November 2, 2018
No.2018-022

The Spirit of Asia Award by The Japan Foundation Asia Centerfor Tokyo International Film Festival 2018 goes toMr. Huang Huang
The Japan Foundation Asia Center and the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) have been
expanding our scope of cultural exchange into the field of films and moving images through the joint
initiative Film Culture Exchange Projects. The Spirit of Asia Award, established in the Asian Futuresection, is awarded to promising directors who are expected to be internationally active beyond culturalbarriers.
We are pleased to announce that the Spirit of Asia Award for the 31st Tokyo International Film Festival
goes to Mr Huang Huang, director of the Wushu Orphan.

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Project title: The Spirit of Asia Award by The Japan Foundation Asia Center
Organizer: The Japan Foundation Asia Center

The Spirit of Asia Award by The Japan Foundation Asia Center
The winner: Huang Huang
Born in Anhui, China in 1985. Graduated from Beijing Film Academy,Department of Directing in 2008. His 35mm short film No Country For Chicken
was shortlisted for Jury Leopards of Tomorrow at the 62nd (2009) session of theLocarno International Film Festival, and was awarded the Film and Video
Subtitling Prize. In 2016, he was admitted to the Beijing Film Academy,
Department of Directing to pursue postgraduate MFA degree.
©TIFF2018

The directorial film presented at TIFF
Wushu Orphan (2018 China)
Inland China in the late 90s. A new Chinese teacher
is at first overwhelmed by the junior high school’s
focus on martial arts. Upon getting used to it, hismain concern is a student who repeatedly tries to runaway.
© Dadi Century (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

Press inquiries :Kumakura (Ms.), Communication Center, The Japan Foundation
Tel: +81-(0)3-5369-6075 / Fax:+81-(0)3-5369-6044
E-mail: press@jpf.go.jp

The Spirit of Asia Award by The Japan Foundation Asia Center
The Spirit of Asia Award, established in the Asian Future section in 2014, is awarded to promisingdirectors who are expected to be internationally active beyond cultural barriers. The winner is to be
decided by three commissioners: Jérémy Segay (UniFrance, Representative for Japan, Korea & SouthEast Asia), Pete Tao (Musician, Actor, Filmmaker) and Nobuhiro Yamashita (Director). The winner will
receive a trophy and a short trip to Japan (or to Asia, in case of Japanese director). For information on
the other awards at the TIFF, please refer to the official website indicated below.
https://2018.tiff-jp.net/en/
The Japan Foundation Asia Center https://jfac.jp/en/
The Japan Foundation is Japan's principal independent administrative institution dedicated to carryingout cultural exchange initiatives throughout the world.
The Asia Center, established in April 2014, is a division within the Foundation that conducts and supports
collaborative initiatives with its Asian—primarily ASEAN—counterparts. Through interacting and working
together in Japanese-language education, arts and culture, sports, and grassroots and intellectualexchange, the Asia Center pursues to develop the sense of kinship and coexistence as neighboring
inhabitants of Asia.
Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) https://2018.tiff-jp.net/en/
TIFF, which marks its 31st anniversary, is the only international film festival in Japan accredited by theInternational Federation of Film Producers Associations.* Starting in 1985, as the first large-scaled film
festival of the country, it has made a significant mark on the film and entertainment industry of Japan andAsia and has grown to Asia’s largest film festival. The festival provides opportunities for people in the film
industry and film enthusiasts to encounter great films from all over the world shown in Asia’s film capital,Tokyo.
* The International Federation of Film Producers Associations is an international organization which improves
or reviews issues of the world’s film industry and international film festivals.

For information on TIFF
TIFF Public Relations Division
Tel: +81-3-6226-3012

Press inquiries :Kumakura (Ms.), Communication Center, The Japan Foundation
Tel: +81-(0)3-5369-6075 / Fax:+81-(0)3-5369-6044
E-mail: press@jpf.go.jp