Nippon Visions Jury Award

In 2018, the NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD will be given out for the ninth time. The winner will receive a free subtitling for his or her next film, sponsored by Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy (JVTA) from Tokyo. 14 feature films in the NIPPON VISIONS and NIPPON DOCS sections that were produced in 2017 or 2018 and that will at least have their German premiere at the festival are eligible for the competition. 

Jury: Hiromi AIHARA (producer), Daniel Otto (Vice President Acquisition & Sales – AV Visionen), Isao YUKISADA (director)

Winner of the NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD 2018 is TRACE OF BREATH by Haruka KOMORI.
Special mention of the NIPPON VISIONS JURY: OF LOVE & LAW by Hikaru TODA.

Competition films
BREATH OF ROKKASHO by Bunyo KIMURA
CYCLOPS by Norichika OBA
DANCHI WOMAN by Akiko SUGIMOTO
THE HUNGRY LION by Takaomi OGATA
ICE CREAM AND THE SOUND OF RAINDROPS by Daigo MATSUI
LOVE AND WOLBACHIA by Sayaka ONO
THE NAME by Akihiro TODA
THE NIGHT I SWAM by Damien Manivel und Kohei IGARASHI
OF LOVE & LAW by Hikaru TODA
PARTY ‘ROUND THE GLOBE by Hirobumi WATANABE
PASSAGE OF LIFE by Akio FUJIMOTO
RAMEN HEADS by Koki SHIGENO
TRACE OF BREATH by Haruka KOMORI
WILDERNESS (PART 1 & 2) by Yoshiyuki KISHI