Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition

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th Grand Prix, Second Place, Honourable Mention, Final Work Prize, Incentive Award
SiteAsahi Hall (2004-05), Yurakucho, Tokyo (2006, 2007)
Hosted byAkira Kurosawa Foundation
Highlights
Best FilmThe Kitchen, Ben Ferrisotomi (2004-05); William Henne (2006); Grapefruit Jelly, Kyoko Sato (2007)
  • Grand Prix, Second Place, Honourable Mention, Final Work Prize, Incentive Award

The Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition is a major international short film awards ceremony, run by the Akira Kurosawa Foundation. Since the inaugural 2004-2005 competition, the Grand Prix and numerous other prizes have been awarded on an annual basis.

2007[]

The Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition 2007 Final Round and Award Ceremony was held in Yurakucho, Tokyo on Sunday, January 13, 2008.[1]

Rank Film Director(s) Country Prize
Grand Prix Kyoko Sato Japan ¥2,000,000
Second Place (Saga Prefecture Governor Award) Singapore ¥1,000,000
Second Place (Rikkyo University Award) Japan ¥1,000,000
Honourable Mention / Argentina ¥500,000
Fine Work Prize / U.S. / Canada ¥500,000
Incentive Award Malaysia ¥200,000
Incentive Award Test Thailand ¥200,000

2006[]

The Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition 2006 Final Round and Award Ceremony was held in Yurakucho, Tokyo on Friday 17 November 2006.[2]

Rank Film Director(s) Country Prize
Grand Prix Belgium ¥2,000,000
Second Place (Saga Prefecture Governor Award) United States ¥1,000,000
Second Place (Rikkyo University Award) Japan ¥1,000,000
Honourable Mention Thailand ¥500,000
Honourable Mention The War Next Door Hungary ¥500,000
Honourable Mention Japan ¥500,000
Incentive Award Japan ¥200,000
Incentive Award Japan ¥200,000
Incentive Award Singapore ¥200,000
Incentive Award Japan ¥200,000
Nominated Australia
Nominated Michael Dominic United States
Nominated All That You Want Per Hanefjord Sweden
Nominated South Korea
Shortlisted Amelia and Michael United Kingdom
Shortlisted Singapore
Shortlisted United States
Shortlisted United States
Shortlisted Thailand
Shortlisted United States
Shortlisted United States
Shortlisted T. Arthur Cottam United States
Shortlisted United States
Shortlisted United States
Shortlisted Singapore

2004-2005[]

The Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition 2004-2005 Final Round and Award Ceremony was held in the Asahi Hall (Yurakucho Marion Build. 12F) on 4 September 2005.[3]

Rank Film Director(s) Country Prize
Grand Prix Ben Ferris Australia ¥2,000,000
Second Place (Saga Prefecture Governor Award) United States ¥1,000,000
Second Place (Rikkyo University Award) Japan ¥1,000,000
Incentive Award Japan ¥300,000
Incentive Award Japan ¥300,000
Incentive Award Japan ¥300,000

References[]

  1. ^ (in Japanese) SFC2007 : Final Results Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ (in Japanese) SFC2006 : Final Results Archived 2007-12-01 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "SFC 2006 ニュース - 001". Archived from the original on 2007-09-16. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
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