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United For Peace Film Festival (UFPFF) is held in conjunction with Peace Day, September 21, designated by the United Nations. This year, the 14th UFPFF was held at Human Trust Cinema Shibuya in Tokyo and was held for the first time as a joint event with the general incorporated foundation PEACE DAY, as one of the main actions of “PEACE DAY WEEK” held from September 16 (Mon.) to September 21 (Sat.) on September 16 (Mon.) . Part 1 was the PEACE DAY Special Program. The second part was the UFPFF 2024. And over 300 people attended the festival. Thank you very much for your attendance. We are pleased to announce this year’s award winners.
UFPFF 2024 Grand Prix
“September 21”
Director: Rahman Burhani（Ahvaz Development Senior High School/Iran）
The film is about the effects of war on the soul, body, future and dreams of war children.
Profile:
Rahman Burhani
actor
the author
Director of short films
UFPFF 2024 Second Prize
“Second Hand”
Director：E. Kemal Mert
Producer：Suleyman Kilic（Hacı Bayram Veli university/Turkey）
A grieving and angry father, who lost a leg and his daughter in the war, sells the shoes that his deceased daughter bought while she was alive but could not wear, in the second-hand market to protest the war.
Profile:
Short film director and photographer continues her film work.
UFPFF 2024 Special Jury Prize
“Grandpa Rolf”
Director: Jakob Ossmann（KASK & Conservatorium/Germany）
What would my dead nazi grandpa say about Gaza today?
German guilt runs deep. And Germanys today being one of the biggest suppliers of weapons to Isreal makes this situation only more complicated. Since my nazi grandpa is dead and i cant talk to him about it anymore, i made this short film.
Profile:
Jakob Ossmann is a film student and writer director of documentaries and fiction short films. Hes also invested into street photography and has published a collection of short stories.
*Click here for the list of finalists.
Report on PEACEDAY × UFPFF2024
In the first part was the PEACE DAY Special Program, in addition to NPO PEACE DAY Representative Director Takashi Inoue, actor/TV personality Sahel Rosa, and United For Peace Film Festival Representative Director Kenji Sekine, broadcaster Tetra Tanizaki will join the opening talk session with a special program. The opening talk session was followed by a screening of “Bouquet” (executive producer: Shunji Iwai, music: SUGIZO), Sahel Rosa’s first film as a director. After the screening, Ms. Sahel Rosa, the producer, and cast members took the stage.
The second part was the United For Peace Film Festival (UFPFF) 2024 began with the projection of video messages arriving from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Kaoru Nemoto, Director of the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Tokyo, in commemoration of the International Day of Peace, commonly known as Peace Day, September 21.This was followed by a screening of this year’s nine finalists’ films and a one-minute speech, in which high school and university students from Japan, Germany, and Israel took the stage, and video messages from the finalists from Japan, Taiwan, and Iran were aired.
Afterwards, we screened “Naziamini”, the winner of the PLURAL+UFPFF Award 2023 organized by our partner UN agency, as a Special Invitation film. The Peace Selection film “Palestine Islands” from the Sapporo International Short Film Festival 2024 was screened. After the screening, Mr. Toshiya Kubo, director of this film festival, took the stage and talked about the episode of film selection and the appeal of Sapporo International Short Film Festival.
The Peace Day Talk was moderated by Mr. Tsuyoshi Ito, President of asobot inc. and featured Ms. Sumiko Hatakeyama, Co-President of Peace Boat, who spoke about how we can think and act on themes such as war and peace based on their own experiences. The award ceremony was followed by an awards ceremony with Jacob Osman and other guests in the audience.
Thank you again for coming to United For Peace Film Festival!
Event Summary
Date: September 16, 2024 (Monday) 12:00-19:30 (doors open at 11:45)
Place: Human Trust Cinema Shibuya Screen 1 (8F Cocochi Building, 1-23-16 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo)
Admission: 1,000 yen for Part 1, 1,000 yen for Part 2, 2,000 yen for a through ticket
Organizers: United For Peace Film Festival, NPO PEACE DAY
Supported by: Shibuya City
Cooperation: Theatres Cinema Group
Part 2: United For Peace Film Festival (UFPFF)
Supported by: The 21st Century Foundation of Kansai and Osaka
Supported by: United Nations Information Centre
Silver Partners: LIFULL Corporation, United People Inc., Virgin Group Inc.
Partners: Oggi Frutta Corporation, FORVAL Co.
Individual Sponsors: Tomoko Suzuki, Takayuki Nishi
Crowdfunding Cooperation: YANG YAOYAN, Momoko Sakurai, Natsuko Takahashi, SAKI, Omatsu, Satoshi Hagiwara, Junya Ishikawa, Tarotti, Ryodai Kobayashi, Tetsuhiro Otsuka, Kirimu, Hiroshi Takizawa, BBQ Researcher Keitaro Iwai, flotlo LLC
In cooperation with: Sapporo International Short Film Festival (No Maps | FILM), Think the Earth, Yokohama Community Design Lab, SLOTH JINNAN COWORKING SALON
Finalists 9 Films
1 “Various” Director: Shouyou Katou （Takushoku University Daiichi High School/Japan）”
2 “Goddess Memory” Director, Writer, Filmer and Editor: Belle Asher（Shenkar College/Israel）
Executive Producer: Laila Piechotka
3 “She became a poet” Director: Nonoka Koga（Waseda University/Japan）
4 “Last Piece of Peace” 2D animation production:Sourin Kou（Shih Hsin University/Taiwan）
5 “Home Immigration” Director: Haruna Inagaki（University of Bergen/Japan）
6 “Thinking about sex, as all boys school student” “Director:Ao Yuuki
Co-producer:Kuya Aoyama（Keio University/Japan）”
7 “September 21” Director: Rahman Burhani（Ahvaz Development Senior High School/Iran）
8 “Grandpa Rolf” Director: Jakob Ossmann（KASK & Conservatorium/Germany）
9 “Second Hand” Director：E. Kemal Mert
Producer：Suleyman Kilic（Hac? Bayram Veli university/Turkey）
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