Selected Awards

Yellow Kid
The Barber

First graduating class degree project: A Bao A Qu: Competition section, 12th Busan International Film Festival
Second graduating class degree project: Passion: Zabaltegi section, 56th San Sebastian International Film Festival
Competition section, 9th Tokyo FILMeX
44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Third graduating class degree project: Yellow Kid: Dragons & Tigers section, 28th Vancouver International Film Festival
39th International Film Festival Rotterdam
Panorama section, 12th Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival
34th Hong Kong International Film Festival
Official selection, 11th Jeonju International Film Festival
Best Feature Film, 13th Beverly Hills Film Festival
Fifth graduating class degree project: No Reply: Japanese Eyes section, 24th Tokyo International Film Festival
Fifth graduating class graduation work: The Barber: Cinefondation section, 65th Cannes Film Festival
Sixth graduating class degree project: Munashii dake: Grand prix/Jury Prize, 6th Tanabe Benkei Film Festival
Seventh graduating class degree project: Kanagawa University of Fine Arts, Office of Film Research: Special Jury Prize, Feature Length Competition, Skip City International D-Cinema Film Festival 2013
Seventh graduating class graduation work: Friends: First-time directors competition, 21st Raindance Film Festival
Eighth graduating class feature-length film: My First Love: Dragons & Tigers section, 32nd Vancouver International Film Festival
Eighth graduating class degree project: Hold Your Breath Like a Lover: International Competition Pardi di domani, 67th Festival del film Locarno
Film Critics Week, 36th Cairo International Film Festival

Graduates in Action

2008: Tokyo Sonata　Screenplay (co-written): Sachiko Tanaka (Screenwriting, first graduating class)
Un Certain Regard - Jury Prize, 61st Cannes Film Festival
2009: Karaoke　Sound design: Yasuhiro Morinaga (Sound Design, first graduating class)
The Directors' Fortnight, 62st Cannes Film Festival<
2009: Keitai kareshi (Mobile Boyfriend)　Shinju Funabiki (Directing, second graduating class)
2010: Abraxas (Aburakusasu no matsuri)　Naoki Kato (Directing, second graduating class)
2011: Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan
Director/Screenplay: Natsuki Seta (Directing, second graduating class)
Screenplay: Sachiko Tanaka (Screenwriting, first graduating class)
2011: Nami no oto (The sound of waves)
Directors: Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Directing, second graduating class) and Ko Sakai (Directing, first graduating class)
Community Cinema Award, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2011
2011: Ninifuni　Director: Tetsuya Mariko (Directing, third graduating class)
Official selection, 64th Locarno International Film Festival
2013: Homesick　Director: Satoru Hirohara (Directing, fifth graduating class)
18th Busan International Film Festival A Window on Asian Cinema *International Premiere
2014: Tonari no reji no Umeki san　Screenplay: Mitsuko Kuramitsu (Screenwriting, third graduating class)
26th Fuji TV Best Young Screenwriter Award
2015: Happy Hour　Director/Screenplay: Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Directing, second graduating class)
Screenplay: Tadashi Nohara (Directing, third graduating class)
Special mention, 68th Locarno International Film Festival