The Tokyo International FIlm Festival will unveil a new award for its Competition section, the WOWOW Viewer’s Choice Award.
Pay TV broadcaster WOWOW will be a presenting sponsor of an award for the first time at TIFF.
The cash prize will be worth $10,000.
Six viewers of WOWOW’s channels will be chosen to serve on the selection committee.
On November 22, WOWOW will plan a special broadcast and live events tied to TIFF.
TIFF runs Oct 23-31.
17 awards distributed to film projects at various development & production stages.
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Further winners included ‘Postmarks’, ‘Malu’ and ‘Spring Came On Laughing’.
Participants come Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Peru and Saint Lucia.
Screen profiles the Piazza Grande and International Competition titles selected for Locarno’s 75th edition, which runs August 3-13.
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