Kyoto International Student Film Festival Competition Program
The Kyoto International Student Film Festival is based on a competition program in which student films are solicited from all over the world and the films are judged by an executive committee member who is a student. This year, 350 works were submitted from 27 countries around the world, and 11 of the winning works were selected after the first and second screenings by the executive committee.
[2014 Competition Winners]
Final Judges
All winning works will be selected by the Student Executive Committee, but the Grand Prize and other awards will be judged by the final judge, Mr. Mr./Ms. and the Student Executive Committee, at the final judging meeting held in early October.This year, it has been decided to invite the following Mr./Ms. as final judges. In addition to the final judging, the three of them will also be present at the talk show at the 17th Kyoto International Student Film Festival and Award Ceremony to be held on Friday, November 28.
Kazuo Hara (Film Director)
He made his directorial debut with the documentary film “Goodbye CP”. He won the Japan Directors Guild New Face Award for Yukiyuki, the Caligari Prize at the Berlin Film Festival, and the Grand Prix at the Paris International Documentary Film Festival. “Whole Body Novelist” won the first place in the Kinema Junpo Best Ten Japan Films. He is the author of “Stepping Over the Clock” (1995). Since 2006, he has been a professor at the Department of Film and Visual Arts, Osaka University of Arts.
Kei Nakai (Film Commentator)
As a movie commentator, he has made regular appearances on WOWOW’s “Movie Kobo”, J-WAVE’S “MY FIT MOVIES”, Nico Sei’s “WOWOW Plasuto”, and “Raw Cine”. He is also involved in the film screening events “Nakamekino” and “Movie Genius”.
He is also active at the Tokyo International Film Festival and other film talk events.
Don Brown (translator)
Born in New Zealand. As an English subtitle translator, he has worked on numerous works such as “Sailor Suit and Machine Gun”, “Small House”, and “TOKYO TRIBE”. He has also worked as an English translator for the Japan Film Database (JFDB) and the Tokyo International Film Festival, as well as English translation and interpretation for Tokyo Filmex. Japan column “ONE TAKE ON JAPANESE CINEMA” is serialized in the Asahi Shimbun.
Information on the festival will be released on the official website at any time.
Contact us
The 17th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Executive Committee
〒600-8216 Kyoto-shi, Shimogyo-ku, Nishitoin-dori, Shiokoji Shimoru Campus Plaza Kyoto 6F
TEL：075-353-9430 FAX：075-353-9101
MAIL: info.2014 at kisfvf.com
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