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.

History

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

Awards

External links

  • (in Japanese)