In 2025, the NIPPON VISIONS JURY AWARD is presented for the fifteenth time 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 2024 are eligible for the competition.
 

Jury

Natsuki SETA (Director)
Panos KOTZATHANASIS (Film critic)
Thomas WALDNER (Distributor, Film Verleih Gruppe)

Nippon Visions Jury Award Competition Films

Diamonds In The Sand by Janus VICTORIA
Escape by Masao ADACHI
Happy Life by Yoshihiko TANIGUCHI
Hotspring SharkAttack by Morito INOUE
Kaiju Guy! by Junichiro YAGI
Missing Child Videotape by Ryota KONDO
Poems Of Flower Rain by Jengil PARK
River Returns by Masakazu KANEKO
VICISSITUDE by Takuro IJICHI
We Are Aliens by Kenichi UGANA
Yukiko a.k.a. by Naoya KUSABA