Grand Prix Goes to “Palestine 36″; Closing Film: “Hamnet”
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TIFF’s 38th Edition Concludes with Tributes to Film’s Power to Bridge Divides
The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) concluded on November 5, following 10 days of screenings and events at the festival’s venues in the Hibiya-Marunouchi-Yurakucho-Ginza area. TIFF screened 184 films, nearly all of them with guest appearances, with 69,162 admissions and another 163,009 audience members attending related events.
Among the many highlights of this year’s festival were a thronged Red Carpet opening event, masterclasses with Soi Cheang and Peter Ho-sun Chan, an Opening, Closing and Centerpiece film that featured women protagonists, TIFF Lounge talk sessions between today’s leading creators, and enriched international exchanges.
During the Closing Ceremony at Toho Cinemas Hibiya, recipients were announced for a range of awards, culminating in the Tokyo Grand Prix, The Governor of Tokyo Award, which comes with 3 million yen in prize money.
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The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival Closing Ceremony
Date: November 5 (Wed.), 2025, 5:00 pm – 6:40 pm
Venue: TOHO Cinemas Hibiya, Screen 12
Host, Presenters and Guests:
Award Winners (Please see list below)
Competition Jury Members: Carlo Chatrian / Gwei Lun-Mei / Matthieu Laclau / Saitoh Takumi / Vivian Qu
Asian Future Jury Members: Ellen Y.D. Kim / Matsunaga Daishi / Nishizawa Akihiro
Asian Students Film Conference Jury Members: Rithy Panh / Christian Jeune / Okamoto Tao
Closing Film, Hamnet: Chloé Zhao (Writer, Director, Editor and Producer)
Special Guest: Vice Governor of Tokyo: Koike Yuriko
Chairman of the 38th TIFF: Ando Hiroyasu
MC: Michael Rivas
The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival Press Conference with Jury and Award Winners
Date: November 5 (Wed.), 2025, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Venue: LEXUS MEETS…
Speakers:
Competition Jury Members: Carlo Chatrian / Gwei Lun-Mei / Matthieu Laclau / Saitoh Takumi / Vivian Qu
Award Winners: Rithy Panh / Teona Strugar Mitevska / Award: Alex C. Lo / Zhang Lu / Wang Chuanjun / Fukuchi Momoko / Kawase Naomi / Sakashita Yuichiro / Roh Young-wan
The 38th Tokyo International Film Festival Award Recipients
［Competition section］
Tokyo Grand Prix, The Governor of Tokyo Award: Palestine 36 (Palestine/UK/France/Denmark)
Special Jury Prize: We Are the Fruits of the Forest (Cambodia/France)
Award for Best Director: Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis (Heads or Tails?, Italy/USA)
Zhang Lu (Mothertongue, China)
Award for Best Actress: Fukuchi Momoko and Kawase Naomi (Echoes of Motherhood, Japan)
Award for Best Actor: Wang Chuanjun (Mothertongue, China)
Award for Best Artistic Contribution: Mother (Belgium/North Macedonia)
Audience Award: Blonde (Japan)
［Asian Future section］
Asian Future Best Film Award: Halo (Korea)
［Asian Students’ Film Conference section］
Best Film Award: Floating (Korea)
Special Jury Prize: Forever and a Day (Taiwan) / Reviving the Engine (Korea)
TIFF Ethical Film Award: White House (Brazil)
Kurosawa Akira Award: Lee Sang-il / Chloé Zhao
Lifetime Achievement Award: Yamada Yoji / Yoshinaga Sayuri
【38th Tokyo International Film Festival Numbers】(Preliminary figures)
Total number of audience / number of films screened：69,162 admissions / 184 films *10 days
(Last year, 37th: 61,576 admissions, 112.3% / 209 films, 88.0% *10 days)
% of films by female directors and co-directed by male and female directors: 23.4% (43 in 184 films）
Other official events：93,847 admissions（last year: 96,886 / 96.9％）
Events with the guest appearance: 184 （last year: 178 / 103.4％）
International guests: Approx. 2,557（last year: 2,721 / 93.9％）
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