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　3rd February through 5th February,2023

PLACE
The Museum of Kyoto （Sanjo-Takakura ,Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8183）

ONLINE（Vimeo）
From　10th February through 19th February,2023

TICKET

	1DAY Ticket	ALL DAY Ticket
General	1,500 JPY	3,000 JPY
University students	1,000 JPY	2,000JPY
High school students	500 JPY	1,000JPY
Less than junior high student	Free	Free

Program

TIME TABLE

Online Programs

Package1 ￥1,000	Nominated Films	Package2 ￥1,000	Nominated Films	Nominated Films Package1+Package2 (16) + Special Program (6) ￥1,500
	3 Intestine Road, Fish Island		Other Half
	Restless Is the Night		Where No One Lives
	The things we hoped last summer		Fatjona
	Lunchbox		Jitterbug
	The Falling Angels		SHELTER
	THE OPPONENT		Hometown Lullaby
	The Woman with the Dog		The Seine’s Tears
	Regress		Identibye
	Special program		Special program
	Yellow Kid		Short and Happy Life of a Goldfish
	Under the Sun		EDMOND
	Episodic memory		Weight of the Les Paul

Introduction of the program

Competition Winners (16 works)

Program A

“The Falling Angels” YU CHE WU Taiwan/2021/44min National Taiwan University of Arts	“Other Half” Lina Kalcheva United Kingdom/2021/14min National Film and Television School (UK)
“The Seine’s Tears” Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer , Alice Letailleur France/2021/9min Pôle 3D	“Fatjona” Steve Bache Germany/2022/28min Filmakademie Baden-Wüerttemberg,Germany

Program B

“Sakana Island Stomach Three-intestine Eyes” Moe Wakabayashi Japan/2022/17min Tokyo University of the Arts	“The things we hoped last summer” Park Jongwoo South Korea/2022/35min Korea National University of Arts
“SHELTER” Kim Eunkyung South Korea/2022/25min Korea National University of Arts	“Jitterbug” Su Sion South Korea/2022/24min Korea National University of Arts

Program C

“Identibye” Sajjad ShahHatami Iran/2021/15min Azad university	“Regress” Ivan Jo Japan/2022/26min Kyoto City University of Arts
“THE OPPONENT” FEDERICO RUSSOTTO Italy/2021/17min CENTRO SPERIMENTALE DI CINEMATOGRAFIA	“The Woman with the Dog” Jo Yukyeong South Korea/2021/ 29min Chung-ang University

Program D

“Hometown Lullaby” LIU BO Japan/2022/48min Musashino Art University	“Where No One Lives” Li Anne Liew United States/2022/19min Chapman University
“Restless Is the Night” Xiaoxue Meng, Yuehan Tan China ・United States/2022/4min University of Southern California	“Lunchbox” OH Han-wool South Korea/2021/ 19min Sungkyunkwan University

Special program

1. Behind the scenes of movies learned from Kenzo Horikoshi (Date 2/3 Fri.)

“Yellow Kid” (Tetsuya Mariko(Director and Screen play) 2009/Japan/111min)
guest：Kenzo Horikoshi

TAMURA lives alone with his grandmother. Having been fired from work, he just hangs
around with his friend from the boxing gym, causing mischief and getting into trouble.
Comic artist HATTORI visits the gym looking for information on former World Champion
MIKUNI, who was his high school mate. He draws the interest of TAMURA who has always
been a big fan of his comics. HATTORI decides to create a hero in his new comics based on
TAMURA and that stimulates TAMURA into trying to change his ways…

2. 3 Student Film Festivals(Date 2/3 Fri.)

“Episodic memory” (Tokyo Student Film Festival Live action short film category Grand Prix)
Ririko Suzuki(Director) 2022 / Japan / 22min41Sec

She knew faster than anyone else about her senses gradually fading away. Maybe, she has been talking just too much these days. She loves both being by herself and spending time with others. However, she finds herself willing to be alone in the end. Does this mean I love solitude? She feels a certain sense of danger..
She is honest with herself because she is captured in herself, obsessed with herself, anxious about herself, and
it is her destiny.

“Weight of the Les Paul” (Kansai Student Film Festival Grand Prix)
Shingen Kaneko(Director) 2022 / Japan / 15min

Kimio Yoneshima wanted to become a guitarist someday. However, he was close to giving up on the dream as he got kicked out of the band. One day, he meets the owner of a bar, Kasamatsu, and ever since, Kimio moves forward to make his dream come true. But the harsh reality drives him into a corner.

3.　 The Films screened of the final judges (Date 2/4 Sat)

“NIAGARA”
guest：Chie Hayakawa （Director）
2014 / Japan / 27min

Yamame, who lost her parents when she was a child and grew up in a nursing home, first came to know her grandfather on death row at the age of 18. After leaving the facility, Yamame visits her grandmother, who has dementia, and meets Tanishi, a strange caregiver. They start sending the sound of the city to their grandfather in the wall.

“Short and Happy Life of a Goldfish”
guest：Isshin Inudo （Director）
1997 / Japan / 18min

A goldfish was born in Tenchinuma well known for its goldfish. It gets scooped by Mitsui and his little sister at the goldfish scoop, then cherished by the siblings. However, the sibling’s interests turn to the green turtle that was gifted on Christmas. Soon the goldfish is given to the sister’s friend, who she names it Hiroshi and adore , but…

4. Screening of past nominated films from overseas (Date 2/5 Sun)

“EDMOND” (19th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Animation Division Grand Prix)
Nina Gantz (Director and Screen play) 2015 / UK / 9min

Edmond’s impulse to love and be close to others is strong … Mybe too strong. As he stands alone by a lake contemplating his options, he goes on ajourney backwards through his life, and revisits all his defining moments Sin search for the origin of his desires.

“Under the Sun” (Selected works for the 19th Kyoto International Student Film Festival)
QIU Yang (Director and Screen play) 2015 / Australia /19min

One incident occurs, two families tangle. There’s nothing new under the sun.

The Film screened of the final judges (Date 2/5 Sun)

“Backdrop del mio PaPà”
guest：Toshio Lee （Director）
2004 / Japan / 98min

Kazuo Shimoda, an elementary school student whose father is Ushinosuke Shimoda, a professional wrestler of “New World Pro Wrestling” , hates professional wrestling! He is ashamed of his father’ s occupation who turned into a villain, and he keeps it a secret even from his classmates. To gain his son’ s trust, Ushinosuke decides to fight an almost reckless battle.

The Final judge

Isshin Inudo (Film Director)	Chie Hayakawa (Film Director)
Toshio Lee (Film Director)

Results of Entries

Year	Japan	Overseas	Total
2022	160	221	381
2021	172	143	315
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

Award

Grand-Prix

“Lunchbox” OH Han-wool
South Korea/2021/19min/Sungkyunkwan University

≪Synopsis≫An older sister receives a phone call from her little brother, saying he needs a packed lunch. She’s never cooked before since she is blind, but she challenges herself to make lunch for the first time for her brother.

Semi Grand-Prix

“The Seine’s Tears”
Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot,
Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur
France/2021/9min/Pôle 3D

≪Synopsis≫17 October 1961, “Algerian workers” get down the streets to manifest against the mandatory curfew imposed by the Police prefecture.

Each Final Judge Award

The Final Judge, Isshin Inudo Award

“The things we hoped last summer” Park Jongwoo
South Korea/2022/35min/Korea National University of Arts

≪Synopsis≫The kids living in a village with incineration plant start collecting marbles coming from nowhere. They somehow find the fascinating marbles and think those misterious things would make their wishes come true. But the desires led them to unexpected consequences. Also,the parents of the kids are into the long dark night.

The Final Judge, Chie Hayakawa Award

“The Falling Angels” YU CHE WU
Taiwan/2021/44min/National Taiwan University of Arts

≪Synopsis≫On a tranquil summer’s day, in three different corners in the campus,there were teenagers with broken hearts. A distant thud resonated with the wounded; however, the fate of the oppressed could not be altered,even if they let out cries and screams.

The Final Judge, Toshio Lee Award

“THE OPPONENT” FEDERICO RUSSOTTO
Italy/2021/17min/CENTRO SPERIMENTALE DI CINEMATOGRAFIA

≪Synopsis≫
Aureliano and Simone seem to belong to different planets. They donʼt speak much, their common language is fencing. With each lunge they will test their talent and loyalty.

KISFVF executive committee Award

“Sakana Island Stomach Three Intestines” Moe Wakabayashi
Japan/2022/17min/Tokyo University of the Arts

≪Synopsis≫This is the story of a family of three: a pig, a fish, and a tadpole,who live deep in the belly of a fish. One day, their life changes drastically, starting with a fruit that washes ashore.