Japanese actress Kaho Seto wins Best Actress in Moscow Films Award 2023

I just read this news:

モスクワ映画祭　瀬戸かほさんが最優秀女優賞（テレビ朝日系（ANN）） - Yahoo!ニュース

モスクワ国際映画祭で、常間地裕監督の「この日々が凪いだら」で主演の瀬戸かほさんが最優秀女優賞を受賞しました。 　常間地裕監督：「どのように届くのかというところ、すごく気になっていたので、国も文化も

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At the Moscow International Film Festival, Kaho Seto, who starred in Yutaka Tsunemachi's "Kono Hibi ga Calm", won the Best Actress Award. Director Tsunemachi Yutaka: "I was very curious about how it would reach the audience, so I am happy that the work has reached across countries, cultures, and languages." The award ceremony will be held in Moscow on the 27th. We, director Tsunemaji and star Hiroki Sato attended. The movie “Kono Hibi ga Calm” is a work that depicts the feelings of young people facing various changes set in Yokohama and Yokosuka. The Moscow International Film Festival has been considered one of the world's most prestigious film festivals, along with Cannes and Berlin. accreditation has been suspended. In an interview with ANN , director Tsunemaji said, "I'm not ignoring the international situation, but I want to deliver this film to the people of Russia.

I find it weird that China and Vietnam didn't participate, but Japan, an unfriendly country, was allowed to participate and even gets to win an award.

Oh well, congrats to her and the team.

At least they actually accept this award unlike this Bulgarian cuck here, who got a Jury reward but decides to REFUSE it because muh Russia bawd:

Bulgarian Director Refuses Moscow Film Festival Award In City Where 'Murder Orders Are Issued'

Internationally recognized Bulgarian-Canadian animator and film director Theodore Ushev has declined an award from the Moscow Film Festival to protest Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine in an address that was banned by the Kremlin's censors.

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