The Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition is a major international short film awards ceremony, run by the Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa

was a Japanese film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 filmsIn 1946, Kurosawa co-directed, with Hideo Sekigawa and Kajiro Yamamoto, the feature Those Who Make Tomorrow ;...

 Foundation. Since the inaugural 2004-2005 competition, the Grand Prix and numerous other prizes have been awarded on an annual basis.

2007

The Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition 2007 Final Round and Award Ceremony was held in Yurakucho, Tokyo on Sunday, January 13 2008.

Rank	Film	Director(s)	Country	Prize
Grand Prix	Grapefruit Jelly	Kyoko Sato Kyoko Sato is a Paralympian athlete from Japan competing mainly in throwing events.Kyoko competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens where she won a silver in the F32-34/51-53 discus as well as competing in the F32-34/452/53 shot putt.-External links:*...	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	¥2,000,000
Second Place (Saga Prefecture Saga Prefecture is located in the northwest part of the island of Kyūshū, Japan. It touches both the Sea of Japan and the Ariake Sea. The western part of the prefecture is a region famous for producing ceramics and porcelain, particularly the towns of Karatsu, Imari, and Arita...  Governor Award)	Londres – London	Eva Tang	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	¥1,000,000
Second Place (Rikkyo University Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, based on Christian precepts, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. There is a suburban campus in Niiza in nearby Saitama.It is known for its liberal climate symbolized by the motto -History:...  Award)	Registration	Seiya Sato	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	¥1,000,000
Honourable Mention	Amor autoadhesivo	Leticia Christoph / Pablo Barbieri	Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	¥500,000
Honourable Mention	Two	Kristopher Gee / Sean Rochin	U.S. / Canada	¥500,000
Incentive Award	Majidee	Azharr Rudin	Malaysia	¥200,000
Incentive Award	Test	Duangtat Hansupanusorn	Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...	¥200,000

2006

The Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition 2006 Final Round and Award Ceremony was held in Yurakucho, Tokyo on Friday 17 November 2006.

Rank	Film	Director(s)	Country	Prize
Grand Prix	otomi	William Henne	Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...	¥2,000,000
Second Place (Saga Prefecture Saga Prefecture is located in the northwest part of the island of Kyūshū, Japan. It touches both the Sea of Japan and the Ariake Sea. The western part of the prefecture is a region famous for producing ceramics and porcelain, particularly the towns of Karatsu, Imari, and Arita...  Governor Award)	Left	Alexandre Philippe	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	¥1,000,000
Second Place (Rikkyo University Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, based on Christian precepts, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. There is a suburban campus in Niiza in nearby Saitama.It is known for its liberal climate symbolized by the motto -History:...  Award)	Passing Moments	Toshiharu Yaegashi	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	¥1,000,000
Honourable Mention	Pillow Talk	Araya Suriharn	Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...	¥500,000
Honourable Mention	The War Next Door The War Next Door The War Next Door is a short-lived American television series with only 13 episodes, created by Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi. The show had a dark and cartoonish humor, as one of the two main characters dies at the end of each show, only to reappear alive the following episode as if nothing had...	Peter Politzer	Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	¥500,000
Honourable Mention	The Room 316	William Tan	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	¥500,000
Incentive Award	Bokyo	Hiroki Butsugan	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	¥200,000
Incentive Award	usotuki yumichan	Masaki Miyamoto	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	¥200,000
Incentive Award	Passenger	Green Zeng	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	¥200,000
Incentive Award	Sister Moonlight	Shigeaki Kobayashi	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	¥200,000
Nominated	Meaningful Touches	Sarah Steel	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
Nominated	Tulips for Daisy	Michael Dominic Michael Dominic Michael Dominic is a Photojournalist and filmmaker from New York City.In the early 90s Dominic directed over a dozen music videos, including three for Norman Cook as "Pizzaman," now Fatboy Slim....	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Nominated	All That You Want	Per Hanefjord Per Hanefjord Per Hanefjord born Per Håkan Tobias Hanefjord September 25, 1978 in Lycksele, Swedish film director and screenwriter.Per Hanefjord has written and directed a number of internationally acclaimed short films and was educated at Dramatiska Institutet , directing course 2005-2008.Hanefjords diploma...	Sweden Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Nominated	The Life	Jin Ho Ryu	South Korea South Korea The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
Shortlisted	Amelia and Michael Amelia and Michael Amelia and Michael is a 2007 British drama short film directed by Daniel Cormack, starring Anthony Head and Natasha Powell and executive produced by Richard Johns....	Daniel Cormack	United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
Shortlisted	di （little brother）	Leong huat kam	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
Shortlisted	Brothers	John Altobello III	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Shortlisted	My Scarlet Letter	Karen Dee Carpenter	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Shortlisted	Look at Me	Chawalit Khanawutikarn	Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
Shortlisted	Latent Sorrow	Shon Kim Shon Kim Shon Kim is a South Korean artist and filmmaker known for his art called "Moving Picture".He is famous for his short film, Latent Sorrow.-External links:*...	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Shortlisted	Positive Positive (film) Positive is a 2007, Hindi short film directed by Farhan Akhtar, and produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidwani under their Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. banner...	Ash Nukui	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Shortlisted	Between Us	T. Arthur Cottam T. Arthur Cottam T. Arthur Cottam is a screenwriter, actor, producer and film director. A graduate of the Film and Television Production program at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University, Cottam resides in Los Angeles, California...	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Shortlisted	Paris 1951	Jasmin Gordon	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Shortlisted	Film Diary	David Borengasser	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Shortlisted	Yonin	Ken Makio	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

2004-2005

The Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition 2004-2005 Final Round and Award Ceremony was held in the Asahi Hall (Yurakucho Marion Build. 12F) on 4 September 2005.

Rank	Film	Director(s)	Country	Prize
Grand Prix	The Kitchen The Kitchen (film) The Kitchen is a 1961 British drama film directed by James Hill and starring Carl Möhner, Mary Yeomans, Brian Phelan, Tom Bell, Eric Pohlmann and James Bolam. The film follows an ensemble of the staff in a cafe's kitchen during the course of one busy morning...	Ben Ferris	Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	¥2,000,000
Second Place (Saga Prefecture Saga Prefecture is located in the northwest part of the island of Kyūshū, Japan. It touches both the Sea of Japan and the Ariake Sea. The western part of the prefecture is a region famous for producing ceramics and porcelain, particularly the towns of Karatsu, Imari, and Arita...  Governor Award)	Making Life Work	Maximilian Jezo-Parovsky	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	¥1,000,000
Second Place (Rikkyo University Rikkyo University , also known as Saint Paul's University, is a private university, based on Christian precepts, in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. There is a suburban campus in Niiza in nearby Saitama.It is known for its liberal climate symbolized by the motto -History:...  Award)	Nagi	Takatoshi Arai	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	¥1,000,000
Incentive Award	Hi No Tsugi Ha Rekishi	Inan Oener	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	¥300,000
Incentive Award	Hanzubon No Ojisan	Kota Nagaoka	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	¥300,000
Incentive Award	Dirty Work Blues	Satoko Okita	Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	¥300,000