About us
Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival is Japan’s largest international student film festival planned and administered by university students in Kyoto. We will show students’ works from all over the world and provide opportunities to discover new talents.
Kyoto is well known as “Cinema City” where a lot of heritages that contributed the development of Japanese Cinema. Kyoto is also known as “College City, Student City” , students taking up 10% of the population.The festival strings these two characteristics together, and also offers forum for cultural and international exchange and ultimately vitalizes Kyoto.
Event outline
- DATE
- FROM 27th November through 2st December,2018
- PLACE
- The Museum of Kyoto(Sanjo-Takakura ,Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8183)
- TICKET
1DAY Ticket | ALL DAY Ticket | |
---|---|---|
General | 1,000 JPY | 2,000 JPY |
High school and university students |
800 JPY | 1,800JPY |
Less than junior high student |
Free | Free |
Program
Trailer
URL https://youtu.be/Z234CGiDtaY
TIME TABLE
11/27 Tue. | 11/28Wed. | 11/29Thu. | 11/30 Fri. | 12/1 Sat. | 12/2 Sun. |
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program A 17:05-18:33 |
program B 17:05-18:36 |
program C 17:05-18:35 |
program D 17:05-18:33 |
The Special Program of Ken Ninomiya」 15:00-18:30 |
|
JAPAN FOCUS 18:50-20:41 |
program A 18:50-20:33 |
program B 18:50-20:36 |
program C 18:50-20:35 |
program D 18:50-20:33 |
Award Ceremony |
Introduction of the program
1.competition program A-D
Program to show 16 works that a member of the executive committee selected carefully from all 588 submissions in 33 countries.
Program A
Program B
Program C
Program D
2.Special program
① 「JAPAN FOCUS」(Date 11/27 Tue.)
②「The Special Program of Ken Ninomiya」(Date 12/1 Sun.)
Entries for the competition
Application has been closed.
Thank you.
≪Competition Guideline in 2018≫
Year | Japan | Overseas | Total |
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 for Live-action Film
『Mascarpone』Jonas Riemer
Germany/2018 年/14min/Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
≪Synopsis≫A car crash thrusts Francis, the dreamy film projectionist, into the world of the ruthless gangster Mascarpone.Suddenly he finds himself in a mobster film.Francis’ s dog Farfalle is taken hostage by Mascarpone’ s gang and Francis is beingforced to stand guard at their next bank robbery. When the coup fails he has to rescue his dog and conquer the heart of the film diva Vivien.
『Flower Found! / Bloem?』Jorn Leeuwerink
The Netherlands/2017 年/6min/HKU University of the Arts Utrecht
≪Synopsis≫A beautiful red flower stands in the middle of the forest. When it suddenly disappears Mouse is very sad. Bird takes Mouse around the forest to search for the flower and other animals join in too. Then they think they’ve found the flower and things quickly get out of hand.
Final Jury Award
The Final Judge, Ken Ninomiya Award
『Overrun』
Pierre Ropars, Antonin Derory, Diane Thirault, Jérémie Cottard, Matthieu Druaud, Adrien Zumbihl
Animated Film/France/2017 年/8min/Supinfocom Rubika
≪Synopsis≫Overrun, tells the story of an ant who is plunged into a dark and cold place. We follow its journey through this seemingly disturbing and dangerous, yet fascinating world and its quest to escape.
The Final Judge, Jun Hirose Award
『The Place of Oblivion/ El rincón del mundo a donde va lo que se olvida』
Fernanda Tovar
Live-action Film /Mexico/2018 年/18min/Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica
≪Synopsis≫ Aura, Juan, and Evaristo live in San Antonio del Querer, an old town that nobody remembers and nobody comes back to. Aura will try to leave her town and look for the life she hopes to find somewhere else. Before doing so, she will try to convince her father and grandfather to leave with her and save them from fading into oblivion.
The Final Judge, Atsushi Wada Award
『LIKE A GOOD KID』 Arian Vazirdaftari
Live-action Film/Iran/2018 年/20min/Tehran University of Dramatic Arts
≪Synopsis≫Sara (a 24-year-old girl) is supposed to babysit Matin (a 6-year-old boy) for the day, while his mother is at work. In the morning Matin tells Sara a story of a fight with his mother from the night before, this leads to a series of events through the day which will change Matin and Sara for the rest oftheir lives.
Audience Awards
Audience Award for Live-action Film
『Little Red Riding Hood / Rotkäppchen』Lynn Oona Baur
Germany/2017 年/8min/Hamburg Media School
≪Synopsis≫Year 2032. Ten-year old Luise and her mother Anna live in Germany, a totalitarian state. When a school theatre play, with Luise involved, turns into a brutal
propaganda campaign, Anna recognizes the need to protect her daughter. But it might be too late.
Audience Award for Animated Film
『Flower Found! / Bloem?』Jorn Leeuwerink
※Jorn Leeuwerink also won the Grand Prix of the animation division.
Other Nominated Films
Live-action FilmTitle | Director | Work information | ||
『The Net 』 | Hae-guen-Jeon | Live-action Film | The University of Suwon | South Korea/ 2018/32min |
『The Unbeaked / L’Imbecqué』 | Hugo GLAVIER | Animated Film | L’école Estienne | France/2017/4min |
『The Spirits of Cairn』 | Shinobu Soejima |
Animated Film |
Tokyo University of the Arts |
Japan/2018/7min |
『ENDLING』 | Alex Schaad | Live-action Film | University of Television and Film, Munich | Germany/2018/30min |
『ten/10』 | Paula Konjušić | Animated Film | Academy of Fine Arts Zagreb(ALU) | Croatia/2017/8min |
『AAMIR』 | Vika Evdokimenko | Live-action Film | New York University | USA/2017/16min |
『Fundamental』 | Shih-Chieh Chiu | Animated Film | National Taiwan University of Arts | Taiwan/2017/7min |
『Facing Mecca』 | Jan-Eric Mack | Live-action Film | Zurich University of the Arts | Switzerland/2017/27min |
『At her own pace 』 | Yeo-ul Han | Live-action Film | Sejong University | South Korea/ 2018/26min |
『Love Me, Fear Me』 | Veronica Solomon | Live-action Film | Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF | Germany/2018/6min |
Find us on
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Information
Kyoto International Student Film & Video Festival 2018 Office
c/o The Consortium of Universities in Kyoto Campus Plaza Kyoto
Nishino-Toin-dori Shiokoji sagaru,Shimogyo-ku,Kyoto 600-8216 JAPAN
TEL:+81 75 353 9430(closed on Mondays) FAX:+81 75 353 9101
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