The sixth Oshima Prize 2025 goes to Yamanaka Yoko, director of "Desert of Namibia".

　
Yamanaka Yoko　
■Director's bio　
Born in 1997 in Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Studied at the College of Art at Nihon University. Her self-produced directorial debut Amiko (2017) was selected for the PFF Awards 2017. The following year, at the age of 20, they were invited to the 68th Berlin International Film Festival, as the youngest director ever selected in the festival’s history for a feature-length film. The film was screened in more than ten countries, including Hong Kong and New York. Her second film, Desert of Namibia (2024), was selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at the 77th Cannes Film Festival, where she received the FIPRESCI Prize. In 2024, she won the won the Gold Award for Shindo Kaneto Award, which honors outstanding new directors.　

■About the sixth Oshima Prize Commemorative Screening　
(in Japanese)　
CEREMONY & COMMEMORATIVE SCREENING　
COMMEMORATIVE SCREENING　
Films by the prize winner and Nagisa Oshima followed by a talk session with the guests　
Date: Sunday, March 16, 2025　
Place: Marunouchi Hall, Tokyo　
More information (in Japanese)
　
CEREMONY　
Date: Monday, March 17, 2023　
Place: Marunouchi Hall, Tokyo　
*Invitation Only　

For more information (Japanese only)