3rd Okinawa International Movie Festival
rd okinawa international movie festival held march march took place okinawa convention center ginowan city sakurazaka theater naha owned run japanese director yuji nakae first okinawa international movie festival include content bazaar promote coproductions u japanese tv company though due tohoku earthquake tsunami yoshimotos hollywood partner caa send representative addition festival also launched two new element local origination project film made location around japan niigata okinawa jimot cm competition received idea tv commercial aim publicizing local product attraction round japan idea selected finalist winner receiving ¥ prize terrestrial tv screening live music provided rimi natsukawa kariyushi begin ginowan seaside park golden shisa awarded japanese director yoshishige miyake film hankyū densha festival scaled back result march tohoku earthquake tsunami many guest cancelling visit attendance previous year british comic writer tony hawk taiwanese director yeh tienlun attended abroad event instead turned fundraiser raising u million including ¥ approx u collected staff event organizer yoshimoto kogyo history assisting face disaster set osaka first fm radio network following great hanshin earthquake kobe festival started minute silence held main stage yoshimoto president hiroshi osaki chairman isao yoshino okinawa governor hirokazu nakaima ginowan city mayor yoichi iha addressing crowd ¥ prize money donated japanese red cross society official selection announced press conference tuesday february hiroshi shinagawas manzai gang opening film one three directed yoshimoto kogyo talent seven coproduced yoshimoto foreign title announced including several premiere ivan reitmans comedy string attached film starring natalie portman ashton kutcher official selection film broken two category laugh peace entrant former focus comedy film latter includes drama documentary element comedy chinese film aftershock feng xiaogang dropped respect tōhoku earthquake tsunami following film selected competition laugh category following film selected competition peace category following film screened competition special screening okinawa presentation project local area film local area competition lee yong kwan chairman busan international film festival wang rugang chinese comedy actor chu yuning taiwanese filmmaker kiyota oshiro japanese pointillist competition golden shisa award japaneselanguage film hankyū densha directed yoshishige miyake laugh category uminchu prize grand prix went crazy little thing called love thailand directed puttipong pormsaka nasakonnakorn wasin pokpong peace category uminchu prize grand prix hankyū densha yoshishige miyake jimot cm competition grand prix award went masako suzuki grand prix award winner world wide laugh shortfilm balloon man challenge tb okinawa international movie festival okinawa international movie festival official website english official okinawa international movie festival facebook page