For the fourteenth time, the NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD will be given to one of the directors competing in the NIPPON VISIONS section. The winner will receive a free subtitling for their next film, sponsored by Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy (JVTA).

All films in the section that are at least 60 minutes long, have at least their German premiere at the festival, and were either produced in Japan or made by Japanese directors since 2023 are eligible for the competition.

Jury

Naoko OGIGAMI (Director)
Kristina ASCHENBRENNEROVA (Programmer International Film Festival Rotterdam)
Daniel KOTHENSCHULTE (Film critic, film curator and film scholar)

Nippon Visions Jury Award Competition Films

ABYSS by Ren SUDO
ALIEN'S DAYDREAM von Yoshiki MATSUMOTO
BELONGING von Kahori HIGASHI
HIJACKED YOUTH – DARE TO STOP US 2 von Junichi INOUE
HOYAMAN von Teruaki SHOJI
INCH FORWARD von Yuchun SU
LONESOME VACATION von Atsuro SHIMOYASHIRO
PUSHPAUSE von Ryoma KOSASA
QUALIA von Ryo USHIMARU
SEPTEMBER 1923 von Tatsuya MORI
VISITORS –COMPLETE EDITION– von Kenichi UGANA