What is the Kyoto International Student Film Festival?
The Kyoto International Student Film Festival is the largest international student film festival in Japan and is now in its 20th year. Films and video works directed by a wide range of student directors, both in Japan and overseas, are solicited in a competition format, and the selected films are screened at the Kyoto International Student Film Festival (scheduled to be held in late 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.
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Outline of the Call for Submissions
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 official website and flyer below.
*The application period for 2017 has ended. Thank you very much for your application, Mr. Mr./Ms..
■ Application period: March 17 (Fri) ~ April 28 (Fri), 2017 *Must be postmarked on the day of Japan time
■ Recruitment Division: Live-action Division, Anime Division
■ Delivery: Free
■ How to apply: After entering on the official website, apply by media mail (BD-R and DVD-R) or data.
■ Entry Rules: (1) When applying, please select one of the following two categories.
(1) Live-Action Division / (2) Anime Division
(2) Works completed on or after January 1, 2016 are eligible.
(3) The director must be a student at the time of completion of the work.
(4) We will accept works that have not been submitted to the festival in the past.
(5) For works that use languages other than Japanese, Japanese or English subtitles must be used.
Please turn it on. (If you can’t add subtitles, please submit a text script)
(6) The exhibition fee is free.
(7) There is no limit to the number of listings.
(8) The age and nationality of the director do not require.
(9) There is no limit to the length of the work.
◆Click here for the official website of the Kyoto International Student Film Festival.
[Japanese version leaflet]
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【English ver.】
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[We are also looking for student executive committee members to run the film festival!] 】
About the 20th Kyoto International Student Film Festival
Scheduled for late November 2017. As soon as the date and venue are decided, we will inform you on this site.
[Last year: Introduction of the award-winning films of the 19th Kyoto International Student Film Festival]
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Grand-Prix for Live-action Film
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『Darling』
Director: Sebastian Schmidl
School: Filmacademy Vienna
2015/42min/Austria
Tamara’s decision to divorce is about to change the lives of those around her. Hans has to give up his home, and Tamara’s beloved father-in-law has to move into a nursing home. Away from the outside world, they spend their last weekend together filled with sentimentality. |
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 Anime Division Grand Prix
Grand-Prix for Animated Film
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『EDMOND』
Director: Nina Gantz
School: National Film and Television School
2015/9min/United Kingdom
Edmund’s desire to love others is probably too strong. He stands alone by the lake and reminisces about his life up to that point. He evokes intense memories and searches for the origin of his desires. |
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Final Jury Prize Yasumi Sakamoto Prize
The Final Judge, Abi Sakamoto Award
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“Toori Rain”
Director: Masaki Inada
School: Osaka University of Arts
2015/61min/Japan
A young man who aspires to be a manga artist meets a housewife who is painting on the walls of her house. The young man would go to see the painting every day, but she would erase it when she was finished. A long-winded and improvisational tale of just two people. |
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Final Jury Prize Nobuaki Doi Prize
The Final Judge, Nobuaki Doi Award
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“I Have a Future”
Director: Rieko Ouchi
School: Hokkaido University of Education Graduate School
2016/15min/Japan
A daily anime that depicts the life of “me”. This work is nothing more than a collection of elements. I, too, am nothing more than a collection of elements. |
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Final Jury Prize Kunihiko Tomioka Prize
The Final Judge, Kunihiko Tomioka Award
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『ALICE』
Director: Satindar Singh Bedi
School: Film and Television Institute of India, Pune
2015/15min/India
An 80-year-old woman is digging a well with a horse. When he begins to hallucinate from thirst, a girl appears. Eventually, water gushes out of a deep well, sprouting greenery in the desert and quenching the horses’ thirst. |
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Audience Award
Audience Award
* The live-action Grand Prix “Darling” also won the Audience Award!
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『Darling』
Director: Sebastian Schmidl
School: Filmacademy Vienna
2015/42min/Austria
* The Audience Award will be selected by a questionnaire from customers who have seen the work during the festival. |
Click here for the detailed implementation details of last year!
[< 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 of the Short Film Division, Germany)
Nominated for Best Live Action Short Film at the 88th Academy Awards.
Activities
【Contact】
20th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Executive Committee
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