paquet-Brenner | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
| 2009 | The Trotsky |  Jacob Tierney | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
| 2008 | School Days with a Pig |  Tetsu Maeda | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
| 2007 | Leroy | Armin Völckers | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
| 2006 | Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris | — | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
| 2005 | What the Snow Brings |  Kichitarō Negishi | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
| 2004 | — | Im Chan-sang | Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award |
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