Business Overview
Kyoto International Student Film Festival is the largest international student film festival in Japan run by students. The competition program focuses on soliciting and judging films and video works from students in Japan and around the world, and screening the winning works, as well as various other special and collaborative projects. We aim to be a place for interaction that transcends film genres, nationalities, and ages.
Outline of the event
Concept “Jumping Film Festival”
1. Through exchanges between domestic and overseas artists, we will learn about the differences in the process, environment, and perspectives of creating works, and create a place where artists can talk about their knowledge of their own works and videos, thereby stimulating their future production activities. We aim to be a film festival that can lay the foundation for international filmmakers to play an active role as international filmmakers by discovering and nurturing the talents of filmmakers.
2. By creating a place where the executive committee members bring the artists and audiences closer together, provide projects for a wide range of audiences, and convey the appeal of the videos produced by the students, we aim to convey to the audience the fun and high quality of the works and deepen their interest in the student artists and their works.
The 17th Kyoto International Student Film
& Video Festival 2014
DateSaturday, November 22, 2014 ~ Friday, November 28, 2014 16:30~21:20
Venue
Kyoto Cinema (COCON Karasuma 3F, West Side of Karasuma-dori Shijo Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto)
Fee1 program 500 yen
Free pass (advance ticket) 1,000 yen / (at the door) 1,500 yen
Organizer
University Consortium Kyoto
Planning & Management
Kyoto International Student Film Festival Executive Committee
Operational Support
Kyoto International Student Film Festival Planning Review Committee
Special Cooperation
Kyoto Cinema
Assistant
Arts and Culture Promotion Fund / Nischa Printing Culture Promotion Foundation
Collaboration
Japan Student Film Festival / Tokyo Student Film Festival / TOHO Cinemas Student Film Festival / Kyotango Film Commission / Camo Cinema 10 / Tanabe Benkei Film Festival / MOOSIC LAB / Kyoto Prefectural High School Arts and Culture Federation Broadcasting Department
Sponsors
AOI Pro, Inc. / Director’s Unibu Co., Ltd. / Oikaze Co., Ltd. / Kyoto Anime Co., Ltd. / Kyowa Facilities Co., Ltd. / Kyoto Prefectural Federation of Co-operative Societies / Jeunesse Law Office / University Co-op Kyoji / Nara Block / Doshisha Enterprise Co., Ltd. / VCC Planning Co., Ltd. / Milano Corporation
Programme
The 17th Kyoto International Student Film Festival
Click here for the leaflet
Timetable
Final Judges
Kazuo Hara | film director Professor, Department of Film and Visual Arts, Osaka University of Arts |
Representative directorial works “Goodbye CP (1972)” “Yukiyukite, Divine Army” (1987) |
Mr. Don Brown | Film Translator | Selected Translations “Sailor Suit and Machine Gun (2012)” “It’s okay to like it” (2014) |
Kei Nakai | Film Commentator | Regular appearances “Movie Studio (WOWOW)” 「MY FIT MOVIES(J-WAVE)」 |
Films to be screened in each program
Competition Program
Screening of the selected films and a talk show by the director and executive committee members
8 programs, 11 films (6 short films, 5 feature films, 4 domestic films, 7 foreign films)
▼▼ Click here for the movie introducing the winning works! ▼▼
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Title of work, director, school affiliation, nationality |
category |
A |
『BERLIN TROIKA』Andrej Gontcharov (GermanFilmAndTelevisionAcademy|Germany) |
Short |
“Yellow Balloon Toban Teacher” Yoko Yuki (Tokyo University of the Arts|Japan) |
Short |
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“Why did Komura shed tears with a straight face?”: Keisuke Kondo, Yoshihiro Nagata, Ken Ninomiya (Osaka University of Arts|Japan) |
Feature |
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B |
“LOTHAR” Luca Zuberbühler (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste ZHdK Bachelor Of Arts in Film, Switzerland) |
Short |
Celery by Pedro Collantes (Nederlandse Filmacademie, Spain) |
Short |
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“See You Tomorrow” Toshihiro Mune (Musashino Art University|Japan) |
Feature |
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C |
“Ketchup Kid” by Patrick Vollrath (Filmacademy Vienna, Austria) |
Short |
“Salvation” by Mark Gerstorfer (Filmacademy Vienna, Austria) |
Feature |
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“Albert” Daniel Wawrzyniak (The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School, Poland) |
Feature |
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D |
“Born” Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour (New York University, USA) |
Short Films |
“Okinawa/Yamato” Kenta Higa (Wako University|Japan) |
Feature Length |
Special Collaboration Project (1) The Intersection of Cinema and Us-Collection of High School Students-~Senbatsu! Teenage talent~
Screening of the 7th Spring High School Broadcasting Festival in Kyoto (5 films in total) & Director’s Greeting
Name of work, director, school |
“Boys and Girls, Read Books!” Sakuraka Ogino (Kyoto Prefectural Higashi Maizuru High School) |
“Corpse Day” Jumu Yamaguchi (Kyoto Ryoyo High School) |
“Visiting Ogimachi Temporary Housing: The People of Aizu and Okuma Town, Fukushima Prefecture” Enka Nakano (Doshisha Kokusai High School) |
“Everyone’s Friends” Maki Kawanabe (Kyoto Prefectural Momoyama High School) |
“Wind Blowing – Learning from Mr./Ms. Ikkyu” Kengo Omatsu (Kyoto Prefectural Tanabe High School) |
Special Project (2) Kansai Certain Perspective ~ Jump Out! Masters of Kansai~
A community-giving project focusing on student artists in the Kansai region
Name of work and director |
“And today” Roku Hirabayashi (Kyoto University) |
“Crab Man Attacks Female College Students!!” Ryotaro Uryu (Ritsumeikan University) |
Tomoya Kakihara (Ritsumeikan University) |
“Nirvana Mass March” Shoshiro Tsuda (Kobe University of Art and Design) |
Special Event (3) World Wide Collection -What’s a family?-Europe
Screening of carefully selected European films with the theme of “family”
Name of work, director, country |
“FORTUNE FADED” Alexander Heringer, Germany |
“Echo” Marcin Filipowicz (Poland) |
“Where we are” llker Catak, Germany |
“WALTZING MATILDA” Sven Philipp Pohl (Germany) |
“Silence behind the Sound” Robert Windisch, Germany |
Special Event (4) World Wide Collection -What’s a family?-Asia
Screening of carefully selected Asian films with the theme of “family”
Name of work, director, country |
“Shackled” Wang, Chien Ming, Taiwan |
『Birdman』Ana Caralina Baez / Noemi Veronika Szakonyi (China) |
“On the Air” Hsu Chia Wen (Taiwan) |
Pre-planning
Pre-project “Kyotango Film Commission Collaboration Project”
summary
Screening and exchange project for Kyotango citizens and local high school students
Date | Wednesday, August 20, 2014 and Thursday, August 21, 2014 |
Venue | Kyotango City Amino Community Center, Kyoto Prefectural Amino High School |
Fee | free |
Website | Kyotango Film Commission |
Event Report |
Pre-Project “Camo Cinema 10 Collaboration Project”
summary
An outdoor screening of a film held in the Kamo River in Kyoto.
Prior to the screening of the film, the 16th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Competition Winners were screened.
Date | Saturday, August 23, 2014 18:30~ |
Venue | South of Kamo Ohashi, riverbed on the west bank of the Kamo River (between Imadegawa Street ~ Arakamiguchi Street) |
Fee | free |
Organizer | Camo Cinema Executive Committee (Ritsumeikan University Advertising Study Group) |
Website | Camo Cinema 10 |
Screening Films
Akichi Play
Goyalina and Mr./Ms. Reef
Title of the work | Director’s Name affiliation |
Awards |
Akichi Play | Ryosuke Oshiro Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School |
2013 Final Jury Prize Yoneo Ota Prize |
Goyalina and Mr./Ms. Reef | Aika Oshiro Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts Graduate School |
2011 Final Jury Prize Yuji Matsukura Prize |
Pre-Project “MOOSIC LAB2014 Collaborative Project”
summary
This event will screen collaborative films between young filmmakers and musicians under the theme of “music × films” in seven cities nationwide.
This time, as a special collaborative project during the exhibition period at Rissei Cinema, we selected and screened past works by directors who participated in “MOOSIC LAB 2014” from among the past selected films, as well as works with impressive music.
Date | Wednesday, October 8, 2014 18:40~21:00 |
Venue | Rissei Cinema (Former Rissei Elementary School Special Theater) |
Fee | Adults 1,500 yen, Students 1,000 yen, 3-time ticket 1,000 yen |
Organizer | Takutoshi Naoi (Film Distribution, Publicity, Production) |
Website | Rissei Cinema Official Website (MOOSIC LAB 2014 page) MOOSIC LAB 2014 Official Website |
program |
Screening Films
Overseas orientation
Pompon
Title of the work | Director’s Name affiliation |
Awards |
Pompon | Yutaro Nakamura Tama Art University |
16th Final Jury Prize |
Overseas orientation | Satoshi Ota Japan University |
The 15th Grand Prix of Feature Film |
Wings, that’s the light of love | Junta Yamaguchi Kindai University |
Winners of the 15th Competition |
Before Summer Rain | Chen Hong Ren National Taiwan University of Arts |
The 16th Grand Prix of Feature Film |
Pre-Project “Internathional Movie Day”
summary
Date | Thursday, October 23, 2014 14:55~16:25 |
Venue | Doshisha University Imadegawa Campus |
Fee | free |
Organizer | Doshisha University Faculty of Commerce Ueda Seminar |
Screening Films
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
The Scrapman
Title of the work | Director’s Name affiliation |
Awards |
The Scrapman | Fabian Driehorst Academy of Media Arts |
2013 Short Film Division Grand Prix |
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye | Daiki Kataoka Kyoto University of Art and Design |
2013 Feature Film Category Winners |
Pre-project “The 8th Tanabe-Benkei Film Festival Collaborative Project”
summary
A competition-centered film festival for new directors. In addition to judging by film experts, the Citizen’s Jury Award has been established since 2012, and competitions involving citizens have also been held.
For the first time, the Kyoto International Student Film Festival Anime Masterpiece Selection was held in collaboration with the Kyoto International Student Film Festival, and five anime gems that have been selected for the festival in the past were screened.
Date | Saturday, November 8, 2014 18:30~19:00 |
Venue | Kinan Cultural Center Small Hall |
Fee | free |
Organizer | Tanabe City, Wakayama |
Website | Tanabe Benkei Film Festival |
Screening Films
Tucked
Grandma
Title of the work | Director’s Name affiliation |
Awards |
Akichi Play | Ryosuke Oshiro Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School |
2013 Final Jury Prize Ota Yoneo Prize |
Grandma | Keiko Shiraishi Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School |
2012 Competition Winner |
Tucked | Ikuo Kato Art & Anime Small School |
2012 Final Jury Prize Mizue Mirai Prize |
Goyalina and Mr./Ms. Reef | Aika Oshiro Okinawa Prefectural University of Arts |
2011 Final Jury Prize Yuji Matsukura Prize |
Grandma’s Goldfish | Natsuori Iwase Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School |
2013 Competition Winner |
Pre-project “The 4th Japan Student Film Festival in Kyoto”
summary
This year, a total of six Grand Prize winners (three organizations × two categories) from three student film festivals in Japan (Tokyo Student Film Festival, TOHO Cinemas Film Festival, and Kyoto International Student Film Festival) were screened at the Museum of Kyoto this year.
schedule | Sunday, November 9, 2014 13:30~16:00 |
meeting place | The Museum of Kyoto Film Theater |
fee | Admission to the Museum of Kyoto General Exhibition (Adults 500 yen, University students 400 yen, High school students and younger free) |
cooperation | Tokyo Student Film Festival, TOHO Cinemas Student Film Festival, The Museum of Kyoto |
Website | Program on the day Japan Student Film Festival (external site) |
Screening Films
Bocchi
Decorations
Calf in a cup
Don’t kid yourself.
Title of the work | Director’s Name affiliation |
Awards |
Decorations | Mari Miyazawa Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School |
The 8th TOHO Cinemas Student Film Festival Short Anime Division Grand Prix |
Bocchi | Satoshi Toyama Film School |
The 8th TOHO Cinemas Student Film Festival Grand Prix of Short Film Competition |
Calf in a cup | Zhu Yan-tan Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School |
26th Tokyo Student Film Festival Anime Division Grand Prix |
Don’t kid yourself. | Shunpei Shimizu Tama Art University |
26th Tokyo Student Film Festival Live-Action Grand Prix |
The Scrapman | Fabian Driehorst Academy of Media Arts |
16th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Grand Prize in the Short Film Category |
Before Summer Rain | CHEN Hong-Ren National Taiwan University of Arts |
16th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Grand Prix in the Feature Film Category |
Pre-Event “Kyoto International Student Film Festival Pre-Event in Ritsumeikan University”
summary
schedule | Friday, November 14, 2014 18:15~20:30 |
meeting place | Ritsumeikan University Kinugasa Campus |
fee | free |
sponsorship | Ritsumeikan University “Citizenship Studies Kyoto Cinema Project” |
Screening Films
Grandma’s Goldfish
Before Summer Rain
Title of the work | Director’s Name affiliation |
Awards |
Akichi Play | Ryosuke Oshiro Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School |
16th Final Jury Prize |
Indigo and red | Kiyoka Takagi Japan University |
Winner of the 16th Competition |
Grandma’s Goldfish | Natsuori Iwase Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School |
Winner of the 16th Competition |
Before Summer Rain | Chen Hong-Ren National Taiwan University of Arts |
The 16th Grand Prix in the Feature Film Category |
Implementation Report
summary
The 17th Kyoto International Student Film Festival was held at Kyoto Cinema on November 22 ~ 28, 2014. During the exhibition, a total of 13 programs and 28 films were screened, and a total of about 520 visitors attended. In addition to screenings of works created by student artists, each program also featured a talk show by the executive committee members and student writers, and talked about the behind-the-scenes stories behind the production that cannot be understood just by watching the works.
In addition, many artists from Japan and overseas visited Japan, and opportunities were provided to interact with the executive committee members, and one of the largest student film festivals in Japan, created by the executive committee members and artists together, ended with great success. I would like to express my gratitude to everyone who came to the venue, to the student artists who submitted their works to this festival, and to all those who supported the festival in various ways.
Achievements, etc.
Competition Results
Short Film Grand Prix | |
『Ketchup Kid』 (19min) Patrick Vollrath Filmacademy Vienna / Austria |
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Paul, who has an unusual taste for ketchup, was confined to the loss of his father and isolated in elementary school. When he learns that Mr./Ms., who suffers from bullying, is bringing a knife to school, he witnesses the bullying one day. |
Feature Film Grand Prix |
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“Why did Komura shed tears with a straight face?” (63min) Keisuke Kondo / Yoshihiro Nagata / Ken Ninomiya Osaka University of Arts/Japan |
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Komura, a part-time leader, fell in love with a cute junior at his part-time job, even though he had a girlfriend who was living with him. |
Final Jury Prize |
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『Albert』 (24min) Daniel Wawrzyniak Lodz Film School/Poland |
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Albert, it’s time to rest. Take a deep breath. |
Audience Award
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『Ketchup Kid』 (19min) Patrick Vollrath Filmacademy Vienna / Austria |
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Paul, who has an unusual taste for ketchup, was confined to the loss of his father and isolated in elementary school. When he learns that Mr./Ms., who suffers from bullying, is bringing a knife to school, he witnesses the bullying one day. |
* Grand Prize: Selected by the final judge and student executive committee
* Final Jury Award: The final jury will select from among the winning works.
* Audience Award: Selected by audience vote from among the selected films screened during the exhibition period
Number of visitors
512 (Saturday, November 22, 2014 ~ Friday, November 28, 2014)
Number of Entries in Competition
domestic JAPAN |
overseas OVERSEAS |
plan Total |
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Short | 79 | 137 | 216 |
Feature Length Feature | 84 | 50 | 134 |
Total Total | 163 | 187 | 350 |
Click here for a breakdown of entries by prefecture and country⇒⇒ [PDF]
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
twitter:@kisfvf
Web: http://www.kisfvf.com