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kamei-san

Fiction   /   15 minutes   /   Japan, Spain, Netherlands   /   2014

There is always a first time for everything, even for celery.

Cast: Akemi Nitta, Shintaro Murakami
Written & Directed: Pedro Collantes
Cinematography: Hisayuki Sato
Assistant Director: Sayaka Akitsu
Production Assistant: Kyoko Maenosono
Sound design: Samuel Cabezas
Editor: Pedro Collantes
Color Correction: Diego Cabezas
Production: MIZUNONAKA

Awards
Biznaga de Plata Jury Special Award: Festival de Cine Español de Málaga 2015 (Spain)
Second prize – Best student live action film: Palm Springs International Shortfest 2014 (USA)
Prix Spècial du Jury: Festival du Film Court en Plein Air de Grenoble 2014 (France)
Special Mention – Best Screenplay: Filmschoolfest Munich 2014 (Germany)
Best Fiction Short Film: Festival Internacional de Cine de Elche 2014 (Spain)
AMA Award Best Production: ALCINE Festival Int. de Cine de Alcalá de Henares 2014 (Spain)
K3 international Short Film Award 2014 (Austria, Slovenia, Italy)
Best Fiction Short Film: ABYCINE Festival Internacional de Cine de Albacete 2014 (Spain)
Second Best Short Fiction Award: Festival de Cortometrajes de Eibar Asier Errasti 2014 (Spain)
Best Fiction Short Film: Premio de Cortometrajes “Manuel Carmona Mir” Melilla 2015 (Spain)
Best National Short Film Production: Certamen Internacional de Cortos de Soria 2015 (Spain)
Megacurt Award: Bibliocurts Barcelona 2015 (Spain)
Special Mention of the Jury: IFF KinoDot Short Film Festival (Russia)

Best Actress Award to Akemi Nitta: Hayah’s International Film Festival (Panama)
Best Actress Award to Akemi Nitta: CineFiesta Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes (Puerto Rico)

Festival screenings
IFFR Rotterdam International Film Festival 2014 (Netherlands)
Locarno Film Festival 2015 (Switzerland)
Festival des Films du Monde, Montreal 2014 (Canada)
Sapporo International Short Film Festival 2014 (Japan)
ENCOUNTERS Short Film Festival, Bristol (UK)
Chicago International Short Film Festival 2014 (USA)
Gijón International Short Film Festival 2014 (Spain)
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2015 (France)
Festival de Cine Español de Málaga 2015 (Spain)
DC Shorts Int. Festival 2014 (USA)
Brussels Short Film Festival 2015 (Belgium)
Cairo Int. Film Festival – Cinema of Tomorrow 2015 (Egypt)
Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca 2014 (Spain)
FIC Monterrey Int. Film Festival 2014 (Mexico)
Munich International Festival of Film Schools 2014 (Germany)
ALCINE Alcalá de Henares International Film Festival (Spain)
East End Film Festival 2014 (UK)
FEC European Short Film Festival 2015 (Spain)
SESIFF Seoul Int. Extreme Short Image & Film Festival (Korea)
Cinespaña – Festival du Cinéma Espagnol de Toulouse 2014 (France)
Avilés Acción 2014 (Spain)
Kyoto International Student Film Festival 2014 (Japan)
SHNIT Int. Shortfilm Festival 2014 (Switzerland)
Lago Film Festival 2014 (Italy)
Festival de Cine de Medina Del Campo 2015 (Spain)
Un Festival C’es Trop Court! Nice (France)
Alcances Festival de Cine 2015 (Spain)
Muestra de Cine de Palencia 2015 (Spain)
International Film Festival Bratislava 2014 (Slovakia)
Radio City Valencia Short Film Festival 2015 (Spain)
Maremetraggio International Shorts Film Festival 2015 (Italy)
Kaliber35 Munich International Short Film Festival 2014 (Germany)
Festival de Cine de Sant Joan D´Alacant (Spain)
TISFF International Short Film Festival 2014 (Greece)
Festival international Signes de Nuit (Francia)
Festival de Cortometrajes “Cortada” de Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain)
Ascona Film Festival 2015 (Switzerland)
SKEPTO International Film Festival (Italy)
Certamen de cortometrajes “Por Caracoles” 2015 (Spain)
Lakino Latin American Film Festival Berlin (Germany)
Certámen de Cortos de Soria (Spain)
Daegu Independent Short Film Festival (Korea)
Festival Nacional de Cortometrajes al Aire Libre “Ribadedeva en Corto” (Spain)
Maipú Cortos Festival de Cine de Humor, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Beloit International Film Festival 2015 (USA)
Festival de cortometrajes Rodinia (Spain)
Arts and Algorithms International Shorts Film Festival 2015 (USA)
Festival Internacional de Cine de Pasto (Colombia)
DokuFest 2014 (Kosovo)
Nasu Short Film Festival 2014 (Japan)
European Short Film Festival at MIT 2014 (USA)
Detmold International Short Film Festival 2014 (Germany)
Camera Japan Festival (Netherlands)
Hors Pistes Tokyo 2014 – organized by Centre Pompidou 2014 (Japan)