# ‘Sister Brother Manhole Cover’ Wins Grand Prix At Tokyo International Film Festival

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/sister-brother-manhole-cover-wins-grand-prix-at-tokyo-international-film-festival/
- Published: 2026-11-04T09:44:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T02:53:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Deadline
- Original article: https://deadline.com/2026/11/sister-brother-manhole-cover-tokyo-film-festival-awards-1237212894/
- Topics: Entertainment, Film, Motorsport, Sport

## Key points

- *Sister Brother Manhole Cover* won Tokyo’s top film prize.
- The award includes JPY3 million, about $19,000.
- The festival also honoured filmmakers from Argentina, China and Japan.

## Summary

Milcho Manchevski’s *Sister Brother Manhole Cover* won the Tokyo International Film Festival’s top award. The film follows siblings in post-Communist Macedonia who steal bronze busts and manhole covers, and whose lives change after one is injured and they encounter the underworld.

The Tokyo Grand Prix/The Governor of Tokyo Award carries a cash prize of JPY3 million, about $19,000. Other main competition awards included Best Director for Argentina’s Lisandro Alonso, Best Actress for Hu Ling and Best Actor for Japan’s Narita Ryo; the festival ran from 26 October to 4 November 2026.

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