Project: Gateball

Description: My thesis project at Keio University. A comedy short film. In a small Japanese town, a gateball championship final reaches supernatural proportions.

Selected Screenings and Honors:
* Canon Digital Creators Contest 2003, Tokyo Japan: Awarded Adobe Systems Award
* 8th Los Angeles International Short film Festival, Los Angeles
* Les Prix Du festival 2004, Lyon France: Awarded 3rd Audience Prize
* Res Magazine “RES10″, New York/Los Angeles
* :Output 08 Competition, Germany: Awarded Honorary Mention
* 4th Durango International Film Festival, Colorado USA: Awarded Audience Prize
* Hull Film Festival 2005, Hull U.K
* Newport Beach Film Festival, California USA
* 4th Astro Design Movie Contest, Tokyo Japan: Awarded Grand Prize
* 4th Ulead Movie Contest, Tokyo Japan: Awarded Grand Prize
* NHK weekly TV program “Digital Stadium”, Japan: Awarded Naozumi Takenaka Selection

Produced by Masa Inakage Lab, Keio University