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Turkish filmmaker Semih Kaplanoglu’s Grain was awarded the Tokyo Grand Prix at the closing ceremony of the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), while Italian drama Crater took the special jury prize.
Set in the near future, Grain follows a seed geneticist who lives in a city protected from immigrants by magnetic walls. US actor Tommy Lee Jones, who headed the TIFF competition jury, said: “We were impressed by this movie’s appreciation of the common understanding among all people through a shared mythic experience.”
Directed by Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino, Crater revolves around a fairground vendor who attempts to turn his daughter into a pop star.
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Turkish filmmaker Semih Kaplanoglu’s Grain was awarded the Tokyo Grand Prix at the closing ceremony of the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), while Italian drama Crater took the special jury prize.
Set in the near future, Grain follows a seed geneticist who lives in a city protected from immigrants by magnetic walls. US actor Tommy Lee Jones, who headed the TIFF competition jury, said: “We were impressed by this movie’s appreciation of the common understanding among all people through a shared mythic experience.”
Directed by Silvia Luzi and Luca Bellino, Crater revolves around a fairground vendor who attempts to turn his daughter into a pop star.
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