KINEKO International Children’s
Film Festival 2018
Festival Report（2018.12）

November 22 nd (Thu) ~ 26 th (Mon) 2018
Futakotamagawa, Tokyo
Total number of visitors： 146,520
Venue①109CINEMAS Futakotamagawa②iTSCOM STUDIO & HALL Futako Tamagawa Rise
③Futakotamagawa Park

Dates

Nov. 22nd (Thu) Opening Screening / Opening Ceremony
Nov. 23rd (Fri) - 25th (Sun)Nov. 26th (Mon) Closing Ceremony

Films screened

HostCo-organizer

44 films in total
International Feature Competition：4 / International Short Competition：16
Japanese Feature Competition: 2 / Japanese Short Competition: 7
Special Screening: 15KINEKO FILM (KINEKO International Children’s Film Festival 2018 Office)City of Setagaya© KINEKO International Children's Film Festival All Rights Reserved.

Opening Ceremony■Event information
Date

November 22nd (Thu) 16:30-17:30

Venue

iTSCOM STUDIO & HALL Futako Tamagawa Rise

“Live Cinema” – film live voice-over by the four guests

Photo session with Ms Keiko Toda, Mr Hideyuki Nakayama, Mr
Katsunori Takahashi, Mr Daisuke Yokoyama and KINEKOMr Hirofumi Nomoto, President of Tokyu Group, greets the audience as the President of KINEKO

International guests walk down the red carpet – a gorgeous festival opening

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KINEKO Honorary Award at the Opening CeremonyAwardeeDirector and Founderof the Giffoni Experience

Claudio Gubitosi

This year, “KINEKO Honorary Award” was presented to Mr Claudio Gubitosi, the founder anddirector of “Giffoni Experience”, the largest children’s film festival in the world – a leader amongchildren’s film festivals which has been providing the opportunity to enjoy films for children andyoung people worldwide.

2Competition film screening
iTSCOM STUDIO & HALL Futako Tamagawa Rise

In this space furnished withcushions and sofas, you canfeel at home watching films.
On 25th (Sun), Ms Keiko Toda
and Mr Hideyuki Nakayama
took part in “Live Cinema”; on
26th (Mon), Mr Katsunori
Takahashi participated in“Live Cinema”.

Competition film screening
109CINEMAS Futakotamagawa (Theater 1)

Mainly feature films werescreened at 109CINEMAS.
With stage appearances by
the international guests
held after the screening,
the audience had theopportunity to further
enjoy films.

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Booth events
Futako Tamagawa Rise Central Square

Booths and events were set up by 22 companies and organizations, offering workshops forsmall children and families. In addition, body painting, a workshop where colored pictures
are animated and projected on the screen and performances by 3 street performer groups
completed our “festival of many experiences”.

41DAY PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE“Children’s Film and Education”■Event information
Date

November 24 th (Sat), 11:00-15:45

Venue

Futako Tamagawa Rise Office 8F Catalyst BA

Inviting speakers from Italy, Germany, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, we held a conference withthe theme of “Children’s Film and Education”. Also, directors from children’s film festivals all over
the world talked on films which they recommend to children. Educators from Japan and abroad
attended the conference.

JuryInternational JuryKINEKO JuryInternational jury, comprised of 6 members with Ms Chie Morimoto as the President, decided thewinner of Japanese Film Competition.
KINEKO Jury, in charge of International Film Competition, had 15 members gathered through publicentry. They also walked the red carpet at Tokyo International Film Festival in Roppongi on Oct. 25 th(Thu) as KINEKO’s ambassadors and participated in “How to Watch Films” workshop by directors ofinternational relations from children’s film festival in Russia.

5Closing Ceremony■Event information
DateNovember 26 th (Mon), 16:00-17:00

Venue

iTSCOM STUDIO & HALL Futako Tamagawa Rise

■Awardees
Japanese Feature Film Competition“TOFU”

Japanese Short Film Competition“Mogu & Perol”

International Feature Film Competition“The Breadwinner”

International Short Film Competition“Red Apple”

KINEKO Jury Special Award“The Legend of Timm Thaler or the Boy who Sold His Laughter”

At closing ceremony, awards were presented by International Jury and KINEKO Jury.
The successful edition was closed with a live performance by the multi-talent Ms RikaMatsumoto and Japanese drum unit “Bushi”.

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