2009/11/10

☆★Presenting the Grand Prix Winner for the 6th CON-CAN Movie Festival!!★☆

Running in parallel with the Audience Awards from July, 2009, the 6th CON-CAN Competition has finally come to a conclusion. The best 24 movies were first chosen by the preliminary juries in October and then from these 24, 1 Grand Prix Award, 1 Special Jury Award, and 4 Best Picture Awards for each category (Fiction, Documentary, Animation, & Experimental) were chosen by the 5 International Jury members, lastweek. We are proud to present you the result and a big congratulations to the winning directors!!

The 6th CON-CAN Award Ceremony is planned to be held in Tokyo in December. More details will be posted on the website afterwards so don’t miss it!

The 6th CON-CAN Award winners are presented below. CONGRATULATIONS, again!!

*CON-CAN Grand Prix Award*

"Fleeting Images"
(10min. / Malaysia)
Director: Edmund Yeo
Category: Experimental

*CON-CAN Special Jury Award*

"Nice day for a picnic"
(4min. / Belgium)
Director: Monica Gallab
Category: Animation

*Best Picture Awards (Fiction)*

"Jun and Ema"
(18min. / Japan)
Director: Takashi Nishihara

*Best Picture Awards (Documentary)*

"wa quan (Living with Shame)"
(25min. / China)
Director: Huaqing Jin

*Best Picture Awards (Animation)*

No applicable film.

*Best Picture Awards (Experimental)*

No applicable film.