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2023 Masterclass Seminar and Pitching Contest Award Winners

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October 27th at TIFFCOM
MPA/DHU/TIFFCOM
Masterclass Seminar and Pitching Contest 2023
Announcement of the Winners

MPA/DHU/TIFFCOM Masterclass Seminar and Pitching Contest was held today at TIFFCOM (Oct. 25th-27th at Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center HAMAMATSUCHO-KAN), an affiliated content market of the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF). Now in its sixth year, this event is co-hosted by MPA (Motion Picture Association representing the six major film studios in the U.S.), DHU (Digital Hollywood University) and TIFFCOM to support young filmmakers looking to take their first steps into the international arena.
For the masterclass seminar which was held as the first part of the event, we welcomed Niv Fichman, a producer of numerous films and series including The Red Violin, Blindness, and The Sympathizer, an upcoming mini-series for HBO.
The second part was the Pitching Contest, in which 5 finalists competed, with the jurors choosing the following winners.

MPA/DHU/TIFFCOM Pitching Contest 2023 Winners

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[Photo] Center left: Masaru Osaki / Center right: Naoto Tsukiashi

MPA DHU TIFFCOM
Master Class Seminar＆ Pitching Contest 2023
Announced Winners!

【MPA Grand Prize】

Naoto Tsukiashi “Necro Eater Yataro”

【Special Recognition Prize】

Masaru Osaki “Visage Vault”

The MPA Grand Prize winner Naoto Tsukiashi will be awarded a 5-day study trip to the Film Immersion Course in L.A., bestowed by the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

And the Special Recognition Prize winner Masaru Osaki will be invited to the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, which will be held in Gold Coast, Australia.

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【FINALISTS FOR YEAR 2023（PROJECT／DIRECTOR）】

Visage Vault / Masaru Osaki

Prelude to night / Hidetsuna Takahashi

Airport Woman / Tokio Oohara

Necro Eater Yataro / Naoto Tsukiashi

On the spring wind / Miho Azemoto

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【JURY】

Niv Fichman (Film Producer The founder of Rhombus Media)

Takehiko Shinjo (Director and playwright)

Nobuko Nishii (Screenwriter)

Jun Ohshima (Film-maker, Creative Director, Cinematographer, and Educator)

[TIFFCOM Outline]

■ TIFFCOM 2023 https://tiffcom.jp/en

- Dates: October 25th (Wed.) – 27th (Fri.), 2023

- Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan Industrial Trade Center HAMAMATSUCHO-KAN

- Organizer: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) /Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) / UNIJAPAN

* TIFFCOM is the affiliated content market of the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) (Oct. 23rd [Mon] – Nov. 1st [Wed.] 2023)

■ MPA/DHU/TIFFCOM Masterclass Seminar and Pitching Contest
Date: October 27th (Fri.) at TIFFCOM
For details: https://tiffcom.online/seminars/9035ffe8-9eb3-416f-af24-d2111dab4a45

27.10.2023 | Editor's blog

Cat. : AWARDS