Japanese Yoko wins Golden Goblet Prize at Shanghai Film Festival

Japanese drama feature film "Yoko" won the Golden Goblet Best Picture Award at the International Film Festival Shanghai movie.< /p>

The Grand Jury Prize was awarded to Spanish "Muyeres" with Chinese Liu Jin winning the award for best director. The trio also took home additional prizes, making them the only multiple winners in a ceremony that sprinkled its awards heavily.

"Yoko", directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, who earlier this year saw the melodramatic "#Manhole “Playing in Berlin takes on the structure of a road movie and is a journey of self-discovery by a woman who had been socially isolated in her apartment for many years. Played by global star Rinko Kikuchi ("Babel", "47 Ronin"), the woman is forced to face the real world, and herself, as she embarks on a 658 kilometer journey across the country to the his father's funeral. Without a cell phone or money for public transport, she finds herself forced to hitchhike. Kikuchi also won Best Actress.

The film, which also stars Odagiri Joe, will be released in Japan in late July as "658 km, Yoko no Tabi."

'Muyeres' is Martha Lallana's second feature film and is a documentary exploration of the preservation of song in the Asturias region of Spain. Shot in black and white, it focuses on old women in a rural area where oral traditions are threatened with extinction by migration and changing values. As a project, "Muyeres" has had a busy career as a work in progress at the 2020 Malaga Spanish screenings and Amsterdam International Documentary Festival.

"All Ears", is a drama film by Liu Jiayin, the director behind remarkable hybrid documentaries " Oxhide" and "Oxhide II" in 2005 and 2009 respectively. The film follows the life of a man who writes eulogies for people's funerals and who, by researching the lives of others, finds meaning in his own. The film has the backing of award-winning filmmaker Cao Baoping and stars Hu Ge ("The Wild Goose Lake"). Production is handled by Alibaba Pictures and international sales are handled by Rediance.

Best feature film "Yoko" dir. Kumakiri Kazuyoshi (Japan)

Grand Jury Prize “Muyeres” dir. Marta Lallana (Spain)

Best DirectorLiu Jiayin for "All Ears" (China)

Best Actor (joint winners) Hu Ge in "All Ears" (China) dir. Liu Jiayin Da Peng in "Dust to Dust" (China) dir. Jonathan Li

Best ActressRinko Kikuchi in "Yoko" (Japan) dir. Kumakiri Kazuyoshi

Best ScreenplayMuroi Kosuke/Namiko Sou for "Yoko" (Japan) dir. Kumakiri Kazuyoshi

Best CinematographyToni Vidal for "Muyeres" (Spain) dir. Marta Lallana

Outstanding Artistic Achievement"Happy Fall, Mom" ​​dir. Chen Shizhong (China)

Best documentary film “Anxious in Beirut” dir. Zakaria Jaber (Jordan/Lebanon/Qatar/Spain)

Best Animated Film "Four Souls of Coyote" dir. Áron Gauder (Hungary)

Best Live Action Short "The House We Had" dir. Andrey Krechetov (Russia)

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