山中監督が国際批評家賞　「ナミビアの砂漠」―仏カンヌ映画祭

　【カンヌ時事】フランスで開かれた第７７回カンヌ国際映画祭で、独立部門「監督週間」に出品された山中瑶子監督（２７）の「ナミビアの砂漠」が２５日、国際批評家連盟賞を受賞した。女性監督では最年少の受賞という。
　「ナミビアの砂漠」は、河合優実さん（２３）が演じる２１歳の女性の物語で、今夏に公開予定。山中監督は「スタッフ、キャストの皆さんに感謝を伝えたい。映画を作るとき、まだ感覚に頼るところが大きいが、勉強して、もっとうまく作れるようになりたい」とコメントした。（2024/05/26-10:20）

Japanese director Yoko Yamanaka's "Desert of Namibia" won an award from the International Federation of Film Critics at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.
   "Desert of Namibia" is a story about a 21-year-old woman. "For its intrepid exploration of contemporary shades of neurodivergence, captured through images that ceaselessly probe the distance between its central characters as they navigate the spaces of 21st century Japan," the jury said.
   Yamanaka, 27, became the youngest woman to win the award. "I would like to express my gratitude to the staff and cast. I still rely on my senses when I make a movie, but I want to study and be able to make it better," she said in a statement.
   She attracted attention with "Amiko," a 2017 film that she directed for the first time at the age of 19.
   The International Federation of Film Critics gave an award to Kiyoshi Kurosawa's "Pulse" in 2001 and Ryusuke Hamaguchi's "Drive My Car" in 2021 among other Japanese films.