NIPPON CINEMA AWARD

For the eighth time, our festival will present the NIPPON CINEMA AWARD, endowed with 2,000 EUR and donated by Bankhaus Metzler from Frankfurt. All films in the NIPPON CINEMA section that have at least their German premiere at the festival are nominated. The audience can choose between 18 entries and vote for their favorite. The award ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 6, at 7:45 p.m., followed by the screening of the film OUR HOMELAND.

The winner of the NIPPON CINEMA AWARD 2012 is THE WOODSMAN AND THE RAIN (Kitsutsuki to ame) by Shuichi OKITA.

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NCA Wettbewerbsfilme

A Honeymoon in Hell: Mr. and Mrs. Oki's Fabulous Trip
(Ohkike no tanoshii ryoko)
by Ryuichi HONDA

Casting Blossoms to the Sky
(Kono sora no hana: Nagaoka hanabi monogatari)
by Nobuhiko OBAYASHI

Children Who Chase Lost Voices from Deep Below (Hoshi wo ou kodomo)
by Makoto SHINKAI

Deadball
by Yudai YAMAGUCHI

The Egoists (Keibetsu)
by Ryuichi HIROKI

Fish on Land (Seiji: Riku no uo)
by Yusuke ISEYA

Fukushima Hula Girls
(
Ganbappe fura garuzu! Fukushima ni ikiru kanojotachi no ima)
by Masaki KOBAYASHI

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (Ichimei)
by Takashi MIIKE

Kotoko
by Shinya TSUKAMOTO

Love Strikes! (Moteki)
by Hitoshi OHNE

Monsters Club
by Toshiaki TOYODA

My Back Page
by Nobuhiro YAMASHITA

Postcard (Ichimai no hagaki)
by Kaneto SHINDO

Ringing in their Ears
(Gekijouban SHINSEI KAMATTECHAN rokkun roru wa nariyamanai)
by Yu IRIE

Saya Zamurai
von Hitoshi MATSUMOTO

Sukiyaki (Gokudo meshi)
by Tetsu MAEDA

Tada's Do-It-All House (Mahoro ekimae tada benriken)
by Tatsushi OMORI

The Woodsman and the Rain (Kitsutsuki to ame)
by Shuichi OKITA