Mainichi Film Awards

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The Mainichi Film Awards (毎日映画コンクール, Mainichi Eiga Konkūru) are a series of annual film awards, sponsored by Mainichi Shimbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies in Japan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan.[1]

Mainichi Film Awards
Awarded forExcellence in film making
Country Japan
Presented byMainichi Shimbun
First awarded1946
Websitemainichi.jp/enta/cinema/mfa/

History

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The origins of the contest date back to 1935, when the Mainichi Shinbun organized a festival then called Zen Nihon eiga konkūru (全日本映画コンク ー ル? ). It was interrupted during World War 2. The current form of the Mainichi Film Awards officially came into being in 1946.[1]

Awards

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References

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  1. ^ a b "毎日映画コンクールとは, presentaiton on the official site". mainichi.jp (in Japanese).
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