Opening film Furimun in Okinawa Founded 2009 | Location Okinawa Island, Japan Festival date March 20 – 28, 2010 | |
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Closing film Saraba Itoshi no Daitouryou Awards Golden Shisa Award (Miss Kurosawa Film) | ||
The 2nd Okinawa International Movie Festival was held from March 20 to March 28, 2010, and took place at the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan City and Sakurazaka Theater in Naha, owned and run by Japanese director Yuji Nakae. Attendance was recorded as 380,000, with 194 official guests. The Golden Shisa was awarded to Taku Watanabe for his Miss Kurosawa Film.
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Japanese J-Pop singer Namie Amuro was a special guest on the Okinawa International Movie Festival red carpet on March 24. Other guests included Korean actor Kang Ji-hwan, Chinese director Ing Sheng, Korean-American actor Steve Seungjun Yoo, Taiwanese Director Fu Tien-Yu and Adisorn Tresirikasern, a director from Thailand.
Official selection
The official selection of films was broken into two categories, "Laugh" and "Peace". The former focuses on comedy films, while the latter includes dramas and documentaries with elements of comedy.
Laugh Category
The following films were selected as In Competition for the Laugh Category:
Peace Category
The following films were selected as In Competition for the Peace Category:
Out of Competition
The following films were screened out of competition:
Jury
Official selection
The Golden Shisa Award was won by the Japanese-language film Miss Kurosawa Film directed by Taku Watanabe.
The Laugh Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix went to Miss Kurosawa Film directed by Taku Watanabe.
The Peace Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix was won by Indian film A Match Made in Heaven by Aditya Chopra.