Event Report
The Kyoto International Student Film Festival, which aims to discover the young talents who will lead the film industry of the future, was held at Kyoto Cinema from Saturday, November 26 and closed on Friday, December 2.
The 19th Festival Competition (Live-Action and Anime) received 539 entries from 43 countries and regions, the highest in the festival’s history, and 16 films carefully selected by the student executive committee were screened at the festival.
At the award ceremony on the final day, Friday 2nd, the winning directors and final judges Yasumi Sakamoto, Nobuaki Doi, and Kunihiko Tomioka were invited as guests to announce the Grand Prix, Final Jury Award, and Audience Award in the live-action and anime categories.
The award-winning works are as follows: We hope that this film festival will be an opportunity for young directors to play an active role in the future.
We would like to express our gratitude to all the visitors and those who supported and cooperated with the festival.
Outline of the event
| schedule | ■Program Screening Saturday, November 26, 2016 ~ Thursday, December 1, 2016 16:45~21:20 (*Only on the 26th~21:30) ■ Award Ceremony / Grand Prize Screening / Talk Show Friday, December 2, 2016 18:00~21:00 |
| meeting place | Kyoto Cinema (COCON Karasuma 3F) |
| sponsorship | University Consortium Kyoto |
| Planning & Management | The 19th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Executive Committee |
| Operational Support | Kyoto International Student Film Festival Planning Review Committee |
Programme
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Result of Submission
We received 539 entries from 43 countries and regions. Thank you very much for your application, Mr. Mr./Ms..
The 19th Kyoto International Studies Film Festival Competition Entry Guidelines are here.
| domestic | overseas | plan | |
| FY 2016 | 167 | 372 | 539 |
| FY 2015 | 123 | 94 | 217 |
| FY 2014 | 163 | 187 | 350 |
| FY 2013 | 212 | 145 | 357 |
| FY 2012 | 235 | 127 | 362 |
Competition Results
Grand-Prix for Live-action Film
『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.
Anime Division Grand Prix
Grand-Prix for Animated Film
『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.
Final Jury Prize
Yasumi Sakamoto Prize
The Final Judge, Abi Sakamoto Award
“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.
Final Jury Prize
Nobuaki Doi Prize
The Final Judge, Nobuaki Doi Award
“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.
Final Jury Prize
Kunihiko Tomioka Prize
The Final Judge, Kunihiko Tomioka Award
『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.
Audience Award
Audience Award
The live-action Grand Prix “Darling” also won the Audience Award!
『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.
・Other Selected Works
| category | Title of the work | supervision | Name of University | Year, length, and country |
| Live | 『America』 | Aleksandra Terpińska | University of Silesia – Krzysztof Kieslowski Faculty of Radio and Television | 2015/30min /ポーランド |
| 『Under the Sun』 | QIU Yang | Victorian College of the Arts, School of Film and Television | 2015/19min /オーストラリア |
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| 『The guilt, probably』 | Michael Labarca | The School of Audio-Visual Media, University of Los Andes | 2016/14min /ベネズエラ |
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| “Irazumba in the Tiger Pit” | Sadato Takenaka | Osaka University of Arts | 2016/65min /日本 |
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| 『Sweeper’s Pride』 | Matthias Koßmehl | Hamburg Media School | 2015/7min /ドイツ |
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| 『The Road』 | Tsevelmaa Densmaa | Mongolian State University of Arts & Culture | 2016/13min /モンゴル |
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| animation | “The Heel of Love” | Enka | Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School | 2016/10min /日本 |
| 『The Noise of Licking』 | Nadja Andrasev | Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design | 2016/9min /ハンガリー |
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| 『FEED』 | Eri Okazaki | Tama Art University | 2016/7min /日本 |
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| 『Pokey Pokey』 | Junjie “Jake” Zhang | University of Southern California | 2015/6min /アメリカ |
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| “To the Stories” | Mio Yamanaka | Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School | 2016/6min /日本 |
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