Yokohama Film Festival

Yokohama Film Festival
LocationYokohama, Japan
Founded1980
Websiteyokohama-eigasai.o.oo7.jp

The Yokohama Film Festival (ヨコハマ映画祭, Yokohama eigasai) is an annual awards ceremony held in Yokohama, Japan. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year and various awards are given to personnel. The first festival, held on February 3, 1980, was a small affair by fans and film critics.[1] In 1994, France announced plans to help sponsor the festival with grants from the National Cinema Center.[2]

  1. ^ 横浜の日本映画シーンを活性化する！: ファン手づくりの「ヨコハマ映画祭」の全貌 (in Japanese). Yokohama Keizai Shimbun. 2005-02-10. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  2. ^ Schuman, Joseph (1994-02-11). "French bread promised to promo pic exports". Variety. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013. Retrieved 2009-04-23.