JAPAN PRIZE 2016 Prize Winners
Runners-up
Audiovisual Division The Best Work in Each Category
Pre-school Category
| 1st place |
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Title |
Papo Workshop - That's how a mother is made |
| Entering Organization |
Planeta Trébol - EDUCA |
| Country/Region |
Ecuador |
| Romi helps Papo to polish a piece of wood in the shape of a pregnant woman which draws the attention of Romi. Papo read the story of Catalina Sojos, which tells the story of pregnant moms and mothers who go out to look for a child to give her heart. |
| 2nd place |
 |
Title |
Nice Work |
| Entering Organization |
NRK |
| Country/Region |
Norway |
| There are many exciting and weird things going on in workplaces which kids don't know anything about– until now. The kids Nora and Einar try to avoid a river pollution caused by a sewer leakage in the neighborhood. But how can this be solved? |
Primary Category
| 1st place |
 |
Title |
I Can’t Go To School Today |
| Entering Organization |
Mosaic Films for BBC Bitesize |
| Country/Region |
United Kingdom |
| Melissa was born HIV positive. She found out at 11-years-old but did not fully understand. With Melissa's first-person testimony and animation, she explains what HIV is, the medication, the physical effect of the virus, and the impact it has on friendships and family relationships. |
| 2nd place |
 |
Title |
Beestieboys |
| Entering Organization |
CCCP Televisie B.V. VPRO |
| Country/Region |
The Netherlands |
| Tao and his family have a hard time to decide whether their cat Torta is too ill to live on. Torta has a tumor and she is getting to feel worse. Although it’s not as nature intended, they eventually decide to give her an injection which puts her to rest. |
Youth Category
| 1st place |
 |
Title |
Sleeping Lions |
| Entering Organization |
Libra Television, David & Goliath |
| Country/Region |
United Kingdom |
| Mia has a dark secret she has never shared for fear of destroying her family’s happiness but when she discovers her younger sister is at risk she is faced with a difficult decision. This is a story of courage that follows the events in the run up to a disclosure of intra-familial child sexual abuse. |
| 2nd place |
 |
Title |
The Homestretch / Independent Lens |
| Entering Organization |
Spargel Productions, Kartemquin Films, Independent Television Service (ITVS) |
| Country/Region |
United States |
| The Homestretch follows three homeless teens Chicago as they fight to stay in school, graduate, and build a future. Roque, Kasey and Anthony share their journeys of struggle and triumph, challenging stereotypes of homelessness. |
Lifelong Learning Category
| 1st place |
 |
Title |
Exploring Life in Class: A Year at a Tsunami-hit School |
| Entering Organization |
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) |
| Country/Region |
Japan |
| In 2011, many people lost their lives in the Great East Japan Earthquake. Four years later, a middle school on the coast of Miyagi held a class called “Life Lessons”. Through the process of talking about their stories, the students gradually learned to sympathize with others and support each other. |
| 2nd place |
 |
Title |
PHILOSOPHY BEHIND BARS |
| Entering Organization |
Media 3.14, Televisió de Catalunya |
| Country/Region |
Spain |
| Seven law students and seven long-term inmates had Socratic dialogue for three month. In today’s society, we used to debate ideas - trying to convince the listener that our ideas are better than theirs. The Socratic way is to actively listen to the other without judging neither the argument. |
Creative Frontier Category
| 1st place |
 |
Title |
NOVA Evolution Lab |
| Entering Organization |
WGBH Educational Foundation, NOVA PBS, Life on Earth Project at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
| Country/Region |
United States |
| The story of how Homo sapiens are related to all of those species can be summarized in an enormous family tree. To help you explore this tree and understand the amazing mechanism behind it, we’ve created the NOVA Evolution Lab. |
