• 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

25th Kyoto International Student Film Festival

Dates:

Friday, February 3, 2023 ~ Sunday, February 5, 2023 The Museum of Kyoto Film Theater
Friday, February 10, 2023 ~ Sunday, February 19, 2023 Online

Co-organizers:

The Museum of Kyoto

Planning and management:

25th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Executive Committee

Operational support:

Kyoto International Student Film Festival Planning Committee

Supported by:

Arts and Culture Promotion Fund, Nissha Foundation

Supported by:

Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education, Kyoto City Board of Education, Japan Foundation, NPO Image Industry Promotion Organization, Cooperative Japan Film Directors Guild, UNIJAPAN, Asahi Shimbun Kyoto General Bureau, Kyoto Shimbun, NHK Kyoto Broadcasting Station,
KBS Kyoto, α-STATION FM Kyoto,
Japan
Film Producers Association

Sponsors:

King Records Co., Ltd., Cinema Today Co., Ltd., Directors Unib Co., Ltd., NANLITE JAPAN, Fellows Co., Ltd., Ritsumeikan University Graduate School of Film and New Media, Grand Marble Co., Ltd., Nonverbal Theater "Gear-", Genki na Office Co., Ltd., UPLINK Kyoto Co., Ltd., Oikaze Co., Ltd., Yamako Co., Ltd.,

Kyoto Prefectural Federation of Consumers' Co-operative Associations

Programs held

【Timetable】

【Online Streaming Program】

Package 1 ¥1,000	Selected Works	Package 2 ¥1,000	Selected Works	Selected Works Package 1 + Package 2 (16) + Special Event (6) ¥1,500
	Sakana triptric trienterus		Other Half
	Restless Is the Night		Where No One Lives
	The things we hoped last summer		Fatjona
	Lunchbox		Jitterbug
	The Falling Angels		SHELTER
	THE OPPONENT		I am back
	The Woman with the Dog		The Seine's Tears
	return		Identibye
	Special Events		Special Events
	Yellow Kid		The life of a goldfish
	Under the Sun		EDMOND
	Episodic memory		The Les Paul was too heavy.

【Competition Winners (16 works in total)】

【Program A】

"The Falling Angels" YU CHE WU Taiwan / 2021 / 44min National Taiwan University of Arts	"Other Half" by Lina Kalcheva UK / 2021 / 14min National Film and Television School (UK)
"The Seine's Tears" Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer , Alice Letailleur FRANCE / 2021 / 9min Pôle 3D	"Fatjona" Steve Bache GERMANY / 2022 / 28min Filmakademie Baden-Wüerttemberg, Germany

【Program B】

"Sakana Island Tribulation Order" Moe Wakabayashi Japan / 2022 / 17min Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School	"The things we hoped last summer" Park Jongwoo KOREA / 2022 / 35min Korea National University of Arts
"SHELTER" Kim Eunkyung KOREA / 2022 / 25min Korea National University of Arts	"Jitterbug" Su Sion KOREA / 2022 / 24min Korea National University of Arts

【Program C】

"Identibye" Sajjad ShahHatami Iran / 2021 / 15min Azad University	"Returning" Xu Yiwen Japan/2021/26min Kyoto City University of Arts
THE OPPONENT, FEDERICO RUSSOTTO ITALY / 2021 / 17min CENTRO SPERIMENTALE DI CINEMATOGRAFIA	"The Woman with the Dog" by Jo Yukyeong KOREA / 2021 / 29min Chung-ang University

[Program D]

"Now" Liu Bo Japan / 2022 / 48min Musashino Art University	"Where No One Lives" by Li Anne Liew USA / 2022 / 19min Chapman University
"Restless Is the Night" by Xiaoxue Meng / Yuehan Tan China/USA / 2022 / 4min University of Southern California	"Lunchbox" OH Han-wool KOREA / 2021 / 19min Sungkyunkwan University

Special program

Project (1) "Behind the Scenes of Films Learned from Kenzo Horikoshi" (2/3 screening)

Guest: Kenzo HorikoshiScreening
: "Yellow Kid" Director, Script: Tetsuya Mariko 2009/Japan/111min

Planning (2) FF3 Three Students Film Festival Collaboration Project (2/3 screening)

"Episodic memory" (Tokyo Student Film Festival Live Action Short Film Division Grand Prix)
Director, Script: Ririko Suzuki 2022 / Japan / 22min41Sec

"The Les Paul Was Too Heavy" (Kansai Student Film Festival Grand Prize Winner)
Director: Nobuzuru Kaneko 2022 /Japan / 15min

Project (3) "Chie Hayakawa's Screening Project" (2/4 screening)

Guest: Chie Hayakawa "Niagara"
2014
/ Japan / 27min

Project (4) "Inudo Isshin Director Screening Project"

Guest: Isshin
Inudo "The Life of a Goldfish"
1997 / Japan / 18min

Planning (5) Screening of Past Selected Films from Overseas (February 5)

EDMOND (Grand Prix Winner of the Animation Division at the 19th Kyoto International Student Film Festival)
Director and Script: Nina Gantz
2015 / UK / 9min

Under the Sun (19th Kyoto International Student Film Festival)
Edited and written by QIU Yang
2015 / Australia / 19min

Project (6) Screening by Lee Fighter Man (2/5 screening)

"Dad's Backdrop"
Guest: Lee Fighter Man
2004 / Japan / 98min

Final Jury

Isshin Inudo (Film Director)	Chie Hayakawa (Film Director)
Lee Fighter Man (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
FY2022	160 works	221 works	381 works
FY2021	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 25th Kyoto International Student Film Festival discovers young talent who will lead the film industry of the future. It was held for three days from Friday, February 3 to Sunday, February 5, 2023 at The Museum of Kyoto Film Theater. In addition, it was distributed on the video sharing site "Vimeo" for 10 days from February 10 (Friday) to February 19 (Sunday), 2022.
This year's competition received 381 entries from all over the world, from which 16 films carefully selected by the Student Executive Committee were screened. At the award ceremony held on Sunday, February 5, the winning director and the final judges, Mr. Isshin Inudo and Mr. Lee Fighter-o, were invited as guests, and Ms. Chie Hayakawa announced the Grand Prix and Semi-Grand Prix, the Final Jury Award, and the Executive Committee Award via video message.
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

"Lunchbox" OH Han-wool
KOREA / 2021 / 19min / Live Action / Sungkyunkwan University

≪Synopsis≫ Sister receives a call from her brother saying, "I want a lunch box." The older sister, who is blind and has never cooked, tries to make a bento for her brother for the first time.

Semi Grand-Prix

『The Seine's Tears』
Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot,
Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur
FRANCE / 2021 / 9min / Animation / Pôle 3D

≪ synopsis ≫ Algerian workers were issued to them on October 17, 1961. Demonstrate in the streets to oppose the police's forced curfew.

Final Jury Prize

The Final Judge, Isshin Inudo Award

"The things we hoped last summer" Park Jongwoo
KOREA / 2022 / 35min / Live-action / Korea National University of Arts

≪ synopsis≫ Children living in a village with an incineration plant start collecting marbles that come out of nowhere. They come to think that if they collect as many marbles as possible, their wishes will come true. However, their wishes lead to unexpected consequences. The parents of the children are also swallowed up by the darkness of the long, dark night.

Chie Hayakawa Award The Final Judge, Chie Hayakawa Award

The Falling Angels YU CHE WU
Taiwan / 2021 / 44min / Live Action / National Taiwan University of Arts

≪Synopsis≫ On quiet summer day, there are traumatized teenagers in three places on campus. Their heaviness intersects with each other. Crying cannot change the fate of the oppressed.

The Final Judge, Toshio Lee Award

THE OPPONENT FEDERICO RUSSOTTO
ITALY / 2021 / 17min / LIVE ACTION / CENTRO SPERIMENTALE DI CINEMATOGRAFIA

≪Synopsis≫ Aureliano and Simone don't get involved as if they live on different planets. They hardly talk, only fencing becomes their language, and with that one pick, they try to test each other's talent and loyalty.

KISFVF executive committee award

"Sakana Island Trientera" Moe Wakabayashi
Japan/2022/17min/ Animation/Tokyo University of the Arts

≪Synopsis≫ The story of a family of three: pigs, fish, and tadpoles, who live deep in the belly of a fish. One day, their lives change completely, starting with a fruit that has washed ashore.

Name of the work	Director	Works
"Right now"	Liu Bo	Musashino Art University Japan/2022/48min/ Live-action
"Returning"	Xu Yiwen	Kyoto City University of Arts Japan/2021/26min/ Live-action
『Other Half』	Lina Kalcheva	National Film and Television School (UK) UK / 2021 / 14min / Animation
『Fatjona』	Steve Bache	Filmakademie Baden-Wüerttemberg, Germany / 2022 / 28min / Live Action
『Identibye』	Sajjad ShahHatami	Azad university Iran / 2021 / 15min / Live action
『Restless Is the Night』	Xiaoxue Meng/Yuehan Tan	University of Southern California China USA / 2022 / 4min / Animation
『Jitterbug』	Su Sion	Korea National University of Arts Korea / 2022 / 24min / Live-action
『SHELTER』	Kim Eunkyung	Korea National University of Arts Korea / 2022 / 25min / Live-action
『Where No One Lives』	Li Anne Liew	Chapman University USA / 2022 / 19min / Live Action
『The Woman with the Dog』	Jo Yukyeong	Chung-ang University KOREA / 2021 / 29min / Live Action

Pre-Event and Collaborative Planning

【Pre-event】

Last year's Grand Prix film screening at Kyoto International Film Festival 2022 2022.10.14 (Fri) Last year's Grand Prix
film "Intermezzo" was screened at Hulic Hall Kyoto. After the screening, the executive committee took the stage to talk about the appeal of student films and film festivals, and to announce the final jury.

Pre-Event in Kyoto International Manga Museum 2022.12.11 (Sun)
Featuring manga artist Usamaru Furuya and film producer Yuya Tanaka, the first part screened animation works selected for last year's film festival and the movie "Lychee Hikari Club" written by Mr. Furuya. In the second part, a talk show was held on the theme of "Students, Movies and Manga".

SHINPA vol.14、Vol.15　2022.12.10（Sat）、2023.1.29（Sun)
This year, we participated in the film screening project "SHINPA" as well, and last year's winners and video messages from the directors were screened at LOFT9 Shibuya at SHINPA vol.14 and at Kyoto Minami Kaikan at SHINPA vol.15. After the screening, the executive committee members took the stage to promote the appeal of the 25th Kyoto International Student Film Festival.

UPLINK Kyoto ×KISFVF 2023.1.22 (Sun
) The 24th Kyoto International Student Film Festival Final Jury Prize (Yatabe Yoshihiko Award) winner "Difficult Youth" was welcomed and screened. In addition, we promoted the film festival at the gallery of UPLINK Kyoto.

【Collaborative Planning】

<DOKUSO Cinema>
A total of seven films were screened, including Taro Kawasaki's "Donut Hall" and Akiya Miyo's "Difficult Youth," which have been screened in the past at this festival.

<U-NEXT
> Based on the concept of wanting various people to see student films and making the existence of this film festival known to a wide range of people, we distribute past selected films.

<Kyoto University Hospital Video Distribution >
Continuing from last year, the Kyoto International Student Film Festival is distributing past selected films so that inpatients can view them from each hospital bed monitor at Kyoto University Hospital.