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GERMAN FILMS & CO-PRODUCTIONS AT TOKYO 2026

Awards

39th Tokyo International Film Festival (October 26 – November 4, 2026)

Award for Best Director
Lisandro Alonso for DOUBLE FREEDOM by Lisandro Alonso (CL/AR/LU/DE/GB, The Match Factory)

Award for Best Artistic Contribution
UNTIL THE DAY ENDS by Jelena Maksimović (RS/BG/SI/ME/HR/DE, Kelek Film)

TIFF Ethical Film Award
I RARELY WAKE UP DREAMING (SELTEN WACHE ICH TRÄUMEND AUF) by Isabelle Stever (DE/UA, X-Filme Creative Pool)

Audience Award
HEYSEL 85 by Teodora Ana Mihai (BE/NL/DE, Leitwolf Filmproduktion)

Kurosawa Akira Award
SENSE OF WATER by Mohammad Rasoulof (IR/DE, Run Way Pictures)