UNITED FOR PEACE FILM FESTIVAL (UFPFF) 2018 winners announced at the UFPFF 2018 which was held on September 22nd at JICA Yokohama.
Official Awards
Grand Prix
“Children of the Forest ” Director: Fangzhangyi Chen (Mary Institute and St.Louis Country
/China)
* Co-directors:Mingze Bian, Shi Wang, Jiaheng Lyu, Enqiong Xie, Chen Gao
Second Prize
“from Lesvos ” Director: Eisuke Takahashi( Keio University/Japan)
Special Jury Award
“FROM WARLESS PLACE” Director: Mako Nakao(Japan)
Student Award
“”Rebooting Memories” Hiroshima’s time advancing and breathing by colorized photographs”
Director: Anju Niwata(Hiroshima Jogakuin Junior and Senior High School/Japan), Tetsuya Yamaura (Tokyo Metropolitan University/Japan)
Partner Awards
PLURAL+ UFPFF Award 2018
“When words fail, music speaks” Director: Mustafa Nader(Iraq)
“When words fail, music speaks”. Samer’s dreams of studying were dashed when Daesh overran his home city of Musel. Rather than stay and be forced to obey Daesh, he fled his home with nothing more than a few items of clothing and a few slices of bread.
Determined to let his soul sing, he learnt the violin while in one of Iraq’s many refugee camps. It would have been easy for him to give up hope but he refused to let Daesh’s ideology enter his heart and mind, preferring to see the light rather than the dark.
Despite all this Samer has graduated with a degree in dentistry, has a job and is looking forward to returning to the now-liberated city he calls home. Refusing to let Daesh change the way he is, Samer’s uplifting story is a shining example of the power of human resilience.
City of Yokohama International Affairs Director General’s Award
“from Lesvos ” Director: Eisuke Takahashi( Keio University/Japan)
AFP Award
“from Lesvos ” Director: Eisuke Takahashi( Keio University/Japan)
FINALISTS
“”Rebooting Memories” Hiroshima’s time advancing and breathing by colorized photographsAnju” Director: Niwata, Director: Tetsuya Yamaura (Japan)
“Children of the Forest ” Director: Fangzhangyi Chen (China)
“from Lesvos” Director: Eisuke Takahashi (Japan)
“FROM WARLESS PLACE” Director: Mako Nakao (Japan)
“Fall down seven times, stand up eight, seventh sports” Director: Misuzu Hashiji (Japan)
“Hibaku Train No. 459” Director: Toshiharu Ishii (Japan)
“Journey to Create a Chain of Smiles All Over the World with Just a Trampoline” Director: Kagari Kobayashi (Japan)
“What is Welfare?” Director: Hiroto Saiki (Japan)
“Everyday, just wanna dance” Director: Haruka Hiramatsu (Japan)
“Prayer in Peace” Toru Kubota (Japan)
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