{"id":19868,"date":"2023-11-01T16:44:17","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T20:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=19868"},"modified":"2023-12-12T03:31:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T08:31:16","slug":"snow-leopard-by-late-tibetan-director-pema-tseden-takes-top-honors-at-tiff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=19868","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Snow Leopard&#8217; by Late Tibetan Director Pema Tseden, Takes Top Honors at TIFF"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><em><strong>Snow Leopard<\/strong><\/em> and <strong><em>Tatami<\/em> <\/strong>took top honors this week at the 36th annual Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).<br \/><br \/>The festival\u2019s Grand Prix was awarded to <em><strong>Snow Leopard<\/strong><\/em>, the final offering by Tibetan director Pema Tseden, who died in May. The film explores the conflict among villagers when the predator animal begins killing sheep in their remote mountain settlement. It had also been screened earlier at festivals in Venice and Toronto.<br \/><br \/>Second-place honors at TIFF went to <em><strong>Tatami<\/strong><\/em>, a film co-directed by the Israeli Guy Nattiv and the Iranian Zar Amir. It narrates the story of a young Iranian judoka who has been ordered to withdraw from a competition with her Israeli opponent. The festival\u2019s Best Actress award went to Amir, who played her coach.<br \/><br \/>Another Iranian actor, Yasna Mirtahmash, won the Best Actor prize for his appearance in <em><strong>Roxana<\/strong><\/em>, a film about a down-at-the-heels gambler who comes to the aid of a woman whose car had been broken into.<br \/><br \/>TIFF&#8217;s Best Director prize went to Kishi Yoshiyuki for the Japanese entry <em><strong>(Ab)normal Desire<\/strong><\/em>, which also won the audience award. The Chinese film <em><strong>A Long Shot<\/strong><\/em> took top honors in the artistic contribution category.<br \/><br \/>This year\u2019s Tokyo festival attracted 78,841 filmgoers to watch 219 films, an increase from 2022, when 59,541 viewers saw 174 entries.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy spiriva online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/spiriva.html\">https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/spiriva.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<br> <br \/><br \/>Wim Wenders served as the president of the festival\u2019s jury, which also included Albert Serra, Kunizane Mizue, Tran Thi Bich Ngoc, and Zhao Tao. After the winners had been chosen, Wenders was quoted as saying: \u201cWe felt that we did see a number of great films. But we\u2019re not quite convinced of the entire selection as being of equal standards.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy priligy online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/priligy.html\">https:\/\/www.wellthysoul.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/png\/priligy.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<br> I was proud to present <em><strong>Perfect Days<\/strong><\/em> as the opening film. And I thank the festival for this opportunity, I love TIFF. 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