Press

Press Center during the festival

The press center is located at the first floor of Conference Building B.
The center will be opened at 10:00 of the first day of the festival, March 23rd, 2013.

素材に関して

Official photos will be available at image.net once you have registrated at image.net.
※Registration is restricted to members of the press. (This service is not available to the general public.)

1. What is image.net?
image.net is the leading distributor of digital publicity and marketing materials for movies, entertainment, fashion and sports including press releases, images and footage. Fresh and valuable materials are for you to use on newspaper, magazine, website articles for free.

View and download materials anytime, anywhere as long as there is internet connection.

You can find press releases from the festival, logos and materials of the films presented at the festival.

2. Broadcast-quality video clips available
The 5th Okinawa International Movie Festival also offers HD video clips including trailers and excerpts from films on image.net. Download them for use in TV programs, websites, etc.

Materials Available
■Film Festival logo/ images   ■Film Announcements   ■Film Information
■Event Reports ■Event Images ■Event Videos

◎Those who already have an image.net account do not need to re-register for this event. Please contact the support center if you are not able to view/download materials from the festival

How to apply to use image.nethttp://www.image.net

1. Registration
・Go to: www.image.net
・Click ‘Register’ and fill out the form. Be sure to tick the 「Film Festival」checkbox for ‘Areas of Interest’.
2. Sign In
・As you finish filling out the form, you will receive and email informing of you the registration.
・Use the tentative password sent to you along with the email to sign in and complete the registration.
3. Search / Download
・s you log in, click ‘Film Festivals’ under ‘Film’ tab. Then go to ‘Okinawa International Movie Festival’ and you will find lots of publicity materials available for download.
・You will also receive email releases/notifications from the organizer.

Enquiries

For further enquiries, please contact us below with your name, media ands specifics:

Email:press@oimf.jp

OIMF Past Records

4th Okinawa International Movie Festival

Dates
24th March Sat – 31st Sun, 2012
Attendance
410,000
Venue
Okinawa Convention Center (Ginowan-city) and Other venues in surrounding areas Secondary Venue: Sakurazaka Theater and venues around Kokusai Street (Naha-city) and venues in Okinawa prefecture such as Chatan town
Awards
【Featured Program】
・Laugh Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix:
 SuckSeed Thailand/Director: Chayanop Boonprakob
・Peace Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix :
 Tao Jie(A Simple Life) Hong Kong/ Director: Ann Hui
・Special Jury Prize The Golden SHISA Award:
 Tao Jie(A Simple Life) Hong Kong/ Director: Ann Hui
・Special Mention:
 The Artist France/Michel Hazanavicius
 ”TABAKOI ~the love story that begins with cigarettes ~” Japan/ Director: Mitsunari Nakagawa
【Local Origination Project JIMOT CM COMPETITION】
・Grand Prix Award:
 Niigata Creator:Hideyuki Higuma
・Special Prize: ~Aozora CM~
 Kirikiri Elementary School, Iwate / Ogatsu Elementary School, Miyagi / Kaoru Elementary School, Fukushima

3rd Okinawa International Movie Festival

Dates
22nd March Tue – 27th Sun, 2011
Attendance
310,000
Venue
Okinawa Convention Center (Ginowan-city), Sakurazaka Theater
Awards
【Featured Program】
・Laugh Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix:
 『A Crazy Little Thing Called Love』
 Thai/Director: Puttipong Promsakha Na Sakulnakorn and Wasin Pokpong
・Peace Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix :
 『HANKYU TRAIN』 Japan/ Director: Yoshishige Miyake
・Special Jury Prize The Golden SHISA Award:
 『HANKYU TRAIN』 Japan/ Director: Yoshishige Miyake
・Special Mention:
 Miss KUROSAWA FILM II  Japan/ Director: Taku Watanabe
 A Crazy Little Thing Called Love
 Thai/Director: Puttipong Promsakha Na Sakulnakorn and Wasin Pokpon
【Local Origination Project JIMOT CM COMPETITION】
・Grand Prix Award:
 Okinawa Creator:Masako Suzuki
【World Wide Laugh】
・Grand Prix Award:
 『BALLOON MAN the CHALLENGE』 Creator: TBS ”Arabikidan”

2nd Okinawa International Movie Festival

Dates
20th March Sat – 28th Sun, 2010
Attendance
110,000
Venue
Okinawa Convention Center (Ginowan-city), Sakurazaka Theater
Awards
【Featured Program】
・Laugh Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix:
 『Miss KUROSAWA FILM』 Japan/ Director: Taku Watanabe
・Peace Category Uminchu Prize Grand Prix :
 『A Match Made in Heaven』 India/ Director: Aditya Chopra
・Special Jury Prize The Golden SHISA Award:
 『Miss KUROSAWA FILM』 Japan/ Director: Taku Watanabe
【World Wide Laugh】
・Grand Prix Award:
 『The Balloon Man』 Creator: TBS ”Arabikidan”

1st Okinawa International Movie Festival

Dates
19th March Thu – 22nd Sun, 2009
Venue
American Village at Mihama, Chatan-cho, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa
Attendance
110,000
Awards
【Laugh & Peace Competition】
・The Golden SHISA Award:
 『Kamogawa Horumo』 Japan/ Director: Katsuhide Motoki
・Uminchu Prize Award (Audience Award):
 『Unstoppable Marriage』 Korea/ Director: Kim Sung-ouk
・ KINOSHITA CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. Award
 『BABY BABY BABY!』 Japan/ Director: Kazuyuki Morosawa
【CM COMPETITION】
 All Nippon Airways ”Winter Okinawa Campaign”
 TARAI Version
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