Mainichi Film Awards
The Mainichi Film Awards (毎日映画コンクール, Mainichi Eiga Konkūru)
are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shimbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan.
== History ==
The origins of the contest date back to 1935, when the Mainichi Shinbun organized a festival then called Zen Nihon eiga konkūru (全日本映画コンク ー ル? ). It was interrupted during World War 2. The current form of the Mainichi Film Awards officially came into being in 1946.
== Awards ==
Mainichi Film Award for Best Film
Mainichi Film Award for Excellence Film
Mainichi Film Award for Best Director
Mainichi Film Award for Best Cinematography
Mainichi Film Award for Best Art Direction
Mainichi Film Award for Best Animation Film
Mainichi Film Award for Best Actor
Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actor
Mainichi Film Award for Best Actress
Mainichi Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
Mainichi Film Award for Best Film Score
Mainichi Film Award for Foreign Film Best One Award
Mainichi Film Award for Best Screenplay
Mainichi Film Award for Best Music
Mainichi Film Award for Best Sound Recording
Ōfuji Noburō Award
Kinuyo Tanaka Award

== External links ==
Official website (in Japanese)
IMDb: Mainichi Film Concours
Table of awards
Pellas page on Ōfuji Noburō Award
Ōfuji past winners showing at the Laputa anime festival in 2000