“ Palestine 36 ,” Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir’s historical drama about a 1936 Palestinian uprising against British rule and Jewish settlers, won the Tokyo Grand Prix for best film at the 38th Tokyo International Film Festival in the Competition section. The award carries a cash prize of JPY3 million ($19,545).

The festival announced its winners Wednesday evening local time in Tokyo, with the second-place special jury prize going to “We Are the Fruits of the Forest,” Rithy Panh’s documentary about the indigenous Bunong people of the director’s native Cambodia. It received JPY500,000 ($3,255).

Best director honors were split between Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis for “Heads or Tails?,” an Italy-set tribute to the classic Western, and Zhang Lu for “Mothertongue,” a

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