PROFILE
SHIMPEI KURODA
Film Director
Studied filmmaking at the New Cinema Workshop (NCW) film school from 2020, and his internship film “Cross Road Of One Letter” was nominated for the Nasu Short Film Festival 2021. The short film “Far Away” produced in 2024 was selected and screened for the first time at the Fukuoka Independent Film Festival 2024.The film was selected for the 16th Japan Visual Grand Prix and other awards, and won Excellent Film Award (Semi-Grand Prix) at the JAAP INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2024.
NEWS
- May 22, 2025
- Screening of “Far Away” at SUMMER CINEMA by FIDFF @ Move Kitakyushu on Sunday, July 6, 2025 from 3:30 p.m.
- May 14, 2025
- Kaminari Japan Film Festival 2025 "Far Away" Official Selection
- May 5, 2025
- Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival - LOCAL FILMMAKERS SHORTS - "Far Away" Official Selection
- May 5, 2025
- 23rd Nakanoshima Film Festival "Far Away" Excellence Award
- April 1, 2025
- 23rd Nakanoshima Film Festival "Far Away" Official Selection
Dates: May 3 - 5, 2025 at Osaka City Central Public Hall - March 12, 2025
- "Cross Road Of One Letter" Available on Amazon Prime Video
- February 9, 2025
- Saitama City Award Iwatsuki Film Festival 2025 "Far Away" Audience Award
- February 1, 2025
- Screening of “Far Away” at JAAP INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2024 Award Winning Film Screening in Osaka @ Osaka Museum of History on Friday, February 9, 2025 from 1:50 p.m.
- January 29, 2025
- Obu Film Festival 2025 "Far Away" Official Selection
- December 25, 2024
- Saitama City Award Iwatsuki Film Festival 2025 "Far Away" Official Selection
- December 15, 2024
- Okinawa Nice Film Festival 3 "Far Away" Official Selection
- December 08, 2024
- Niigata Indies Movie Festival vol.28 "Far Away" Audience Award
- November 17, 2024
- Screening of “Far Away” at Niigata Indies Movie Festival vol.28 @ Cine-Wind Niigata on Sunday, December 8, 2024 from 3:10 p.m.
- October 10, 2024
- Screening of “Far Away” at JAAP INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2024 Award Winning Film Screening @ Shibuya Euro Live on Friday, November 29, 2024 from 2:00 p.m.
- October 10, 2024
- Japan Art Center 16th Movie Grandprix "Far Away" Official Selection
- September 13, 2024
- JAAP INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2024 "Far Away" Excellent Film Award (Semi-Grand Prix)
- July 28, 2024
- Fukuoka Independent Film Festival 2024 "Far Away" Official Selection