39th Yokohama Film Festival

The 39th Yokohama Film Festival (第３９回ヨコハマ映画祭) was held on 28 January 2018 at Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. The awards ceremony was held in the city's Kanagawa Prefectural Music Hall, the results having been announced on 2 December 2018.^[1][2]

39th Yokohama Film Festival

Location	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Festival date	28 January 2018

Awards

• Best Film: - The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue ^[3]
• Best Director: Kazuya Shiraishi - Birds Without Names and Dawn of the Felines [ja]
• Yoshimitsu Morita Memorial Best New Director:
  • Kei Ishikawa [ja] - Gukoroku: Traces of Sin [ja]
  • Yukihiro Morigaki - Goodbye, Grandpa!
• Best Screenplay: Yuya Ishii - The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
• Best Cinematographer: Yoichi Kamagari - The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
• Best Actor: Sosuke Ikematsu - The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
• Best Actress: Yū Aoi - Birds Without Names
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Sansei Shiomi - Outrage Coda
  • Tori Matsuzaka - Birds Without Names
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Asami Usuda [ja] - Gukoroku: Traces of Sin [ja]
  • Wakana Matsumoto - Gukoroku: Traces of Sin [ja]
• Best Newcomer:
  • Shizuka Ishibashi - The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue
  • Yukino Kishii - Goodbye, Grandpa!
• Judges' Special Award: Nikkatsu Roman Porno [ja] reboot project
• Special Grand Prize: Toshiyuki Nishida - Outrage Coda

Top 10

1. The Tokyo Night Sky Is Always the Densest Shade of Blue^[4]
2. Dear Etranger
3. Birds Without Names
4. Wilderness
5. Side Job [ja]
6. Close-Knit
7. Gukoroku: Traces of Sin [ja]
8. The Third Murder
9. A Boy Who Wished to Be Okuda Tamio and a Girl Who Drove All Men Crazy [ja]
10. Outrage Coda

runner-up. Before We Vanish

References

1. "第３９回ヨコハマ映画祭". Yokohama Film Festival (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
2. "神奈川県立音楽堂で「ヨコハマ映画祭」授賞式　池松壮亮さん、蒼井優さんらが登壇" (in Japanese). Hamakei.com. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
3. "第３９回ヨコハマ映画祭 2017年日本映画個人賞". Yokohama Film Festival (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
4. "2017年日本映画ベストテン". Yokohama Film Festival (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 April 2021.