Live-Action Look Back Film Wins UNIMED Award at Venice Film Festival
The student jury honor at Venice adds a festival award to the live-action Look Back adaptation ahead of its GKIDS theatrical release in 2026.
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The live-action film of Tatsuki Fujimoto's Look Back one-shot manga won the UNIMED Award from the student jury at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival. Director Hirokazu Kore-eda accepted the award at a ceremony during the festival, which ran September 2-12. The film opened in Japan on September 11. GKIDS will release it in theaters in 2026 in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Ireland.
UNIMED, the Mediterranean Universities Union, said the award reflects the values of cultural diversity, freedom of artistic expression, and promotion of intercultural dialogue. An international jury of 25 students from 16 associated universities across 7 countries voted on the prize. Kore-eda accepted the award at a ceremony during the 83rd Venice International Film Festival, which ran September 2-12.
The film opened in Japan on September 11. Aju Makita plays Kyomoto and Natsuki Deguchi plays Fujino. Kore-eda directed, edited, and wrote the screenplay, with music by Yuta Bando. The film was shown at the 79th Cannes International Film Festival on May 15 and will screen at the London Film Festival in October.
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