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{{Short description|International film festival in Tokyo}}
{{Infobox film festival
| name       = TOKYO FILMeX
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| founded    = 2000
| location   = [[Tokyo, Japan]]
| language   = International
| website    = http://filmex.jp/
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''' TOKYO FILMeX''' (東京フィルメックス) is an international [[film festival]] established in 2000. 

== History ==
The [[film festival]] was launched by [[Office Kitano]], the agency and production company co-founded by leading actor-filmmaker [[Takeshi Kitano]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://filmex.jp/index-e2001.htm|title=TOKYO FILMeX|website=filmex.jp|accessdate=Mar 14, 2019}}</ref><ref>[http://www.filmmakermagazine.com/news/2011/02/the-11th-tokyo-filmex/ Filmmaker Magazine]</ref> TOKYO FILMeX especially focuses on new and independent feature films from [[Asia]]. A large number of films selected for competition program come from [[China]], [[Japan]], [[Korea]], [[Iran]], and other Asian countries.

The festival's main events have been held annually at [[Yurakucho]], [[Tokyo]] in late November. These events consist of the Competition Program, Special screening Program and Filmmakers in focus Program. Alongside the competition program for young emerging Asian filmmakers and other screening programs, stage appearances by actors and symposiums are also planned to discover the masterworks of independent filmmakers from around the world.

In 2018, [[Office Kitano]] was restructured after Kitano announced in March that he was quitting to go independent. As representing Kitano brought in a large proportion of Office Kitano's revenue, the company has now scaled back production and is no longer in a position to fund TOKYO FILMeX. Kinoshita Group has stepped in to take over the management role and part-finance the event, which also receives funding from government and sponsorship deals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2018/film/asia/kinoshita-to-rescue-tokyo-filmex-festival-1202804129/|title=Kinoshita to Rescue Tokyo FILMeX Festival|first1=Patrick|last1=Frater|date=May 9, 2018|accessdate=Mar 14, 2019}}</ref>

==Competition Grand Prize Winners==
{|class="sortable wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Director !! Nationality of Director<br><small>(at time of film's release)</small>
|-
|2000
|''[[Suzhou River (film)|Suzhou River]]''
|[[Lou Ye]]
|{{flag|China}}
|-
|2001
|''[[Flower Island]]''
|[[Song Il-gon]]
|{{flag|Korea}}
|-
|2002
|''[[Blissfully Yours]]''
|[[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]]
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|-
|2003
|''[[Incense (film)|Incense]]''
|[[Ning Hao]]
|{{flag|China}}
|-
|2004
|''[[Tropical Malady]]''
|[[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]]
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|-
|2005
|''[[Bashing (film)|Bashing]]''
|[[Masahiro Kobayashi (director)|Masahiro Kobayashi]]
|{{flag|Japan}}
|-
|2006
|''[[To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die]]''
|[[Jamshed Usmonov]]
|{{flag|Tajikistan}}
|-
|2007
|''[[Tehilim]]''
|[[Raphaël Nadjari]]
|{{flag|Israel}}
|-
|2008
|''[[Waltz with Bashir]]''
|[[Ari Folman]]
|{{flag|Israel}}
|-
|2009
|''[[Breathless (2008 film)|Breathless]]''
|[[Yang Ik-june]]
|{{flag|Korea}}
|-
|2010
|''Love Addiction''
|Shinki Uchida
|{{flag|Japan}}
|-
|2011
|''[[Old Dog]]''
|[[Pema Tseden]] 
|{{flag|China}}
|-
|2012
|''Epilogue''
|Amir Manor
|{{flag|Israel}}
|-
|2013
|''[[In Bloom (2013 film)|In Bloom]]''
|[[Nana Ekvtimishvili]] and Simon Groß
|{{flag|Georgia}}
|-
|2014
|''Cyclo D' Or''
|[[Francis Pasion]]
|{{flag|Philippines}}
|-
|2015
|''[[Tharlo]]''
|[[Pema Tseden]]
|{{flag|China}}
|-
|2016
|''Life after life''
|Zhang Hanyi
|{{flag|China}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|2017
|''[[Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts]]''
|[[Mouly Surya]]
| {{flag|Indonesia}}
|-
|''The Seen and Unseen''
|[[Kamila Andini]]
| {{flag|Indonesia}}
|-
|2018
|''Ayka''
|Sergei Dvortsevoy
| {{flag|Russia}}
|-
|2019
|''[[Balloon (2019 Chinese film)|Ballon]]''
|[[Pema Tseden]]
|{{flag|China}}
|-
|2020
|''[[In Between Dying]]''
|Hilal Baydarov
|{{flag|Azerbaijan}}
|-
|rowspan="2"|2021
|''[[What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?]]''
|Alexandre Koberidze
|{{flag|Georgia}}
|-
|''[[Anatomy of Time]]''
|Jakrawal Nilthamrong
|{{flag|Thailand}}
|-
|2022
|''[[Autobiography (film)|Autobiography]]''
|Makbul Mubarak
|{{flag|Indonesia}}
|-
|2023
|''[[Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell]]''
|[[Phạm Thiên Ân]]
|{{flag|Vietnam}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website|http://www.filmex.jp}}

[[Category:Film festivals in Tokyo]]
[[Category:Film festivals established in 2000]]
[[Category:2000 establishments in Japan]]
[[Category:Takeshi Kitano]]


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