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2/2/2015

Japan Media Arts Festival

The National Art Center, Tokyo

The Japan Media Arts Festival is a comprehensive festival of Media Arts (Media Geijutsu) that honors outstanding works in the four divisions of Art, Entertainment, Animation and Manga, as well as providing a platform for appreciation of Award-winning Works.

For the 18th Japan Media Arts Festival received a number of 3,853 works from 71 countries and regions, including 1,818 entries from abroad. After strict jury screening, every Division selected the winners (the Grand Prize, the Excellence Awards and New Face Awards), as well as the winners of Special Achievement Awards, those who have made exceptional contributions to the field of Media Arts.

In the Awards Ceremony on Tuesday February 3, 2015, each Award-winner will be presented with an award certificate and a trophy. The Exhibition of Award-winning Works will be held from Wednesday, February 4 to Sunday, February 15 at the National Art Center, Tokyo and other venues. Through this exhibition, film screenings, a program of symposia, talk events and workshops, they gather diverse artists and creators from Japan and abroad, and present myriad forms of contemporary expression. These 12 days offer a precious opportunity to encounter works representing the most contemporary trends in Media Arts.

The winners are:

Art Division
Excellence Award
– This may not be a movie by GOSHIMA Kazuhiro (Japan)
– Sensing streams – invisible, inaudible by SAKAMOTO Ryuichi / MANABE Daito (Japan)
– Drone Survival Guide by Ruben PATER (Netherlands)
– Nyloïd by Cod.Act (Michel DÉCOSTERD / André DÉCOSTERD) (Switzerland)
– “patrinia yellow” for Clarinet and Computer by FUKUSHIMA Satoshi (Japan)
New Face Award
– A Tale of Tehrangeles by Anahita RAZMI (Germany)
– Symbiotic Machine by Ivan HENRIQUES (Brazil)
– Temps mort / Idle times – dinner scene by Alex VERHAEST (Belgium)
Entertainment Division
Grand Prize
– Ingress by Google’s Niantic Labs (John HANKE, Founder) (United States)
Excellence Award
– Noramoji Project by SHIMOHAMA Rintaro / NISHIMURA Naoki / WAKAOKA Shinya (Japan)
– handiii by KONDO Genta / YAMAURA Hiroshi / KONISHI Tetsuya (Japan)
– Kintsugi by APOTROPIA (Antonella MIGNONE / Cristiano PANEPUCCIA) (Italy)
– 3RD by Hedwig HEINSMAN / Niki SMIT / Simon van der LINDEN (Netherlands)
New Face Award
– Auto-Complain by Florian BORN (Germany)
– Slime Synthesizer by Dorita / Airgarage lab (KAWAUCHI Naofumi / SASAKI Yumi) (Japan)
– 5D ARCHIVE DEPT. by KATSUKI Kohichi(Japan)
Animation Division
Grand Prize
– The Wound by Anna Budanova (Russia)
Excellence Awards
– Crayon Shin-chan Movie 22: Gachinko! Gyakushuu no Robo To-chan by Wataru Takahashi (Japan)
– Giovanni no Shima by Mizuho Nishikubo (Japan)
– Padre by Santiago ‘Bou’ Grasso (Argentina)
– The Sense of Touch by Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo (France)
New Face Awards
– My Milk Cup Cow by Yantong Zhu (China)
– Tamako Love Story by Naoko Yamada (Japan)
– Man on the chair by Dahee Jeong (Korea)
Manga Division
Grand Prize
– Goshoku no Fune by Youko Kondou (Art) and Yasumi Tsuhara (Story) (Japan)
Excellence Award
– Aoi Honoo by Kazuhiko Shimamoto (Japan)
– A Chinese Life by Kunwu Li (Art) and Philippe Ôtié (Story) (China, France)
– Harukaze no Snegurochka by Hiroaki Samura (Japan)
– Hitsugi no Ki by Mikio Igarashi (Art) and Tatsuhiko Yamagami (Story) (Japan)
New Face Award
– Ai wo Kurae!! by Renaissance Yoshida (Japan)
– Chii-chan wa Chotto Tarinai by Tomomi Abe (Japan)
– Dobugawa by Aoi Ikebe (Japan)
Special Achievement Award
IWAMASA Ryuichi
Engineering Designer
ONO Kosei
Film Critic / Manga Critic / Foreign Comic Translator / Foreign Comic and Animation Researcher
YAMAMOTO Keigo
Artist / Educator
WATANABE Yasushi
Animation Researcher

Altre sedi:
-Cinem@rt Roppongi Address: 3-8-15, Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-0032
-SuperDeluxe Address: 3-1-25 B1F Nishi-Azabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-0031

Press Preview Tuesday, February 3, 2015 14:00-15:00

The National Art Center
7-22-2 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo

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