Nir Bergman’s film on the adolescence of an Israeli boy in the 1960s won the top prize of the Tokyo International Film Festival on Sunday, his second grand prix in the event following that in 2002, according to JAPAN TODAY.
The film ‘‘Intimate Grammar’’ won the $50,000 Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix, while the Special Jury Prize went to the 98-year-old Japanese filmmaker Kaneto Shindo, who described people’s sufferings during a war in the movie ‘‘Post Card.’‘
Shindo, in a wheelchair, took part in an awarding ceremony at the upscale Roppongi Hills complex, saying, ‘‘I’ve done films for a long time but this is my last piece. I heartily hope all of you will be doing fine and create good movies.’‘
Meanwhile, the French film ‘‘Sarah’s Key’’ directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner snatched the Award for Best Director, based on the smash hit novel about an American journalist on the brink of making big life decisio
