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.
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