Nippon Visions Audience Award

For the fourth time, the audience can vote for their favorite film in the NIPPON VISIONS AUDIENCE AWARD competition. The award is donated by the Japanisches Kultur- und Sprachzentrum e.V. in Frankfurt and endowed with 1,000 €. The Japanisches Kultur- und Sprachzentrum promotes Japanese language and culture.

Winner of the NIPPON VISIONS AUDIENCE AWARD 2017 is START LINE by Ayako IMAMURA.

Competition films
95 AND 6 TO GO by Kimi TAKESUE
BOYS FOR SALE by Itako
DYNAMITE WOLF by Kohei TANIGUCHI
ERIKO, PRETENDED by Akiyo FUJIMURA
GOING THE DISTANCE by Yujiro HARUMOTO
GOOD/BYE by Izumi MATSUNO
GUI AIUEO:S A STONE FROM ANOTHER MOUNTAIN TO POLISH YOUR OWN STONE by Go SHIBATA
INNOCENT 15 by Hirokazu KAI
LOVE AND GOODBYE AND HAWAII by Shingo MATSUMURA
MIFUNE: THE LAST SAMURAI by Steven OKAZAKI
PARKS by Natsuki SETA
POOLSIDEMAN by Hirobumi WATANABE
RAISE YOUR ARMS AND TWIST! DOCUMENTARY OF NMB48 by Atsushi FUNAHASHI
THE SOWER by Yosuke TAKEUCHI
START LINE by Ayako IMAMURA
LA TERRE ABANDONNÉE by Gilles Laurent
YAMATO (CALIFORNIA) by Daisuke MIYAZAKI