Mayumi Yoshida swept the awards at the Whistler Film Festival on Saturday with Akashi, her Japanese language drama about a struggling Vancouver artist discovering her grandmother’s secret while returning to Tokyo.

Yoshida won for best Canadian feature in the Borsos competition, best actor, best B.C. director and the Haebler Award for best feature, among other honors. “It’s such an honor. Maybe I might say a poem, because I’m inspired,” Yoshida said, while translating the Japanese-language poem. “’If you wait, sunrise will appear beyond the ocean.’ We’ve been waiting so long, so thank you very much,” Yoshida said when picking up the Haebler prize.

Mayumi Yoshida swept the awards at the Whistler Film Festival on Saturday with Akashi, her Japanese language drama about a struggling

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