Nippon Visions Audience Award
For the fifth time, the audience can vote for their favourite film in the NIPPON VISIONS AUDIENCE AWARD competition. The award is donated by the Japanisches Kultur- und Sprachzentrum in Frankfurt and comes with an endowment of 1,000 €. The Japanisches Kultur- und Sprachzentrum promotes Japanese language and culture in the Rhine-Main area.
Winner of the NIPPON VISIONS AUDIENCE AWARD 2018 is RAMEN HEADS by Koki SHIGENO.
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