It looks like “Nishikita Chopin,” set in Nishinomiya, has won international film awards in four countries.
International film awards — that’s amazing!!
Awards “Nishikita Chopin” Has Won or Been Nominated For
Milano International Film Festival
Nominated for “Best Feature Film,” “Best Screenplay,” “Best Director,” “Best Music,” and “Best Editing”
The Milano International Film Festival category winners will be announced on January 22, 2021 (local time).
Antwerp International Film Festival in Belgium
Won the “Jury Prize”
International Film Festival Held in Kosovo
Won “Best Screenplay for a Feature Film”
Japan Arts Center 12th Visual Arts Grand Prix
Won the “Screenplay Award”
Monthly Film Festival in the City of Košice, Slovakia
Nominated for “Best Actress,” “Best Feature Film,” and “Best Cinematography”
We have been nominated in three categories at a monthly film festival in the city of Košice, Slovakia.
The nominations are for Best Actress, Best Feature Film, and Best Cinematography.
After the monthly selection process, the annual Grand Prix will be decided.
For now, we’ve cleared the first hurdle.
Posted by にしきたショパン映画化への道 on Thursday, December 17, 2020
What Is “Nishikita Chopin”?
“Nishikita Chopin” is an independently produced film from Nishinomiya, built around the concepts of “passing down the story of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake” and “supporting left-handed pianists.”
Since the film is set in Nishinomiya, it seems that familiar places for Nishinomiya residents, such as “the Nishikita area”, “Shukugawa Park”, and “Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya High School”, were used as filming locations.
They also recruited extras from crowdfunding supporters and even looked for local residents to appear as “reporters.”
Their crowdfunding campaign, which had a target of 5 million yen, raised 4.93 million yen.
By the way, in our article “They’re Recruiting People to Play Reporters in the Nishinomiya-Set Film ‘Nishikita Chopin’”,
Shacho from Nishitsu even filmed an acting video 😀though he didn’t actually apply
Finally
“Nishikita Chopin” is scheduled to be released in 2021.
It’s a film set in Nishinomiya, the city we’re so used to seeing, so as local residents, we definitely want to watch it.
We can’t wait for the release date.
