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NEW CHITOSE 2022 is honored to announce the Official Award Winners! Congratulations to all the winners. Thank you very much for all the directors, animators, producers and distributors! See you at NEW CHITOSE 2023!!!!!
Please see the detail: https://site2022.airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/awards/
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2022 released the Signal Film! It’s directed by Japanese Animation Filmmaker Ryoji Yamada. The Music is composed by Tsukue Asakura.
Ryoji Yamada
Graduated from Tama Art University with a master ‘s degree in Graphic Design in 2013, and studied abroad at the Filmakademie in Germany as an overseas trainee of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2018. Currently enrolled at mimoid. Part-time teaching at Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College. Creating animation works while working on advertising films. His works have been screened, published, and awarded in domestic and international film festivals and media, including the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. His works include “PrayerX” for KingGnu, “Trepanation” for Millennium Parade, the opening image for OddTaxi, and “A Story of Seeing Sound” for NHK Animation in the Dark.
NEW CHITOSE 2022 reveals all the results of the Feature films’ Official Selection. From 42 films submitted from 25 countries/regions, 5 Films are selected.
Selection for the Feature Films:
“Archipel” (dir. Félix DUFOUR-LAPERRIÈRE / Canada)
“Barber Westchester” (dir. Jonni Phillips / United States)
“My Love Affair with Marriage” (dir. Signe Baumane / Latvia, United States, Luxembourg)
“Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish” (dir. Lei Lei / United States, Netherlands)
“The Girl from the Other Side” (dir. Yutaro Kubo and Satomi Maiya / Japan)
Thank you very much to all submitters, filmmakers, producers and distributors!
Please discover all the results of the Feature films’ Official Selection ☞ https://site2022.airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/feature_compe/
We’d excited to announce the award-winning GIFs from 377 submissions for NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT GIF AWARD 2022. Thank you very much for many GIF submissions!Please see the Jury Statements ☞ https://site2022.airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/gif_award_result/）
Best of GIF
Entry for NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT GIF AWARD 2022 #NEWCHITOSE2022_GIF いつか試してみたかった表現にトライ！「NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT GIF AWARD 2022 に参加！」https://t.co/1mTYRJpTxw pic.twitter.com/5keO1n8NPV
— Futaba. (@futabaillust) June 24, 2022
Special Jury Award by Ryoji Yamada
流れが止まらぬ限り走り続ける
— 阿部舜 ShunAbe (@abemichelle) June 29, 2022
NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT GIF AWARD 2022 に参加！ https://t.co/2DRJ53tv9W #NEWCHITOSE2022_GIF pic.twitter.com/EKMQYtGwmL
Special Jury Award by Tomoko Ono
NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT GIF AWARD 2022 に参加！ https://t.co/eyBIRKdfgs #NEWCHITOSE2022_GIF
— 服部グラフィクス15周年 (@hattori2000) June 4, 2022
「Astronaut」(2021) pic.twitter.com/NNOt8T3BNW
Special Jury Award by Daisuke Tanaka
Entry for NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT GIF AWARD 2022 #NEWCHITOSE2022_GIF pic.twitter.com/I80fimeooP
— Nata Metlukh (@notofagus) April 27, 2022
GIFMAGAZINE Award
■Jury for NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT GIF AWARD 2022
Ryoji Yamada, animation filmmaker
Tomoko Ono, chief director of NEW CHITOSE 2022
Daisuke Tanaka, animation researcher
Please see the Jury for GIFs ☞ https://site2022.airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/gif_award_outline/
We are excited to announce the official selection for the Short Films at NEW CHITOSE 2022. From 2,058 films submitted from 94 countries/regions, 71 Films are selected for all categories. The films is screened in the New Chitose Airport Theater during the festival and judged by the jury for each competition. Thank you very much for all submitters, filmmakers, producers and distributors!Please discover all the results of the Short films’ Official Selection ☞ https://site2022.airport-anifes.jp/en/competition/nominate/
Please see the selection committee ☞ https://site2022.airport-anifes.jp/en/about/team_newchitose/
Tomoko Ono, chief director of NEW CHITOSE 2022
Hirotoshi Iwasaki, artist
Daisuke Tanaka, animation researcher
Tetsuji Kurashige, animation filmmaker
Sarina Nihei, animation filmmaker
The selection result for Feature Films will be announced later.
We are so excited to announce the poster for NEW CHITOSE 2022 designed by Animation Filmmaker, Ryoji YAMADA!!
Ryoji YAMADA
Graduated from Tama Art University with a master‘s degree in Graphic Design in 2013, and studied abroad at the Filmakademie in Germany as an overseas trainee of the Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2018. Currently enrolled at mimoid. Part-time teaching at Joshibi University of Art and Design Junior College. Creating animation works while working on advertising films. His works have been screened, published, and awarded in domestic and international film festivals and media, including the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. His works include “PrayerX” for KingGnu, “Trepanation” for Millennium Parade, the opening image for OddTaxi, and “A Story of Seeing Sound” for NHK Animation in the Dark.
http://ryojiyamada.com/
“NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT PITCH 2022” will be held during the 9th edition of New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival (3-6 November 2022). The purpose of the effort is to encourage Japanese directors and producers residing in Japan to seize chances to promote and work internationally and to foster a rich animation culture. Commentators will include producers and others from Japan and abroad, providing an opportunity for Pitch participants to connect with and showcase their work broadly to an international network.The festival office will conduct the initial selection of the submitted projects, and the project speakers selected will give a presentation during the festival (open to the public and streamed online with English interpretation).
We would welcome “Pitch Commentators” who will give and offer their views and opinions on the participating projects. Producers who are interested in new original projects by outstanding Japanese artists, please check the requirements below and contact us (no honorarium will be paid).
☞Seeking Commentators:
(1) Producers wishing to participate as commentators are invited to contact the Festival Office with the following information.
Address to: Tomoko Ono (Chief Director) pitch@airport-anifes.jp
1. The purpose for participating as a commentator (e.g., co-production, just out of interest, and so on)
2. Your bio
(2) Process and Schedule
Proposal materials on each participating project will be sent to the commentators in advance so that they can comment on the projects they like. The speakers will make project presentations based on the feedback received at the “New Chitose Airport Pitch 2022” during the Festival. The presentations can be viewed onsite and also an online viewing of recorded video with an English interpretation will be available for a limited period of time after the festival. You are invited to contact directly the projects you would be interested in funding after watching the presentations.
Early to mid-October: We will send you a set of materials on the participating projects.
Week of 17 October: You will make comments on the projects that you like, or are interested in, in the format provided by the festival (any feedback, additional information you’d like to know, advice, questions, etc.). The comments received will be passed on to the participants prior to the festival.
During the Festival: The presentations will be recorded, translated into English, and will be available for online viewing later for a certain period of time. We will notify you as soon as the video is released.
We very much look forward to welcoming all producers who are interested in new and original work by outstanding Japanese filmmakers!
Submissions are now open for the 9th edition of the New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival which will take place November 3-6th, 2022.
In addition to the official competition for the Short and Feature films, We have new competitions for the Gifs “NEW CHITOSE AIRPORT GIF AWARD 2022” this year. The deadline is June 30th (Short Films and Gifs) and July 31st (Feature Films).
The 9th New Chitose Airport International Animation Film Festival will be held at New Chitose Airport, which is making great strides as a gateway connecting Hokkaido and the rest of the world, as well as an entertainment airport.
Last year the festival received 2,204 short films (from 93 countries/religions) and 39 feature films (from 21 countries/regions). Among the winners were Easter Eggs (Short Grand Prix, directed by Nicolas Keppens), The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily (Feature Grand Prix, directed by Lorenzo Mattotti), Replacements (Japan Grand Prix, directed byJonathan Hagard), and else.
We look forward to your submissions!
Please check the details and check out the selection committee!
We also accept the submission via FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/NewChitoseAirportInternationalAnimationFestival
We are proud to announce the 9th edition of the festival: NEW CHITOSE 2022 – from November 3rd to 6th, 2022. The submission for all the competitions starts on April 18th.The 9th New Chitose Airport International Animation Film Festival will be held at New Chitose Airport, which is making great strides as a gateway connecting Hokkaido and the rest of the world, as well as an entertainment airport. It will be held from November 3rd to 6th, 2022.
Launched in 2014, the festival has been providing an exciting experience that is only possible as a one-and-only “airport festival.” In 2019, the year before COVID-19, it gathered about 43,000 attendees from all over the world, which was the highest number in the history of the festival. In the 2020-2021 Pandemic, the festival took place in a hybrid format consisting of both in-theatre and online, with more than 20,000 online viewers in 2021.
The coming 9th edition will continue to present various programs delivering the look of animation “today” from various perspectives such as special screenings and guest speakers of films the festival picked to feature, in addition to the Competition section which is the main event of the festival receiving more than 2,000 entries from around the world each year. The submission for all the competitions starts on April 18th.
We are excited to introduce Team NEW CHITOSE; the new Festival Programmers and Selection Committee.
Starting this year, the festival will have a new structure for the special program planning and competition selections; Team NEW CHITOSE. The new festival programming team includes Hirotoshi Iwasaki, a graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts and an internationally renowned video artist with his unique rotoscope theory, Daisuke Tanaka, an animation researcher, and Manabu Kato from MONSTAR design Inc which is Sapporo-based event production company. The new competition selection committee welcomes two new members: Sarina Nihei, an internationally acclaimed animation filmmaker, and Asuka Yotsumoto, an animation producer from ROBOT COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Artistic Director Nobuaki Doi will step down as of the 2021 Festival. We will continue to evolve and grow toward the 10th edition of New Chitose Airport International Animation Film Festival. Don’t miss it!!
The New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival will be organized and operated under a new structure “Team NEW CHITOSE” from 2022. I am very delighted and excited to collaborate with internationally active experts and artists with a wide range of animation expertise, and I look forward to working with such esteemed members. We are confident that we have delivered bold selections to date and determined to move the global film festival forward into its milestone 10th year and into the future. Thank you for your continued support!
Message from Nobuaki Doi, former Artistic Director of the Festival
As involved in the unprecedented “Airport Animation Film Festival” since its launch in 2014, I had always been thinking about giving shape to a new type of animation film festival that cannot be found anywhere else. Over the past eight years, I had been able to realize the festival that captures the “now” of animation, thanks to the enthusiastic support of audiences and filmmakers from around the world who have come to the festival because they believe in the vision of the festival. Last year, with the realization of “NEW CHITOSE PITCH”, which created the “future” for filmmakers, I felt that my role in this festival was over, and I decided to leave. Now, as animation is developing in various directions, it is impossible to capture the present and create a future that is meaningful from a single perspective. With the new programming team now in place, I expect that the festival’s unique identity will become even edgier. Last but not least, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone from New Chitose Airport and the festival team who hooked me up, even though I had no background at the time of the establishment of the festival. I have grown a lot. Thank you very much!
