SOHMEI WINS AT TOKYO FILMFEST
Japanese director Shinji Sohmei won the top prize for young film directors at the first Tokyo International Film Festival.
An international jury of seven film directors and producers announced that Sohmei, 37, won $750,000 in “Young Cinema ‘85,” the only competition category in the 10-day festival, for his 1984 film “Typhoon Club.”
The film deals with junior-high-school students who gain personal insight by experiencing a typhoon.
The jury awarded second prize of $500,000 to Hungary’s Peter Gothar, 38, for his 1981 film, “Time Stands Still.”
The third prize of $250,000 went to the 37-year-old Turkish director Ali Ozgenturk for his 1981-82 film, “The Horse.”
The awards were to be put toward the directors’ next films.
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