TOKYO FILMeX
LocationTokyo, Japan
Founded2000
LanguageInternational
Websitehttp://filmex.jp/

TOKYO FILMeX (東京フィルメックス) is an international film festival established in 2000. The film festival was launched by Office Kitano, the agency and production company co-founded by leading actor-filmmaker Takeshi Kitano.[1][2] TOKYO FILMeX especially focuses on new and independent feature films from Asia. A large number of films selected for competition program come from China, Japan, Korea, Iran, etc.

The festival's main events have been held at Yurakucho, Tokyo in late November annually, consists of the Competition Program, Special screening Program and Filmmakers in focus Program. Alongside the competition program for young emerging Asian filmmakers and other screening programs, stage appearances by actors and symposiums are also planned to discover the masterworks of independent filmmakers from around the world.

In 2018, Office Kitano was restructured after Kitano announced in March that he was quitting to go independent. As representing Kitano brought in a large proportion of Office Kitano’s revenue, the company has now scaled back production and is no longer in a position to fund TOKYO FILMeX. Kinoshita Group has stepped in to take over the management role and part-finance the event, which also receives funding from government and sponsorship deals.[3]

Competition Grand Prize Winners

YearFilmDirectorNationality of Director
(at time of film's release)
2000 Suzhou River Lou Ye  China
2001 Flower Island Song Il-gon  Korea
2002 Blissfully Yours Apichatpong Weerasethakul  Thailand
2003 Incense Ning Hao  China
2004 Tropical Malady Apichatpong Weerasethakul  Thailand
2005 Bashing Masahiro Kobayashi  Japan
2006 To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die Jamshed Usmonov  Tajikistan
2007 Tehilim Raphaël Nadjari  Israel
2008 Waltz with Bashir Ari Folman  Israel
2009 Breathless Yang Ik-june  Korea
2010 Love Addiction Shinki Uchida  Japan
2011 Old Dog Pema Tseden  China
2012 Epilogue Amir Manor  Israel
2013 In Bloom Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Groß  Georgia
2014 Cyclo D' Or Francis Pasion  Philippines
2015 Tharlo Pema Tseden  China
2016 Life after life Zhang Hanyi  China
2017 Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts Mouly Surya  Indonesia
The Seen and Unseen Kamila Andini  Indonesia
2018 Ayka Sergei Dvortsevoy  Russia
2019 Ballon Pema Tseden  China
2020 In Between Dying Hilal Baydarov  Azerbaijan
2021 What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? Alexandre Koberidze  Georgia
Anatomy of Time Jakrawal Nilthamrong  Thailand
2022 Autobiography Makbul Mubarak  Indonesia

References

  1. ↑ "TOKYO FILMeX". filmex.jp. Retrieved Mar 14, 2019.
  2. ↑ Filmmaker Magazine
  3. ↑ Frater, Patrick (May 9, 2018). "Kinoshita to Rescue Tokyo FILMeX Festival". Retrieved Mar 14, 2019.


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