• That's a wrap: Grand Prix winner Semih Kaplanoglu (third from left) stands with (from left to right) Seiko Holdings Corp. Director Hiromi Kanagawa, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and actor Tommy Lee Jones as he accepts the Tokyo International Film Festival's Grand Prix for his film 'Grain,' as well as the world's first GPS solar watch as a prize from Seiko. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
    That's a wrap: Grand Prix winner Semih Kaplanoglu (third from left) stands with (from left to right) Seiko Holdings Corp. Director Hiromi Kanagawa, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike and actor Tommy Lee Jones as he accepts the Tokyo International Film Festival's Grand Prix for his film "Grain," as well as the world's first GPS solar watch as a prize from Seiko. | YOSHIAKI MIURA
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Hollywood is a Goliath. The movies that come out of the United States capture the hearts of people around the world. When it comes to the festival circuit, though — Cannes, Toronto, Venice — the film world starts to look much more global.

Japan’s biggest event of this kind, the Tokyo International Film Festival, closed its 30th edition last week with an appearance from former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, the latter awarding the festival’s Grand Prix to Turkish director Semih Kaplanoglu for his film “Grain.”

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