NIPPON CINEMA AWARD ª
The festival will give out the NIPPON CINEMA AWARD for the 19th time. The endowment of € 4,000 is donated by Bankhaus Metzler in Frankfurt. All films in the NIPPON CINEMA section that were produced in Japan or made by Japanese directors since 2023 and that will have at least their German premiere at the festival are eligible for the competition. The audience can choose their favorite out of all the competing films. The award ceremony will take place on Sunday, June 2, 2024, at 7:45 p.m. at Künstler*innenhaus Mousonturm Saal.
Nippon Cinema Award Competition Films
(AB)NORMAL DESIRE by Yoshiyuki KISHI
18X2 BEYOND YOUTHFUL DAYS by Michihito FUJII
BEST WISHES TO ALL by Yuta SHIMOTSU
DREAMING IN BETWEEN by Ryutaro NINOMIYA
FLY ME TO THE SAITAMA -FROM BIWA LAKE WITH LOVE- by Hideki TAKEUCHI
FROM THE END OF THE WORLD by Kaz I Kiriya
ICHIKO by Akihiro TODA
KUBI by Takeshi KITANO
KYRIE by Shunji IWAI
LET’S GO KARAOKE! by Nobuhiro YAMASHITA
MISSING by Keisuke YOSHIDA
PENALTY LOOP by Shinji ARAKI
RIPPLES by Naoko OGIGAMI
SECRET: A HIDDEN SCORE by Hayato KAWAI
TAKANO TOFU by Mitsuhiro MIHARA
WE’RE MILLENNIALS. GOT A PROBLEM?: THE MOVIE by Nobuo MIZUTA
THE YIN YANG MASTER ZERO by Shimako SATO
