The 20th edition of Skip City International D-Cinema Festival had been physically held from July 15 to July 23 (and virtually from July 22 to July 26), and wrapped at the Closing Ceremony, Sunday July 23. Jury and Audience award winners were announced at the Ceremony.
For the International Compeition, an Asian Premiere film, When the Seedlings Grow (Syria), directed by Rêger Azad Kaya, received the Grand Prize. I Woke Up with a Dream (Argentina, Uruguay), directed by Pablo Solarz, won the Best Director and Six Weeks (Hungary), directed by Noémi Veronika Szakonyi received the Special Jury Prize. This year's jury members were Masao Teshima, President of the Jury and a renowned producer from Asmik Ace, Naomi Akashi, the producer of Egoist (Dir. Daishi Matsunaga) and Patrice Nezan, a French producer, who produced the festival's 2019 winner The Tower (Dir. Mats Grorud). In addition, Midwives (France), directed by Léa Fehner, was chosen for the Audience Award.
For the International Compeition, an Asian Premiere film, When the Seedlings Grow (Syria), directed by Rêger Azad Kaya, received the Grand Prize. I Woke Up with a Dream (Argentina, Uruguay), directed by Pablo Solarz, won the Best Director and Six Weeks (Hungary), directed by Noémi Veronika Szakonyi received the Special Jury Prize. This year's jury members were Masao Teshima, President of the Jury and a renowned producer from Asmik Ace, Naomi Akashi, the producer of Egoist (Dir. Daishi Matsunaga) and Patrice Nezan, a French producer, who produced the festival's 2019 winner The Tower (Dir. Mats Grorud). In addition, Midwives (France), directed by Léa Fehner, was chosen for the Audience Award.
- 7/24/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Inspired since childhood by the Heisei Kamen Rider series, Yoshiki Matsumoto held a superhero show and made a movie for his high school festival, and found himself becoming fascinated by the world of film. After studying filmmaking under Gakuryu Ishii at Kobe Design University Department of Image Arts, he has made films while working full-time. He moved from Nara to Tokyo in 2022 to form the filmmaking unit Setagaya Sensemans, where he has worked on various films, mainly as an editor. “Alien's Daydream” is his feature debut, for which he also holds the roles of writer, editor, production designer and cinematographer.
Alien's Daydream is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
Reporter Uto writes for a magazine that deals with occultism and unusual phenomena for the most part. He also has a strong sense of justice and hates lies, and he retains a blog that allows him to write his opinion without any restrictions.
Alien's Daydream is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival
Reporter Uto writes for a magazine that deals with occultism and unusual phenomena for the most part. He also has a strong sense of justice and hates lies, and he retains a blog that allows him to write his opinion without any restrictions.
- 7/19/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Reporter Uto has a strong sense of justice and hates lies. When he receives news about an alien abducting a university student in Hakui, Ishikawa, aka UFO Town, he begins an investigation to uncover the lies, but is drawn into a swamp of unexplained incidents. (Source: Skip City International D-Cinema Festival 2023)
This movie is directed by Yoshiki Matsumoto and the cast includes Yukichi Tanaka and Natsuki Yamada. It is a Japanese Film Competition (Feature Length) nominee and will have its World Premiere at the Skip City International D-Cinema Festival on July 18, 2023.
This movie is directed by Yoshiki Matsumoto and the cast includes Yukichi Tanaka and Natsuki Yamada. It is a Japanese Film Competition (Feature Length) nominee and will have its World Premiere at the Skip City International D-Cinema Festival on July 18, 2023.
- 6/16/2023
- by Suzie Cho
- AsianMoviePulse
The festival will open with ‘Confetti’, produced to commemorate two key anniversaries.
Japan’s Skip City International D-Cinema Festival has revealed a raft of world premieres for its 20th edition, including opening film Confetti and a live-action adaptation of manga A Tail’s Tail.
The festival will open on July 15 with the world premiere of Confetti, which was produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Skip City as well as the 90th anniversary of Kawaguchi City, where the event is held. The coming-of-age drama marks the feature debut of director Naoya Fujita, whose film Stay won best Japanese short at...
Japan’s Skip City International D-Cinema Festival has revealed a raft of world premieres for its 20th edition, including opening film Confetti and a live-action adaptation of manga A Tail’s Tail.
The festival will open on July 15 with the world premiere of Confetti, which was produced to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Skip City as well as the 90th anniversary of Kawaguchi City, where the event is held. The coming-of-age drama marks the feature debut of director Naoya Fujita, whose film Stay won best Japanese short at...
- 6/14/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
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