• Overview of the business
• Outline of the event
• Programs held
• Implementation Report
• Pre-Event and Collaborative Planning
• Special site
• executive committee
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Overview of the business

　The Kyoto International Student Film Festival is the largest international student film festival in the Japan, which is mainly planned and operated by university students from the Kansai region, mainly in Kyoto. The purpose of this program is to gather independent films produced by students from all over the world, review them by the executive committee, create opportunities for students to screen them, and discover human resources and talents who will lead future films.
Historically Japan Kyoto is a "city of movies" that still inherits the cultural heritage of the early days of cinema, and it is also a "city of universities and students" where students account for 10% of the population of Kyoto City. This festival aims to revitalize Kyoto by discovering and introducing talents who can add new fields to cinema from among the many possibilities of the world, thereby creating a place for international exchange and mutual understanding.

Outline of the event

24th Kyoto International Student Film Festival

Click here for the official website

Dates:

Friday, February 11, 2022 ~ Sunday, February 13, 2022 Film Theater
, The Museum of Kyoto Friday, February 18, 2022 ~ Friday, February 25, 2022 Online

Co-organizers:

The Museum of Kyoto

Planning and management:

24th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Executive Committee

Operational support:

Kyoto International Student Film Festival Planning Committee

Supported by:

Arts and Culture Promotion Fund, Nissha Printing Culture Promotion Foundation

Supported by:

Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education, Kyoto City Board of Education, The Japan Foundation, NPO Image Industry Promotion Organization, Cineaste Organization Osaka, Cooperative Japan Directors Guild, Unijapan, Asahi Shimbun Kyoto General Bureau, Kyoto Shimbun, Kyoto Shimbun, NHK Kyoto Broadcasting Station,
KBS Kyoto,

α-STATION FM Kyoto

Sponsors:

Grand Marble Co., Ltd., Cinema Today Co., Ltd., Star Channel Co., Ltd., Directors Univ Co., Ltd., NANLITE JAPAN, Fellows Co., Ltd., Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Film and New Media, Genki na Office Co., Ltd., DOKUSO Cinema, Okaze Co., Ltd., Yamako Co., Ltd.,

Kyoto Prefectural Federation of Consumers' Co-operative Unions

Programs held

【Timetable】

【Online Streaming Program】

Package 1 ¥1,000	Selected Works	Package 2 ¥1,000	Selected Works	Package 1 + Package 2 ¥1,500 Selected Entries (16) + Special Event (4)
	『Final Deathtination』		『Migrants』
	"Difficult Youth"		『Intermezzo』
	『The Balloon Catcther』		"Scherzo"
	"Fish Eye"		『Sounds between the Crowns』
	『La Source des Montagnes』		"Donut Hall"
	『FRONTIER』		『One Elevaotr Apart』
	『Jesus “Loving” Christ』		『COLZA』
	"Funny Cat"		"Fierce"
	Special Projects		Special Projects
	『1+1=11』		"Mariko Thirty Horses"
	"GOGO Mariko"		"The Great Adventure"

【Competition Winners (18 works in total)】

【Program A】

"Final Deathtination" Marika Tamura USA / 2021 / 2min / Animation Ringling College of Art & Design	Tomoya Miyo Japan / 2021 / 109min / Live-action Saitama Prefectural Arts High School

【Program B】

Migrants , Hugo Caby, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, Lucas Lermytte, Zoé Devise France / 2020 / 8min / Animation Pôle 3D	Intermezzo, Kim Lêa Sakkal Germany / 2021 / 49min / Live-action Academy of Media Art Cologne
"Scherzo" Takayoshi Shiokawa Mikita Tomatsu Japan / 2020 / 94min / Live-action University of Japan

【Program C】

"The Balloon Catcher" Isao Kaneko Japan / 2020 / 6min / Animation Tama Art University Graduate School	"Fish Eye" Yuiko Itano Ayako Masuda Japan / 2021 / 52min / Live-action Doshisha Women's University
"Ai-chan Story ♡" Mana Ohno Candice Japan / 2021 / 88min / Live-action Tokyo University of the Arts

[Program D]

"Undersea Sad Song" Keita Dunomoto Japan / 2021 / 71min / Live-action Osaka University of Arts

【Program E】

The Source of the Mountains by Adrien COMMUNIER, Camille DI DIO, Benjamin FRANCOIS, Pierre GORICHON, Briag MALLAT, Marianne MOISY France / 2020 / 7min / Animation ESMA	"FRONTIER" Masakazu Hattori Japan / 2020 / 99min / Live-action Rikkyo University

【Program F】

"Sounds between the Crowns" Filip Diviak Czech Republic / 2020 / 15min / Animation Tomas Bata University in Zlín	"Donut Hall" Taro Kawasaki Japan / 2021 / 62min / Live-action Tohoku University of Art and Design

【Program G】

"Jesus "Loving" Christ" by Lam Cheuk Him Hong Kong / 2021 / 30min / The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts	"Oyogeru Neko" Huang Mu Li Japan / 2021 / 50min / Live Action Musashino Art University

【Program H】

"One Elevator Apart" Chris Zahariev Bulgaria / 2021 / 27min / Live-action University NATFA "Krastyo Sarafov"	"COLZA" Victor CHAGNIOT, Camille BROUTIN, Matthieu DAURES, Victoria DE MILLO GREGORY, Maxime JOUNIOT, Jade KHOO France / 2020 / 5min / Animation Gobelins
"Ferocious" Watanabe Ango Japan / 2020 / 70min / Live-action Tokyo University of the Arts

Special Events

Planning (1) "Screening Project by Director Jinji Yazaki" (Screening on February 11)

Guest: Jinji Yazaki, Director

"1+1=11
" Japan / 2001 / 66min

Project (2) "Screening of Past Award-Winning Directors" (Screening on February 12)

The Great Adventure of the Great Virgin, directed
by Ken Ninomiya Japan / 2012 / 58min
15th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Audience Award Winner

GOGO Mariko, directed by
Tomoya Maeno Japan / 2007 / 20min
11th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Second Prize Winner

Mariko Sanjuki directed by
Tetsuya Mariko Japan / 2004 / 24min
Grand Prix winner at the 7th Kyoto International Student Film Festival

Project (3) "Screening Project by Isao Yukisada" (Screening on February 13)

Guest: Isao
Yukisada Director "Beautiful People Saba?"
Japan / 2017 / 45min

Final Jury

Tetsuya Mariko (Film Director)	Jinji Yazaki (Film Director, Screenwriter)
Yoshihiko Yatabe (Former Director of Tokyo International Film Festival and Film Festival Producer)	Isao Yukisada (Film Director)

Ticket Information

	ALL DAY Pass	1DAY PASS
General	3,000 YEN	1,500 yen
Students (high school students and above)	2,000 yen	¥1,000
Junior high school students and younger	Free	Free

* Members of the Friends of The Museum of Kyoto can watch Program A~H free of charge by presenting their membership card.
(However, for special events, a ticket fee of 1,000 yen is required for each.)
*Students (high school students and above) must present their student ID.
* Admission is free if you present your physical disability certificate, rehabilitation certificate, mental disability certificate, A-bomb survivor's certificate, or war injury certificate (regardless of grade or prefecture). In addition, admission for one caregiver per disabled person is free. * If you show your ticket, you can also see the permanent exhibition in the general exhibition rooms on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the venue.
* Program D ("Undersea Song") is "R18+ designation".

Results of Submission

Holding year	Domestic	Overseas	Meter
2021 </strong	172 works	143 works	315 works
FY2020	100 works	272 works	372 works
FY2019	101 works	176 works	277 works
FY2018	98 works	490 works	588 works
FY2017	129 works	356 works	485 works
FY2016	168 works	371 works	539 works
FY2015	123 works	94 works	217 works
FY2014	163 works	187 works	350 works

Implementation Report

The 24th Kyoto International Student Film Festival discovers young talents who will lead the film industry of the future. It was held for three days from Friday, February 11 to Sunday, February 13, 2022 at The Museum of Kyoto Film Theater. In addition, it was distributed on the video sharing site "Vimeo" for 8 days from February 18 (Friday) to February 25 (Friday), 2022.
This year's competition received 315 entries from all over the world, the largest number of Japan entries in 10 years. Eighteen films carefully selected by the Student Executive Committee were screened.
At the award ceremony held on Sunday, February 13, the winning director and the final judges, Mr. Tetsuya Mariko, Mr. Jinji Yazaki, and Mr. Isao Yukisada, were invited as guests to announce the Grand Prix and Semi-Grand Prix, the Final Jury Award, and the Executive Committee Award.
At the award ceremony, we received comments from the final jury, and we were able to create a place for international exchange and mutual understanding through film.
The award-winning works are as follows: I wish the young coach all the best for his future success.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the visitors and supporters of the festival.

Announcement of Competition Results

Grand Prix Grand-Prix

Intermezzo, Kim Lêa Sakkal
Germany / 2021 / 49min / Live Action / Academy of Media Art Cologne

≪ synopsis≫ twins Rebecca and Carlo cut off from everyday life. The two are forced to live together, ending a page of their young lives.

Second Prize

"Scherzo" Takayoshi Shiokawa Mikita
Tomatsu Japan / 2020 / 94min / Live Action / University of Japan

≪ synopsis≫ Koji keeps forgetting to shave his beard, but after a day, he forgets everything.
For him, the only things that were certain were the words on the walls, the photographs, and the images = records left on the tapes. One day, he meets Hinako, a woman with the same problems as him.

Migrants,
Hugo Caby, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, Lucas Lermytte, Zoé Devise
France / 2020 / 8min / Animation / Pôle 3D

≪Synopsis≫ Two polar bears are forced to wander due to the effects of global warming. Along the way, they encounter a herd of brown bears and try to coexist.

Final Jury Prize

The Final Judge, Tetsuya Mariko Award

"Oyogeru Neko" Huang Mu
Li Japan / 2021 / 50min / Live Action / Musashino Art University

≪Synopsis≫ The main character, Yukari, breaks up with her boyfriend Ryota before her thirtieth birthday, is restructured again, and decides to go back to her parents' house on the weekend for a change. However, life at her parents' house is not as relaxing as she expected, and she still fights with her mother, Shizue, due to a difference of opinion. As an adult, Yukari doesn't want to say selfishness, so she makes up with Shizue as soon as she fights, but the problem between the two is never solved…

The Final Judge, Hitoshi Yazaki Award

"Ferocious" Watanabe Ango
Japan / 2020 / 70min / Live Action / Tokyo University of the Arts

Although ≪ synopsis ≫ is sentenced to life expectancy, Kotaro, a former professional wrestler with a criminal record, lives the same days.
However, he begins to spend time with his colleague Kondo and his neighbor, Ryohei, a high school student. From both the sins he has carried and his impending death, Kotaro begins to distance himself from them…

The Final Judge, Yoshihiko Yatabe Award

Tomoya
Miyo Japan / 2021 / 109min / Live-action / Saitama Prefectural Arts High School

≪ synopsis ≫ June, HR. She is informed by her homeroom teacher that Rina Matsui, a girl who was popular in the class, was involved in an incident and could not come to school. Who's to blame and who's to blame. A youth group drama of boys and girls who are swayed by youth.

The Final Judge, Isao Yukisada Award

"Eye of the Fish" Yuiko Itano Ayako
Masuda Japan / 2021 / 52min / Live Action / Doshisha Women's University

≪ synopsis ≫ "the eyes of the fish cannot see the water, and the human eye cannot see the sky," so you cannot see what is in front of you. Reina wears the shell of an honor student and is unable to show her true feelings. A free-spirited sea where you and your teacher overlap. An entertainer who keeps pointing the shutter at his childhood friend who doesn't turn around. The reason to secretly wish for the happiness of the person you love. A light that hits the gaze of burning love. A youth group image drama of these women who struggle in a narrow tank with weakness. We still can't love our weaknesses well.

KISFVF Executive Committee Award

"FRONTIER" Masakazu
Hattori Japan / 2020 / 99min / Live Action / Rikkyo University

≪Synopsis≫ The space venture company OSI detects a mysterious small rocket. When I went to the launch site, I found an old-fashioned house where a man lived. He was a household android invented by a technology that did not yet exist in this world.

"Sounds between the Crowns" by Filip Diviak
Czech Republic / 2020 / 15min / Animation / Tomas Bata University in Zlín

≪ Synopsis≫ The protagonist, a musician and homeless protagonist, is frightened by the queen of the country when she sees her face full of scars, and her important instrument is destroyed by guards. But he did not lose his desire to repair the instrument.

Name of the work	Director	Works
"Ai-chan Story ♡"	Mana Ohno Candice	Tokyo University of the Arts Japan / 2021 / 88min
"Song of the Undersea"	Keita Domomoto	Osaka University of Arts Japan / 2021 / 71min
"Donut Hall"	Taro Kawasaki	Tohoku University of Art and Design Japan / 2021 / 62min
『The Balloon Catcher』	Isao Kaneko	Tama Art University Graduate School Japan / 2020 / 6min
『Final Deathtination』	Marika Tamura	Ringling College of Art & Design USA / 2021 / 2 min
『Jesus “Loving” Christ』	Lam Cheuk Him	The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Hong Kong / 2021 / 30min
『One Elevator Apart』	Chris Zahariev	National Academy For Theatre and Film Arts "Krastyo Sarafov" Bulgaria / 2021 / 27min
『COLZA』	Victor CHAGNIOT、 Camille BROUTIN、 Matthieu DAURES、 Victoria DE MILLO GREGORY、 Maxime JOUNIOT、 Jade KHOO	Gobelins Manufactory France / 2020 / 5min
『La Source des Montagnes』	Adrien COMMUNIER、 Camille DI DIO、 Benjamin FRANCOIS、 Pierre GORICHON、 Briag MALLAT、Marianne MOISY	ESMA France / 2020 / 7min

Pre-Event and Collaborative Planning

【Pre-event】

Barrier-free screening On Sunday, November 28, a barrier-free screening
was held as a pre-event for the Kyoto International Student Film Festival. Eight past screenings, including barrier-free screenings, were screened, a talk show was held with Professor Chika Kinoshita of Kyoto University, and for the first barrier-free screening of this film festival, audio guides and barrier-free subtitles were produced for films submitted in the past so that more people could enjoy them.

【Collaborative Planning】

Kyoto University Hospital < As in > previous year, the Kyoto International Student Film Festival is distributing past films selected by the executive committee so that inpatients can view them from each hospital bed monitor at Kyoto University Hospital.	< Photo Contest > held a photo contest on the official Instagram and Twitter. We set a theme "#映画のようなワンショット" related to movies and invited works. Through the use of social media, we took on the challenge of creating a place where the younger generation could take an interest in films directed by students.
< expressed our gratitude to all the staff who cooperated > the 30th Wellness Art Exhibition and hoped that patients would enjoy it, we exhibited our works at the "Creative Plaza and Art Exhibition" organized by the Kyoto University Wellness Research Association. Due to the influence of the new coronavirus infection, it was difficult to interact, so the executive committee took on the challenge of producing this film festival in the hope that people would learn about it through the films.