About us

The Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival is the largest international student film festival in Japan. It is entirely organized and run by university students in Kyoto. We receive student’s works from all over the world, and provide an opportunity to screen, and discover new talent.
Kyoto is the birthplace of Japanese movies and is also known as students’city. The festival strings these two characteristics together, and also offers forum for cultural and international exchange and ultimately vitalizes Kyoto.

Event outline

DATE
FROM　26th February through 5th March,2021

Held Online
Screened on “vimeo”

Program

※We screened 15films online for which premission has been granted.

Introduction of the program

1.competition program A-B

Program to show 16 works that a member of the executive committee selected carefully from all 372 submissions in 22 countries.

Program A

『Masel Tov Cocktail』 Arkadij Khaet　　Mickey Paatzsch Gemany/2020/30min/ Filmacademy Baden-Württemberg	『OFFBEAT』 Myrte Ouwerkerk Netherlands/2020/20min/ Netherlands Film Academy
『Major Tom』 Takuya Chisaka Japan/2019/10min/ NIHON UNIVERSITY	『CARGO』 Christina Tournatzés Germany/2020/15min/ Macromedia University of Applied Science
『Signature』 SeungHui HYUN Korea/2020/28min/ Seoul Institute of the arts	『Home』 Marcjanna Urbańska Poland/2019/5min/ Lodz Film School
『BONBON』 Daniel Meier Germany/2019/22min/ Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe Fachbereich Medienproduktion	『GROWING　PAINS』 LIN, PO-YU Taiwan/2020/25min/ National Taiwan University of Arts

 

Program B

『Young, Fragile』 Joscha Bongard Germany/2020/25min/ Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg	『Empty Spaces』 Clara Stephanie Schieber Lorenesi England/2019/20min/ University of Warwick
『Boozy Woozy Wonderland』 Shiika Okada Japan/2019/2min/ Tokyo University of the Arts	『We bloom』 KIM Yul-hee Korea/2020/28min/ Korea National University of Arts
『Pick-up』 Roh Dohyeon Korea/2019/13min/ Chung-Ang University	『The Coral Guardian』 David Dincer Germany/2020/10min/ Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg
『sweep.』 Takuya Miyahara Japan/2019/42min/ ENBU Seminar	『Talker』 Mehrshad Ranjbar Iran/2020/13min/ Pars University

 

2.Special program

『Almost Die Hard』
1999 /Japan/42min　Director: Ohku Akiko

Tukiko, who is more sensitive to pain than others works in an Elementary school. She has such a painful life. Students who are far away from her ideal, parents, insensitive colleagues, and a stalker who obsessively keeps stalking her. Even her best friend Mayu enjoys her cheesy ” shotgun marriage”. What a cringy…
There is only a way left for Tukiko, or is it??
This was Akiko Ohku’s directorial debut, which served as a director, screenplay, and starring. Her other films are ” Tremble All You Want ” and ” Hold Me Back”.

The Final Judges

Ohku Akiko （Director, Screenwriter）	Hayato Kawai （Director）	Tatsuo Kobayashi （Film director）

Entries for the competition

Year	Japan	Overseas	Total
2020	100	272	372
2019	101	176	277
2018	98	490	588
2017	129	356	485
2016	168	371	539
2015	123	94	217
2014	163	187	350
2013	212	145	357

 

Report

Awards

Grand-Prix

Talker
Mehrshad Ranjbar
Iran/2020/13min/
Pars University

≪Synopsis≫For many years an old woman had taken care of her sick husband until one day this habit ended.

 

Second Prize

We bloom
KIM Yul-hee
Krea/2020/28min/
Korea National University of Arts

≪Synopsis≫Every day after school, Sang-hyeon goes to Jeoung-woo’s place. Jeoung-woo is always “listening” to movies at home since he’s blind. Before moving away, Sang-hyeon starts recording a film.

 

The Coral Guardian
David Dincer
Germany/2020/10min/
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

≪Synopsis≫100 years ago, a diver died in the ocean. Revived by corals which grew on his helmet, he first tried to escape. However, the diver found shelter in a coral reef, and decided to stay and take care of it. Decades passed and numberous changes to the ocean have not only affected the reef but also himself. He has passed on his legacy before he died yet again.

 

Final Judge Award
The Final Judge, Akiko Ohku Award

Boozy Woozy Wonderland
Shiika Okada
Japan/2019/2min/
Tokyo University of the Arts

≪Synopsis≫One day on my way back from school, I saw my crush with his girlfriend. I couldn’t go straight back home from the big shock. So, I bought a drink at the supermarket and decided to walk home which will take me an hour. This film is a self-documentary, me following myself in the wonderland of tokyo being drunk with the fusion of the Rakugo’s technique ” Douchuzuke” and pop culture.

 

The Final Judge, Hayato Kawai Award

Pick-up
Roh Dohyeon
Korea/2019/13min/
Chung-Ang University

≪Synopsis≫Chu-hyun, a newbie film staff, drives a van to pick up an actress. But because of some miscommunications, she ends up giving a ride to a prostitute named Hee-ra.

 

The Final Judge, Tatsuo Kobayashi Award

Young, Fragile
Joscha Bongard
Germany/2020/25min/
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

≪Synopsis≫At times of changing gender roles, a Tinder date encourages young Leonid to live his own definition of “masculinity”. We experience the sensitive and insecure young man with his close friends in intimate conversations and pressuring voice messages as well as in the moment he tensely waits to meet the older and self-confident Leyli. A current reflection on love, sexuality and role models.

 

Other Nominated Films

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Calling for submission to the 24th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Competition from 10:00 on April 22 (Thursday)will start!
Please check the official website of the Kyoto International Student Film and Video Festival for application details.

 

Information

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