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The Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) is pleased to announce the Amazon Prime Video Take One Award Finalists, whose work will premiere at the 36th TIFF. As part of an initiative to discover and nurture new talent, TIFF partnered in 2021 with Prime Video, which produces and distributes a diverse range of excellent original works in Japan and abroad.

The award recognizes short films (15 minutes or less) by filmmakers living in Japan who have never participated in the production of commercial films as a director, scriptwriter or producer.

The two-month submission period for the Amazon Prime Video Take One Awards yielded 143 submissions (up from 83 last year). After a rigorous screening process, the eight films below have been selected as this year’s finalists.

The films will be screened on October 23 (Mon), the opening day of this year’s TIFF, from 11:30 am at TOHO Cinemas Chanter. The award winner will be announced at the TIFF Closing Ceremony on November 1 (Wed).

Filmmaker YUKISADA Isao will once again serve as jury president, and the other jury members are TAMASHIRO Tina (Actor), ASHIZAWA Akiko (Cinematographer), MORISHIGE Akira (Producer), and TOISHI Noriko (Producer, Amazon Studio).

The winner will receive a cash prize of one million yen from Prime Video, plus the opportunity to explore the production of a feature film with Amazon Studios and work on script development.
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