July 22, 2008

ADRIFT IN TOKYO (Tenten) won 2 awards from the Feature Film Jury at the Fantasia International Film Festival! The awards are Best Script for the scenario by Satoshi Miki and a Special Mention for the duo of actors composedof Jô Odagiri and Tomokazu Miura.

The Jury was presided by Pierre-François Legendre (Actor) and composed of John Anderson (Film Critic, Variety), Martin Bilodeau (Editor-in-Chief, Mediafilm.ca), Frédéric Ouellette (Scriptwriter), Podz (Director) and Jérôme Rougier (Acquisitions Executive, Wild Bunch Distribution).

The Jury’s other Awards were the following:
Best Film: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN - Tomas Alfredson (Sweden)
Best director: Tomas Alfredson - LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Sweden) Best Photography : Hoyte Van Hoytema - LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (Sweden)
Best Actor: Ben Siegler - RULE OF THREE (United-States)
Best Actress: Jin-Hie Park - SHADOWS IN THE PALACE (South Korea)

Needless to mention that we are thrilled that a film Evokative just acquired for Canadian distribution won these 2 awards from such a prestigious jury!

ADRIFT IN TOKYO played at the Fantasia Festival on July 10th in the Hall Theatre and on July 11th in the DeSève Theatre, both times to a sold-out audience.

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