【Grand Prize】
Autobiography
Director：Makbul MUBARAK
Indonesia, France, Singapore, Poland, Philippines, Germanym, Qatar / 2022 / 116 min
～The winnig film’s director will receive 700,000yen
With a confident cinematic style that embraces brilliant mise-en-scène, the exploration of an individual's resistance against a giant web of moral control gradually transforms into the depiction of the disturbing perversity of power structure - a theme that is urgent and universal.
【Special Jury Prize】
Return to Seoul
Director：Davy CHOU
Germany, France, Belgium / 2022 / 116 min
～The winnig film’s director will receive 150,000yen
Where do we come from and where do we go? The search for identity and origin leads to a distinctively attractive cultural and cinematic journey that opens up questions, possibilities, and new perspectives.
【Special Jury Prize】
Next Sohee
Director：JUNG July
South Korea / 2022 / 138min
～The winnig film’s director will receive 150,000yen
In a ruthless world driven by corporate culture and capitalist quests for efficiency and financial achievement, the thoughtful reflection on how lives and other values are sacrificed sheds a light on the mechanism of human exploitation.
【Special Mention】
The Dam
Director：Ali CHERRI
France, Sudan, Lebanon, Germany, Serbia, Qatar / 2022 / 80 min
An artistic and poetic blend of realism and imagination, the film's metaphorical representations articulate man's futile struggle against corruption and the perils of globalization.
A Far Shore
Director：KUDO Masaaki
Japan / 2022 / 128min
■Student Jury Prize
Mediterranean Fever
Director：Maha HAJ
Palestine, Germany, France, Cyprus, Qatar / 2022 / 108 min
From the film, we felt a sense of gentleness that hugged their identities.
Sense of a distinct despair in the midst of the humour.
The film depicted a man living in a dark society, and the expansion of the world continues beyond the film, even the life beyond that.
HARUO Saki (Tokyo University of the Arts)
YAMABE Asako（Musashino Art University）
TAKANO Shiho（Rikkyo University）
