2008 Tokyo Film Festival Awards
2008 Tokyo Film Festival: October 18-26, 2008
Set in the arid steppes of Kazakhstan, Sergei Dvortsevoy's Tulpan chronicles one young man's struggle to prove himself worthy of a wife. In the meantime, he has to cope with his sister's family, a reluctant bride-to-be, sand storms, and illness in the family's sheep herd — all that while listening to "By the Rivers of Babylon" on a falling-apart car radio.
Best Film: Tulpan, Sergei Dvortsevoy
Special Jury Prize: Cztery noce z Anna / Four Nights with Anna, Jerzy Skolimowski
Best Actress: Félicité Wouassi, Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera / With a Little Help from Myself
Best Actor: Vincent Cassel, L'ennemi public n°1 and L'instinct de mort
Best Artistic Contribution Award: François Dupeyron, With a Little Help from Myself
Asian Film Award – Special Mention: Muallaf Yasmin Ahmad
Earth Grand Prix: The Meerkats, James Honeyborne
Tokyo International Film Festival Site