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NIPPON CINEMA AWARD

All films which have their German premiere at NIPPON CINEMA are in competition for the NIPPON CINEMA AWARD, endowed with EUR 2.000 and funded by Bankhaus Metzler, Frankfurt. Out of 14 choices the audience votes for the best film. The award ceremony will be held on Sunday, April 6, 7:45 p.m. before the screening of THE MOURNING FOREST.

Winner of the Nippon Cinema Award 2008:
Fine, Totally Fine (Zen zen daijôbu) by Yosuke FUJITA

Winners of the Nippon Cinema Award 2005-2007:
2005 TURN OVER - AN ANGEL IS COMING ON A BICYCLE (Tenshi wa jitensha ni notte) by Keiichi NOMURA
2006 UNIVERSITY OF LAUGHS (Warai no daigaku) by Mamoru HOSHI
2007 LA MAISON DE HIMIKO (Mezon do Himiko) by Isshin INUDÔ

NCA Competition films


All films with English subtitles!

5 Centimeters per Second (Byôsoku 5 centimeter)
R: Makoto SHINKAI, Japan 2007, 63 Min., OmeU, DP, NCA

Gentle Breeze in the Village (Tennen kokekkô)
R: Nobuhiro YAMASHITA, Japan 2007, 121 Min., OmeU, DP, NCA *

Appleseed: Ex Machina
R: Shinji ARAMAKI, Japan 2007, 105 Min., OmeU, DP, NCA *

Dainipponjin
R: Hitoshi MATSUMOTO, Japan 2007, 113 Min., OmeU, DP, NCA

Dog in a Sidecar (Sidokâ ni inu)
R: Kichitarô NEGISHI, Japan 2007, 94 Min., OmeU, IP, NCA

Fine, Totally Fine (Zen zen daijôbu)
R: Yosuke FUJITA, Japan 2007, 110 Min., OmeU, EP, NCA

Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers! (Funuke domo, kanashimi no ai o misero)
R: Daihachi YOSHIDA, Japan 2006, 112 Min., OmeU, DP, NCA

Nada Sou Sou – Tears for You (Nada sô sô)
R: Nobuhiro DOI, Japan 2006, 118 Min., OmeU, EP, NCA

Sisterhood (Chikyû de tatta futari)
R: Eiji UCHIDA, Japan 2007, 118 Min., OmeU, IP, NCA

The Night Time Picnic (Yoru no pikunikku)
R: Masahiko NAGASAWA, Japan 2006, 117 Min., OmeU, EP, NCA

The Tender Throbbing Twilight (Tasogare/ Ikutsu ni natte mo yaritai otoko to onna)
R: Shinji IMAOKA, Japan 2007, 64 Min., OmeU, IP, NCA *

Three For the Road (Yajikita dôchû teresuko)
R: Hideyuki HIRAYAMA, Japan 2007, 108 Min., OmeU, EP, NCA

Twilight Phantom (Akôkurô)
R: Tsukasa KISHIMOTO, Japan 2007, 97 Min., OmeU, IP, NCA

EXPLANATION:
OmeU = Original Version with English Subtitles
OmU = Original Version with German Subtitles
DP = German premiere
EP = European Premiere
IP = International Premiere
NCA = Film submitted to the Nippon Cinema Award
* = guest(s) attending



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