The , also sometimes called YIFFF, is held in a resort-like environment in the small town of Yūbari on the northernmost Japanese island of

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. From 1990 to 1999, the festival was known as the Yubari International Fantastic Adventure Film Festival.

History

In 1990, the last coal mine in the Hokkaidō mining town of Yūbari having closed, the city leaders were looking for a way to revitalize the local economy. This was the beginning of the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. The festival was divided into two main programs, a prestigious international competition for young directors, and an Off Theatre program for mostly Japanese amateur, independent and first-time directors. The first year in 1990 had as a special guest, actor

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and his daughter, a young starlet named

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. In 1993,

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was at the festival and wrote part of the screenplay for ''

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'' in his hotel room. Some years later, he paid homage to the town in the name of a character in '' Kill Bill: Volume 1'', "Gogo Yubari". In 1996 the festival also had special guest stars, comedians

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and

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. In 2004 the festival drew a record audience of 27,000. The festival had always been sponsored financially by the city of Yubari but the town filed for bankruptcy in 2007 and that year's festival had to be cancelled. However, the people of Yubari with the assistance of a number of sponsors were able to group together to revive the festival in 2008. The international competition section of the festival had to be dropped but the Off Theatre program for young Japanese directors was retained with the Grand Prize bringing 2 million yen (about $20,000) to the winner. The new Governor's Award was presented by the Governor of Hokkaidō. In addition to the competition section, the festival continued to screen a number of international films by promising directors. One of the sponsors for the festival is the giant Japanese satellite broadcasting company SKYPerfecTV! which has also broadcast parts of the program. The scaled down 2008 festival drew more than 8,800 fans and attendance increased to over 10,500 in 2009. The 32nd edition of the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival will be held from July 28 to August 1 2022.

Major awards

Award information from:

1990 Awards

Held February 14–18, 1990. * Grand Prize :'' Ofelas'' – Director:

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* Special Prize :''

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'' – Director:

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OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Takeshita Performance Higei Mito-Komon'' – Director: Sinya Takesita * Special Prize :''Gig'' – Director: Kosuke Ienaga * Toroma Prize :''Meilin Adventure'' – Director: Satoshi Imai

1991 Awards

Held February 15–19, 1991. * Grand Prize :''

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(Miraklet i Valby)'' – Director:

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* Special Jury Prize :'' Windwalker'' – Director:

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* Critic's Award :'' Miller's Crossing'' – Director: Joel Coen OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Death Express'' – Director: Hiroyuki Terada * Jury Prize :''Rice Game'' – Director: Hideaki Kobayashi

1992 Awards

Held February 14–18, 1992. * Grand Prize :''

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'' – Director: He Ping * Special Jury Prize :' – Director: * Critic's Award :'' Tetsuo II: Body Hammer'' – Director: Shinya Tsukamoto OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Diamonds Moon'' – Director: Akira Nobi * Jury Prize :''Kappas'' – Director: Katsuya Ohsawa

1993 Awards

Held February 19–23, 1993. * Grand Prize :''

Children of Nature ''Children of Nature'' ( is, Börn náttúrunnar) is a 1991 Icelandic film directed by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson. It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar at the 64th Academy Awards, the only Icelandic film to have ever been ...

'' – Director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson * Special Jury Prize :''Winds of God'' – Director: Yoko Narahashi * Critic's Award :''

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'' – Director:

* Citizen's Award :'' Ninja Scroll'' – Director:

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OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Trash'' – Director: Naoki Kubo * Jury Prize :''My Daddy Long Legs'' – Director: Shin Yasuhara

1994 Awards

Held February 18–22, 1994. * Grand Prize :''

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'' – Director: Roger Roberts Avary * Special Jury Prize :'' C'est arrive pres de chez vous'' – Director:

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& André Bonzel * Minami Toshiko Award / Critic's Award :''Carne'' – Director:

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* The Most Entertaining Award :'' El Mariachi'' – Director:

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OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Family Time'' – Director: Ryota Kawaguchi * Jury Prize :''My Favorite "Skyline"'' – Director: Shin Yasuhara :''Vending Machine and a Girl'' – Director: Kiyohide Otani

1995 Awards

Held February 17–21, 1995. * Grand Prize :'' Tombés du ciel'' – Director:

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* Special Jury Prize :'' The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb'' – Director: Dave Borthwick * Minami Toshiko Award :'' Wizard of Darkness'' – Director: Shimako Sato OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''The Incredible Haniwa Man'' – Director: Shin Yasuhara * Jury Prize :''Anatomia Extinction'' – Director:

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:''A Room Without Wind'' – Director: Ryuta Miyake

1996 Awards

Held February 18–20, 1996. * Grand Prize :''

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'' – Director:

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* Special Jury Prize :''Manneken Pis'' – Director: Frank Van Passel * Minami Toshiko Award :''Secret Waltz'' – Director: Akira Nobi OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Brain Holiday'' – Director: Hineki Mito * Jury Prize :''Blood Red Girls'' – Director:

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* Encouragement Prize :''Rest Room'' – Director: Muneyoshi Murakami :''To Be or Not to Be'' – Director:

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1997 Awards

Held February 14–18, 1997. * Grand Prize :''Closing Time'' – Director: Masahiro Kobayashi * Special Jury Prize :'' Little Sister'' – Director:

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* Minami Toshiko Award :''

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'' – Director: Steve Wang OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Party'' – Director: Mayumi Uchiumi * Jury Prize :''L&D'' – Director: Hideki Kimura

1998 Awards

Held February 13–17, 1998. * Grand Prize :'' Bernie'' – Director:

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* Jean-Hugues Anglade Award :''Detective Riko'' – Director: Satoshi Isaka * Adventure Film Prize :''The Ground'' – Director: Atsushi Muroga * Minami Toshiko Award :''

Illtown '' Illtown'' is a 1998 film directed by Nick Gomez. It was the first screen appearance of Oscar Isaac. Plot Dante and his girlfriend Micky run a very profitable drug operation in a seaside town, aided and abetted by a host of teens who sell the s ...

'' – Director:

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OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Midnight Three'' – Director: Yasushi Koshizaka * Special Jury Prize :''Variation for Movements'' – Director: Yoshinao Sato * Encouragement Prize :''Kurushime Girl'' – Director: Noboru Iguchi

1999 Awards

Held February 19–23, 1999. * Grand Prize :''

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'' – Director: Katja von Garnier * Special Jury Prize / Minami Toshiko Award :''

Moonlight Whispers is a 1999 Japan film directed by Akihiko Shiota and based on the manga ''Gekko no sasayaki'' by Masahiko Kikuni. Plot A boy (Takuya) meets a girl (Satsuki), both 17 years of age, and they fall in love. When she discovers his fetishes Satsuki ...

'' – Director:

Akihiko Shiota (born 11 September 1961, Maizuru, Kyoto) is a Japanese film director and screenwriter. Career Shiota attended Rikkyo University, where he was in a film club with other students such as Makoto Shinozaki and Shinji Aoyama and began making 8mm f ...

OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Tel-Club'' – Director: Kenji Murakami * Special Jury Prize :''Kiadoryoku REAL'' – Director: Katsushi Boda

2000 Awards

Held February 18–22, 2000. * Grand Prize :''Across a Gold Prairie'' – Director: Isshin Inudou * Special Jury Prize :''Pups'' – Director:

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* Minami Toshiko Award :''

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'' – Director:

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OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Hazy Life'' – Director:

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* Special Jury Prize :''Let's Go Strawberry Girl'' – Director: Shinobu Kuribayashi

2001 Awards

Held February 15–19, 2001. * Grand Prize :''

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'' – Director:

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* Special Jury Prize :''Animals'' – Director: Michael Di Jiacomo * Minami Toshiko Award :''Siam Sunset'' – Director:

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OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Tokyo A Go Go'' – Director: Ryuichi Honda * Special Jury Prize :''L'Ilya'' – Director: Tomoya Sato

2002 Awards

Held February 14–18, 2002. * Grand Prize :''

My Sassy Girl ''My Sassy Girl'' ( ko, 엽기적인 그녀, Yeopgijeogin Geunyeo, That Bizarre Girl) is a 2001 South Korean romantic comedy film directed by Kwak Jae-yong, starring Jun Ji-hyun and Cha Tae-hyun. The film is based on a true story told in a series ...

'' – Director:

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OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Run! Yamazaki! Run!'' – Director: Naoko Johnori * Special Jury Prize :''Nuts'' – Director: Yoko Chukira / Tomokazu / Shu Kageyama

2003 Awards

Held February 13–17, 2003. * Grand Prize :''

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'' (Jigoku Koushien) – Director:

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OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Bijo-can'' – Director: Masaya Kakei * Special Jury Prize :''Ski Jumping Pairs'' – Director: Riichiro Mashima

2004 Awards

Held February 19–23, 2004. * Grand Prize :''Mokpo, Gangster's Paradise'' – Director: Kim Ji-hoon * Special Jury Prize :'' Robot Stories'' – Director: Greg Pak * Minami Toshiko Award :''Better Than Sex'' – Director: Su Chao-pin & Lee Feng-bor OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''The Far East Apartment'' – Director: Tetsuya Mariko * Special Jury Prize :''Utsu-musume SAYURI'' – Director: Takashi Kimura

2005 Awards

Held February 24–28, 2005. * Grand Prize :''

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'' – Director: Park Heung-sik * Special Jury Prize :''

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'' – Director:

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* Minami Toshiko Award :''

The Neighbor No. Thirteen is a horror film directed by Yasuo Inoue and written by Hajime Kado. It is based on Santa Inoue's manga of the same name, with Oguri Shun, Hirofumi Arai and Nakamura Shido in major roles. Plot Juzo Murasaki (Oguri Shun) arrives at a work cons ...

'' – Director: Yasuo Inoue OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Mariko's 30 Pirates'' – Director: Tetsuya Mariko * Special Jury Prize :''Be the World for Her'' – Director: Daisuke Hosaka

2006 Awards

Held February 23–27, 2006. * Grand Prize :'' Blood Rain'' – Director:

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* Special Jury Prize :''Never Belongs to Me'' – Director: Nam Ki-woong * Minami Toshiko Award :'' Citizen Dog'' – Director:

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OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''

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(Nama-natsu)'' – Director: Keisuke Yoshida * Special Jury Prize :''Hakko'' – Director: Madoka Kumagai

2007 Awards

No awards - festival cancelled.

2008 Awards

Held March 19–23, 2008. OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize : – Director: Tsuki Inoue * Special Jury Prize : – Director: Kouta Yoshida * Governor's Award : – Director: Kenji Itoso & Hiroshi Kamebuchi

2009 Awards

Held February 26-March 2, 2009. OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize : – Director:

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* Special Jury Prize : – Director: Ōhata Hajime * Governor's Award : – Director: Choi Uian (チェ・ウィアン)

2010 Awards

Held February 25-March 1, 2010. OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize : – Director: Yōsuke Okuda * Special Jury Prize : – Director: Tomoya Maeno * Governor's Award : – Director: ヒョン・スルウ * Cinegar Award : – Director: Tomoya Maeno

2011 Awards

Held February 24–28, 2011. OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Invasion of Alien Bikini'' (겨울냄새) – Director: Oh Young-Doo * Special Jury Prize : – Director: Kazuya Ogawa * Governor's Award : – Director: Takayuki Ishihara * Cinegar Award : – Director: Kazuya Ogawa

2012 Awards

Held February 23–27, 2012 with a total attendance at 12,500. OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize : – Director: Takahiro Ishihara * Special Jury Prize : – Director: Taichi Suzuki * Governor's Award : – Director: Yuichiro Sakashita * Cinegar Award : – Director: Taichi Suzuki * Best Actress :Nahana for * Best Actor :Hiroki Konno for * Audience Award : - Director: Hideki Oka * Event Award :''Namba Kinyu-den Minami no Teio Toichi no Manda Ginjiro'' - Director: Takaaki Haginiwa * Public Award : * Public People Award : – Director: Taichi Suzuki

2013 Awards

Held February 21–25, 2013. Attendance was about 12,500. OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''There Is Light'' - Director: Yukihiro Toda * Special Jury Prize :''A Case of Eggs'' - Director: Yuri Kanchiku * Governor's Award :''Winter Alpaca'' - Director: Yuji Harada * Cinegar Award :''There Is Light'' - Director: Yukihiro Toda

2014 Awards

Announced March 2, 2014 OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''The Pinkie'' - Director: Lisa Takeba * Special Jury Prize :''Gun Woman'' - Director: Mitsutake Kurando * Governor's Award :''School Girls' Gestation'' - Director: Ueda Atsushi * Cinegar Award :''The Pinkie'' - Director: Lisa Takeba * Sky Perfect Movie Channel Award :''Old Men Never Die'' - Director: Wang Cheol-min (South Korea)

2015 Awards

Announced on February 24, 2015 OFF THEATRE COMPETITION * Grand Prize :''Makeup Room'' - Director: Kei Morikawa * Special Jury Prize :''The Limit of Sleeping Beauty'' - Director: Ninomiya Ken * Governor's Award :''Haman'' - Director: Tetsuya Okabe * Cinegar Award :''Mizo'' - Director: Nam Ki Woong (South Korea) * Sky Perfect Movie Channel Award :''Luv ya Hun!'' - Director: Daigo Matsui

References

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