‘Snow Leopard,’ Pema Tseden’s Final Film, Wins Tokyo Film Festival Grand Prix
variety.comMark Schilling Japan Correspondent “Snow Leopard,” the last film by Tibetan director Pema Tseden prior to his death in May, was awarded the Grand Prix at the closing ceremony of the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival on Wednesday.
Premiering out of competition at this year’s Venice Film Festival and later screening at Toronto, the film depicts the argument between a father and his adult son of how to deal with the title beast, which has descended from the mountains to kill sheep in their village.
Winner of the second-place Special Jury Prize was “Tatami,” a drama co-directed by Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir about an Iranian judoka (Arienne Mandi), who is ordered by her government to withdraw from a match to avoid facing an Israeli opponent and decides to obey on the advice of her coach (Amir).
Premiering at Venice, “Tatami” is the first feature film to be co-directed by an Israeli (Nattiv) and Iranian (Amir). Tokyo’s best actress award went to Amir for her performance as the coach.
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