Nippon Visions Audience Award

For the sixth time, the NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD will be given to one of the 13 directors participating in the competition with their films from the NIPPON VISIONS section. The winner will receive a free subtitling for his or her next film, sponsored by Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy (JVTA) from Tokyo.

Jury: Ryuichi HIROKI (Regisseur KABUKICHO LOVE HOTEL und HER GRANDDAUGHTER), Kazuyoshi KUMAKIRI (Regisseur MY MAN), Tokitoshi SHIOTA (Leiter des Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival)

For the second time, you can vote for your favorite film participating in the NIPPON VISIONS AUDIENCE AWARD competition. The award is donated by Japanisches Kulturzentrum in Frankfurt and endowed with 1,000 €. The Japanisches Kulturzentrum in Frankfurt promotes Japanese language and culture.

Competition films

-1287 von Ian Thomas Ash
CHIGASAKI STORY von Takuya MISAWA
THE COCKPIT von Sho MIYAKE
DUAL CITY von Yokna HASEGAWA
HELLO, SUPERNOVA von Yuichiro KONNO
HOLD YOUR BREATH LIKE A LOVER von Kohei IGARASHI
A LITTLE GIRL’S DREAM von Yoshiaki TOKITA
LITTLE VOICES FROM FUKUSHIMA von Hitomi KAMANAKA
OBON BROTHERS von Akira OSAKI
SHARING von Makoto SHINOZAKI
A SONG THAT NEVER ENDS von Sora HOKIMOTO
TREASURE SHIP: LATITUDES OF LUST von Koichiro IKAWA
WALKING WITH MY MOTHER von Katsumi SAKAGUCHI