Annemarie Jacir’s period drama Palestine 36 was awarded the top prize of the Tokyo International Film Festival , the Tokyo Grand Prix and Governor of Tokyo Award, at the close of the festival on November 5.

The film, which is Palestine’s entry for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars, tells the story of the Arab revolt against British colonial rule in Palestine in the 1930s. The Tokyo award came with a cash prize of $19,500 (JPY3M).

Rithy Panh’s documentary We Are The Fruits Of The Forest was awarded the Special Jury Prize, which came with a cash award of $3,300 (JPY500,000). The film follows the Bunong people, the largest indigenous highland ethnic group in Cambodia, as they struggle to reconcile their traditional practices with the modern world.

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