【Business Overview】

The Kyoto International Student Film Festival is the largest international student film festival in Japan and is now in its 19th year. Films and videos directed by a wide range of students, both in Japan and overseas, are solicited in a competition format, and the selected films are screened at the Kyoto International Student Film Festival (held in November) and the best films are awarded.
Historically, Kyoto is a “movie town” that still inherits the cultural heritage of the early days of Japan cinema, and it is also a “university town and student town” where students account for 10% of the population of Kyoto City. The purpose of this festival is to create a place for international exchange and mutual understanding among student filmmakers and filmmakers, as well as to discover and disseminate new talents who will support the film industry in the future from among the many possibilities of student filmmakers.
We are currently accepting submissions for the festival’s competition (live-action and anime). We are looking forward to receiving many listings.
　*For details, please check the application guidelines on the official website.

≪ Competition Entry ENTRY≫
■ Recruitment Division: Live-action Division, Anime Division
■ Application period: Tuesday, March 22, 2016 ~ Sunday, May 22, 2016
*Must be postmarked on the day of Japan time
■ Period: Late November 2016 (tentative)
■ Entry fee: Free
■ How to apply: Media mailed (BD-R and DVD-R)
or data submission (limited to works of 30 minutes or less)

★ Click here for the official website of the Kyoto International Student Film Festival (application guidelines)

★ Listing fee is free! Click here for the WEB entry

[We are also looking for student executive committee members to run the film festival!] 】

[Last year: Overview of the 18th Kyoto International Student Film Festival]

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Grand Prix

(1) Live-action “The Bad Old Us” / Directed by Lily Erlinger / Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg (Germany)
(2) Anime Division “The Name of the House” / Director Nao Sakagami / Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School (Japan)

Final Jury Prize

(3) Sayoko Kinoshita Prize “Fidelity” (Germany)
(4) Lee Fengyu Prize “Goron, Batan, Kyu” / Directed by Tamaki Yamamoto / Osaka University of Arts (Japan)
(4) Shuichi Okita Prize “Goron, Batan, Kyu” / Directed by Tamaki Yamamoto / Osaka University of Arts (Japan)

Audience Award

(4) Goron, Batan, Kyu / Directed by Tamaki Yamamoto / Osaka University of Arts (Japan)

Special Mentions

(5) “100 apples” / Directed by Chia-Yao Wang / National ChengChi University (Taiwan)

(6) “Laughter in the Dark” / Directed by Marta Trela / Lodz Film School (Poland)

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18th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Grand Prix Winner Announced!

[< Reference> Introduction of Past Selected Artists]

・Yuya Ishii’s “Rebel Jiro’s Love” (2006, 9th selection)
/ “Weaving a Boat” (released in 2013)

・ Eihiro Fukagawa’s “Zenriki Bombaye!” (1999, 2nd selection)
/ “Midnight Journey” (released in 2011)

・Tatsuo Kobayashi× Aya Watanabe (screenplay) “Boy and Town” (2007, 10th Grand Prix)
“Country Girl” (released in 2011)

Destin Daniel Cretton (co-director) “DEACON’S MONDAYS”
(2007, 10th Prize, from the United States)
/ “Short Term” released in Japan in 2014
It has won 30 film awards worldwide and has been nominated for 50 film awards.

– Patrick Vollrath’s “KetchupKid”
(2014, 17th Grand Prix for Short Film, Germany) Nominated
　 for Best Live Action Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards.

【Contact】

The 19th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Executive Committee
〒600-8216 Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Nishitoin-dori, Shiokoji Shimoru Campus Plaza Kyoto
TEL: 075-353-9430 (Closed on Mondays) FAX: 075-353-9101
E-MAIL: info ■ kisfvf.com (Please change ■ to @ and send) HP
: http://www.kisfvf.com/