Past Submissions and Winners
10TH ANNUAL TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS (2023)
WINNERS
BEST FILM + BEST DRAMA:
“Après l'orage” [“After The Storm”] (Franck Marchand & Les Casquettes film, France)
BEST ANIMATION
“Cole Krsuá” (David Castro Gonzalez; Spain)
BEST COMEDY
"晴れて成仏" ["Third Wheel"] (Kevin Haefelin, Japan)
BEST MIXED
“マンガガールズ” [“MANGA Girls”] (Yuki Kedoin & Takashi Okado, Japan)
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
“A Dawn at Minato City” (Sergey Vlasov, Japan)
“A Whim To Kill” (Tiange Xiang, China)
“Alcanzar el vórtice” [“Reach the vortex”] (Pedro Poveda; Spain)
“Après l'orage” [“After The Storm”] (Franck Marchand & Les Casquettes film, France)
“Candlelight” (Scott Newton; United Kingdom)
“Cole Krsuá” (David Castro Gonzalez; Spain)
“Croquetas” [“Croquettes”] (Jorge Santos; Spain)
“La Melodía Torrencial” [“The Torrential Melody”] (José Luis Saturno, Mexico)
“La Nona Portata” [“The ninth course”] (Domenico Bruzzese & Mauro Mola & Bruno Ugioli, Italy)
“MANWITCH: The Series” (Jon Carmelia; United States)
“Margine” [“Margin”] (Michele Bucci, Italy)
“Světla” [“Lights”] (Jitka Nemikinsová, Czech Republic)
"晴れて成仏" ["Third Wheel"] (Kevin Haefelin, Japan)
“マンガガールズ” [“MANGA Girls”] (Yuki Kedoin & Takashi Okado, Japan)
9TH ANNUAL TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
We are proud to announce the finalists and winners of our 2020 season! We had over 2,500 submissions this year and are thankful to all the brilliant filmmakers who chose to share their work with us. Congratulations to all! Here are the winners and finalists (listed alphabetically):
WINNERS
BEST FILM + BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
"Traces" (Alex Murrull; Spain)
BEST ANIMATION
"Ties" (Dina Velikovskaya; Germany)
BEST DRAMA
"Pray" (Naoto Mitake; Japan)
BEST COMEDY
"Un Jour Exceptionnel" (Cédrick Spinassou; France)
BEST NON-FICTION
"A Club Called Rhonda" (Greg Ferro; USA)
OFFICIAL SELECTIONS
"After the Beep" (Florian Bison; Germany/USA)
"Autography" (Xiuzhe Mou; China)
"Bodyman (Experience Required)" (Ryan R. Browne & Nick Ciffone; USA)
"Boje" (Andreas Cordes, Robert Köhler; Germany)
"Fun Times" (Matthew Victor Pastor; Australia)
"Gatcha!" (Susan Huang, Stacy Moon, Nadya Sugiarto; USA)
"Him!" (Tien Nguyen; USA)
"Hitoribotchi" (Shintaro Ochiai, Flora Fei; USA)
"Iceberg Licking Society" (Nathan Ceddia; Iceland)
"Island" (Mengqian Chen; France)
"La Plafond De Verre" ["Glass Ceiling"] (François Revouy; France)
"Leaf" (Aliona Baranova)
"Minotauro" ["Minotaur"] (Enrique Diego; Spain)
"Rooftop Incident" (Colin Huang; Taiwan)
"Rural Es Feminista" ["The Rural World Is Feminist"] (Sara Brun; Spain)
"Stay Green" (Brian Wallace; USA)
"The Five Minutes" (Shange Zhang; China)
Congratulations once again to all! It's unfortunate that circumstances could not allow for a physical screening this year, but we are thankful we can still recognize the wonderful talent this year in some way. We hope to see you next year!
8TH ANNUAL TOYAMA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
We're pleased to announce the official 8th Annual Toyama International Film Festival selections.
"THINGS BREAK IN" (Tess Harrison)
"Nightless" (Cameron Dent)
"おるすばんの味" ["Curry Rice"] (Akihiro Takeishi)
"Cocodrilo" [Crocodile] (Jorge Yudice)
"Framed" (Marco Jemolo)
"Master of light" (Stefan Vogt)
".mp4" (François Grumelin-Sohn)
"Short Changed" (Zoe Hutber)
"I Wish…" (Victor L. Pinel)
"Stray Cat Ah Q" (Mulan Fu)
"HIMIKO THE GODSLAYER vs. THE DAEMON LEGION OF AZURE DRAGONS" (Hikaru Tsukuda)
"The Roommate" (Cole Hewlett)
"Orchid" (Julia Murchowska)
"Inky Business" (Leona Pfeiffer and Neil Christy)
"Room 601 of City Plaza" (Javi Julio)
"Walking Tributaries" (Leilani Rapaport, Dillon Pilorget, and Jasmine Rockow)
"WHEN YOU ARE OLD" (Koh Chong Wu)
"サヨナラ、いっさい (Goodbye Age 1)" (Takaaki Watanabe)