Jurors / Awards
Official Competitions
INTERNATIONAL
Competition
Best Short Award
Prize：600,000 yen
An official competition program that screens short films from every corner of the world, with the exception of Asia and Japan.
ASIA INTERNATIONAL
Competition
Best Short Award
Prize：600,000 yen
An official competition program of international short films that presents works from throughout Asia, with the exception of Japan.
JAPAN
Competition
Best Short Award
Prize：600,000 yen
An official competition that examines short films from Japan.
Other Competitions
Save the Earth!Competition
This competition was launched with the Ministry of the Environment (Japan) in 2008. It gathers a wide variety of films that approach environmental issues and offer enlightening ideas about protecting the environment through the medium of film.
(Minister's Award, the Ministry of Environment)
Prize:500,000yen
Award
The J-me Cinema Circle jury will select the award winner from the Save the Earth! Competition.
Prize:500,000yenCompetition Information / Jurors
CG Animation Competition
The CG Competition began in 2011 and offers a chance to enjoy full CG animation shorts. These top quality films are fun for adults as well as children!
This award will be given to the best film in the CG Animation Competition as chosen by the 3 jury members, Digital HollywoodCo.,Ltd. and Committee for Short Shorts.
Prize:600,000yenCompetition Information / Jurors
Music Shorts Competition
The Music Shorts Competition, established in 2009, presents a fun program showing the fusion of music and video. It introduces short films that have a story much like a normal film, but with the added pleasure of music.
UULA
Award
This award will be given to the most creative film submitted by filmmakers inspired by artists' music.
Cinematic
Award
This award will be given to the most cinematic music video. Prize:300,000yen
Competition Information
Other Awards
Visual Tourism Award Commissioner's Award, the Japan Tourism Agency
An award given to the film that best promotes tourism through visual creativity, topicality, and potentiality
FutureCity Yokohama Award
This award is given to the film that best depicts a future lifestyle that is environmentally friendly and makes use of technological advancements, as chosen by City of Yokohama and Committee for Short Shorts.
Ibaraki Short Film Award
This award was established to promote films that capture the attractive elements of Ibaraki - scenic locations, culture, food – and introduce them to Japan and the rest of the world.Prize: 1,000,000 yen
Book Short Award
Japanese only
Prize: 1,000,000 yen
Fashion Short of the Year
This award will be given to the most cinematic short film produced by a fashion brand.
Best Actor/Best Actress
Winners will be selected from within each of the three official competitions (International, Asia International & Japan Competition).
Spotlight Award
This award is given to the creator or artist of a short film that inspires a broad audience and receives widespread public attention, as chosen by the Committee for Short Shorts.
Audience Award
Audience members will vote to give the award to one winner from the each of the main competition categories listed.
Prize: 200,000 yen
Governor of Tokyo Award
This award will be given to the films awarded Best Short in both the Asia International and Japan Competitions.
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