Events

Japan Prize 2021
Events and Awards Ceremony

November 5 (Fri)
On-site (WITH HARAJUKU HALL)

2:00P.M. – 3:00P.M.

2021 Showcase: The Lights and Shadows of COVID-19: Life Goes On

The impact of COVID-19 on our daily lives is immeasurable. Finalist works addressed topics ranging from how coronavirus-related stress produces domestic violence to insights obtained from popular YouTubers’ vlogs, how net predators sneak up on children, and other dark issues invading our daily lives. On the positive side, there were also creative works that could only have been born in these times.

Films Screened

  • 家での過ごし方
    • Y022 How to be at home
    • Canada
    • An animation of "poetry" that gives tips on how to live through the Covid-19 "stay-home" period.
  • @Kalinka08 Please Get in Touch
    • E029 @Kalinka08 - Please Get in Touch
    • Germany
    • Stress maxed out by Covid-19 situation, parents’ violence escalates! How can children help each other?
  • VIRAL
    • L021 VIRAL
    • Germany
    • Seven young protagonists trying to survive in a rapidly changing world. The film is based solely on videos posted on SNS last year.
  • Grooming
    • Y007 Grooming
    • Argentina
    • Weaving in lots of dancing, this program warns about the sex crimes creeping to teenagers who are spending more and more time online due to Covid-19.
  • Awesome Homework: Shinsuke Yoshitake
    • E030 Awesome Homework
      Shinsuke Yoshitake
    • Japan
    • The series started airing in May 2020 when schools were closed. Celebrities will give homework assignments to children to arouse their curiosity.
  • Swan Lake Bath Ballet
    • L024 Swan Lake Bath Ballet
    • United Kingdom
    • The stage is a bathtub!? A work of art created remotely during lockdown

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