娱乐英语新闻:Tokyo film festival closes with top prize going to Brazilian film

TOKYO, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- The 28th Tokyo International Film Festival closed Saturday with the top prize going to Brazilian film "Nise -- The Heart of Madness," while Chinese film won a special prize for new directors and Chinese director John Woo won the SAMURAI Award.

During the 10-day run, 16 works selected from a total of 1,409 movies from 86 countries and regions, including three films from the host country Japan, competed in the main section for the top prize. Brazilian film "Nise -- The Heart of Madness" was the final winner.

The Special Jury Prize went to "All Three of Us," a French film directed by Kheiron, the Best Director Prize was given to Mustafa Kara for "Cold of Kalandar," a Turkish-Hungarian production, and the Best Actor Prize went to Roland Moller and Louis Hofman of Danish-German film "Land of Mine."

In the Asian Future section, Thailand's "The Island Funeral" won the Best Asian Future Film Award which aims to recognize aspiring new directors from the Asian region, while the Spirit of Asia Award by the Japan Foundation Asia Center went to "A Simple Goodbye," a work of female director Degena Yun from China's Inner Mongolia.

Earlier in the week, the festival presented to Hong Kong director John Woo and Japanese director Yoji Yamada the SAMURAI Award, which was launched last year to "commend achievements of filmmaker who continues to create groundbreaking films that carve out a path to a new era."

The Tokyo International Film Festival started in 1985 as Japan's first major film festival. During the 10-day event this year, over 200 films were screened at theaters in the Roppongi Hills and Shinjuku districts in Tokyo.