• Business Overview
• Outline of the event
• Programme
• Pre-planning
• Implementation Report
• Inquiries

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 16:30~18:30 19:00~21:00 (Some 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

 

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! ▼▼

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”

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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”

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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
	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
	“Why did Komura shed tears with a straight face?” (63min) Keisuke Kondo / Yoshihiro Nagata / Ken Ninomiya Osaka University of Arts/Japan
	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
	『Albert』 (24min) Daniel Wawrzyniak Lodz Film School/Poland
	Albert, it’s time to rest. Take a deep breath.

 

Audience Award
	『Ketchup Kid』 (19min) Patrick Vollrath Filmacademy Vienna / Austria
	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
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