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Japan Prize 2021
Events and Awards Ceremony

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November 7 (Sun)
On-site (WITH HARAJUKU HALL)

4:00P.M. – 5:30P.M.

2021 Showcase: How is Media Communicating Diversity to Children?

Many of the entries this year also dealt with diversity, including race, nationality, gender, sexuality, disabilities, religion, and culture. This showcase featured a number of entries that draw attention to mutual differences and get viewers thinking about how to make societies more accepting and inclusive.

Films Screened

  • The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
    • I002 The Power of We: A Sesame Street Special
    • United States
    • A program that teaches us the importance of standing up when people are treated unfairly.
  • Hero Elementary Ep. 137 “AJ’s Extra Superpower”
    • I043 Hero Elementary
      Ep. 137 “AJ’s Extra Superpower”
    • United States
    • AJ is a boy on the autism spectrum. His unique abilities help solve people's problems.
  • Bullet-laced Dreams
    • Y002 Bullet-laced Dreams
    • Philippines
    • A film which follows indigenous Lumad children as they fight for their right to receive an education.
  • Passage to Europe
    • L020 Passage to Europe
    • Greece
    • We meet a passionate teacher at an Athens elementary school now helping the children of refugees and other migrants.
  • SHAKSHUKA – Effie’s Game
    • E014 SHAKSHUKA – Effie’s Game
    • Israel
    • Effie lives with two dads and feels uncomfortable about gender stereotyping. This episode encourages children to think about their own identity and what it means to respect each other.
  • BYkids: FAITH’S WORLD
    • Y053 BYkids: FAITH’S WORLD
    • United States
    • “Please focus on the similarities, not the differences!” A program directed by 16-year-old Faith, who has cerebral palsy.
  • Scars
    • L005 Scars
    • France
    • The stories of people who are socially isolated because of their facial scars, revealing our common humanity.
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