The 2nd Okinawa International Movie Festival was held from March 20 to March 28, 2010, and took place at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan City and Sakurazaka Theater in Naha, owned and run by Japanese director Yuji Nakae. Attendance was recorded as 380,000, with 194 official guests. The Golden Shisa was awarded to Taku Watanabe for his Miss Kurosawa Film.
Japanese J-Pop singer Namie Amuro was a special guest on the Okinawa International Movie Festival red carpet on March 24. Other guests included Korean actor Kang Ji-hwan, Chinese director Ing Sheng, Korean-American actor Steve Seungjun Yoo, Taiwanese Director Fu Tien-Yu and Adisorn Tresirikasern, a director from Thailand.
Official selection The official selection of films was broken into two categories, "Laugh" and "Peace". The former focuses on comedy films, while the latter includes dramas and documentaries with elements of comedy.
Competition
Laugh Category The following films were selected as In Competition for the Laugh Category:
English title Original title Director(s) Production country/countriesA.D. Girl - Things She Must Do Tomorrow 明日やること ゴミ出し 愛想笑い 恋愛 Ryuta Agari JapanSelfish Planet! 宇宙で1番ワガママな星 Hiroaki Ito JapanStay The Night at The Grave お墓に泊まろう！ Takayuki Ito JapanMiss Kurosawa Film クロサワ映画 Taku Watanabe JapanSaraba Itoshi no Daitoryo さらば愛しの大統領 Daisuke Shibata & Atsumu Watanabe JapanZebraman 2: Attack on Zebra City ゼブラーマン ゼブラシティの逆襲 Takashi Miike JapanClose Encounters Of The Stupid ~Tales of Rossy Stardust & Junior From Mars~ 無知との遭遇 CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE STUPID Takanobu Goda JapanMiracle Girls: Neva-da Stop Dreaming 矢島美容室 THE MOVIE ～夢をつかまネバダ～ Shinya Nakajima JapanWatashi no Yasashikunai Senpai 私の優しくない先輩 ' Yutaka Yamamoto JapanMy Girlfriend is an Agent 7급 공무원 ' Shin Tae-Ra South KoreaOn His Majesty's Secret Service 大内密探灵灵狗 (Da Nei Mi Tan Ling Ling Gou) ' Wong Jing Hong KongThe Hangover (film) Todd Phillips United StatesFanboys (film) Kyle Newman United States
Peace Category The following films were selected as In Competition for the Peace Category:
English title Original title Director(s) Production countrySolanin ソラニン Takahiro Miki JapanMy Darling is a Foreigner ダーリンは外国人 Kazuaki Ue Japan Sunshine Ahead てぃだかんかん ～ 海とサンゴと小さな奇跡～ Toshio Lee JapanA Song of Gondola ニライの丘 ～A Song of Gondola～ Naoya Oshiro JapanThe Hero Show ヒーローショー Kazuyuki Izutsu JapanWararaifu!! ワラライフ!! Yuichi Kimura JapanLittle Big Soldier 大兵小将 (Da bing xiao jiang) Sheng Ding ChinaBangkok Traffic Love Story รถไฟฟ้า..มาหานะเธอ (Rot Fai Faa..Maa Haa Na Ter) Adisorn Trisirikasem ThailandSomewhere I Have Never Traveled 帶我去遠方 Tien-Yu Fu TaiwanA Match Made in Heaven* Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi Aditya Chopra IndiaA Town Called Panic (film) Panique au village Stephane Aubier & Vincent Patar Belgium, France, LuxembourgThe Missing Lynx El Lince Perdido Raul Garcia & Manuel Sicilia SpainHipsters (film) Стиляги (Stilyagi) Valery Todorovsky Russia
Out of Competition The following films were screened out of competition: "Special Screening Feature on Okinawa Movie"
English title Original title Director(s) Production countryFurimun in Okinawa 南の島のフリムン Gori (comedian) JapanSachiko Nakada: The Queen of Okinawan Comedy オバアは喜劇の女王～ 仲田幸子 沖縄芝居に生きる ～ Yasunari Izuma Japan
Jury
Competition Kim Dong Ho, Executive Chairman of Pusan International Film Festival Lee Chi Ngai, Hong Kong director Lee Khan, Taiwanese filmmaker Christoph Terhecte, Director International Forum of New Cinema Berlin Eiki Matayoshi, Japanese novelist
Awards
Official selection In Competition The Golden Shisa Award was won by the Japanese-language film Miss Kurosawa Film directed by Taku Watanabe.
The Laugh Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix went to Miss Kurosawa Film directed by Taku Watanabe.
The Peace Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix was won by Indian film A Match Made in Heaven by Aditya Chopra.
See also Okinawa International Movie Festival
References
External links Okinawa International Movie Festival official website (in English) Official Okinawa International Movie Festival Facebook Page
ja:沖縄国際映画祭