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| Mainichi Film Awards | |
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| Awarded for | Excellence infilm making |
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| Presented by | Mainichi Shimbun |
| First award | 1946 |
| Website | mainichi |
TheMainichi Film Awards (毎日映画コンクール,Mainichi Eiga Konkūru)are a series of annualfilm awards, sponsored byMainichi Shimbun (毎日新聞), one of the largest newspaper companies inJapan, since 1946. It is the first film festival in Japan.[1]
The origins of the contest date back to 1935, when theMainichi Shinbun organized a festival then calledZen 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]
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