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. SFC2007 : Final Results
Rank Film Director(s) Country Prize Grand Prix Grapefruit Jelly Kyoko Sato Japan ¥2,000,000 Second Place (Saga Prefecture Governor Award)Londres – London Eva Tang Singapore ¥1,000,000 Second Place (Rikkyo University Award)Registration Seiya Sato Japan ¥1,000,000 Honourable MentionAmor autoadhesivo Leticia Christoph / Pablo Barbieri Argentina ¥500,000 Fine Work Prize Two Kristopher Gee / Sean Rochin U.S. / Canada ¥500,000 Incentive AwardMajidee Azharr Rudin Malaysia ¥200,000 Incentive AwardTest Duangtat Hansupanusorn 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. SFC2006 : Final Results
Rank Film Director(s) Country Prize Grand Prix otomi William Henne Belgium ¥2,000,000 Second Place (Saga Prefecture Governor Award)Left Alexandre Philippe United States ¥1,000,000 Second Place (Rikkyo University Award)Passing Moments Toshiharu Yaegashi Japan ¥1,000,000 Honourable MentionPillow Talk Araya Suriharn Thailand ¥500,000 Honourable Mention The War Next Door Peter Politzer Hungary ¥500,000 Honourable Mention The Room 316 William Tan (director) Japan ¥500,000 Incentive AwardBokyo Hiroki Butsugan Japan ¥200,000 Incentive Award usotuki yumichan Masaki Miyamoto Japan ¥200,000 Incentive Award Passenger Green Zeng Singapore ¥200,000 Incentive Award Sister Moonlight Shigeaki Kobayashi Japan ¥200,000 Nominated Meaningful Touches Sarah Steel Australia Nominated Tulips for Daisy Michael Dominic United States Nominated All That You Want Per Hanefjord Sweden Nominated The Life Jin Ho Ryu South Korea Shortlisted Blind Spot Kiyoshi Nagahama United States Shortlisted Amelia and Michael Daniel Cormack United Kingdom Shortlisted di （little brother） Leong huat kam Singapore Shortlisted Brothers John Altobello III United States Shortlisted My Scarlet Letter Karen Dee Carpenter United States Shortlisted Look at Me Chawalit Khanawutikarn Thailand Shortlisted Latent Sorrow Shon Kim United States Shortlisted Positive Ash Nukui United States Shortlisted Between Us T. Arthur Cottam United States Shortlisted Paris 1951 Jasmin Gordon United States Shortlisted Film Diary David Borengasser United States Shortlisted Yonin Ken Makio 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.
Rank Film Director(s) Country Prize Grand Prix The Kitchen Ben Ferris Australia ¥2,000,000 Second Place (Saga Prefecture Governor Award)Making Life Work Maximilian Jezo-Parovsky United States ¥1,000,000 Second Place (Rikkyo University Award)Nagi Takatoshi Arai Japan ¥1,000,000 Incentive AwardHi No Tsugi Ha Rekishi Inan Oener Japan ¥300,000 Incentive Award Hanzubon No Ojisan Kota Nagaoka Japan ¥300,000 Incentive Award Dirty Work Blues Satoko Okita Japan ¥300,000
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