Destiny -from the musical "This is Love"-

"Destiny" is a musical short film created around 4 songs chosen from the first half of AKISAI's developing musical "This is Love".

Shiny, a strict and sensitive architect, and Aroma, a bright and popular product designer, met on a new construction project.

​Music, lyrics, arrangements, singing, and directing, producing, editing, costume coordination, hair and makeup and performance were all done by AKISAI.

Awards for songs from "Destiny"
"Not a Dream" from the musical "This is Love" won the Commended Entry in the Open and Love Song category at The UK Songwriting Contest 2021 and Bronze award winner in the Lyrics / Songwriting category at the Global Music Awards 2022, July.
"Crazy Tango" from the musical "This is Love" won the Bronze award winner in the Music Video category at the Global Music Awards 2022, July.
"What's wrong with me ?!" from the musical "This is Love" won the Bronze award winner in the Music Video category at the Global Music Awards 2022, Sep.
"Twilight Moon" and "What's wrong with me ?!" from the musical " This is Love" won Commended Entry in the Open category of The UK Songwriting Contest 2022.

  • AKISAI M
    Director
  • AKISAI M
    Writer
  • AKISAI M
    Producer
  • AKISAI M
    Key Cast
    "Aroma, Shiny, Eva, Steve, Natalie, and Jacqueline"
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media, Other
  • Runtime:
    22 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    August 3, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Japan
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Crown Wood International Film Festival, the 44th season
    Kolkata, West Bengal
    India
    Award Winner - Best Film Score, Best LGBTQ Short Film
  • Los Angeles Film Awards, Sep, 2022
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Award Winner - Best Musical
  • Mokkho International Film Festival, the 19th season, 2022
    Pondicherry
    India
    Award Winner - Best Musical Video, Best Original Score
  • New York International Film Awards™ - NYIFA, Sep, 2022
    New York
    United States
    Finalist - Best Musical Film
  • Oniros Film Awards® - New York, Sep, 2022
    New York
    United States
    Finalist - Best Musical Film
  • Mokkho International Film Festival, the 19th season, 2022
    Pondicherry
    India
    Critics Choice Award - Best LGBTQ Short Film
  • Mokkho International Film Festival, the 19th season, 2022
    Pondicherry
    India
    Special Jury Award - Best Actor
  • TRILOKA INTERNATIONAL FILMFARE AWARDS, Sep - Oct, 2022
    Tamil Nadu
    India
    Award Winner - Best LGBT Short Film, Best Original Score
  • TRILOKA INTERNATIONAL FILMFARE AWARDS, Sep - Oct, 2022
    Tamil Nadu
    India
    Special Jury Award - Best Song in a Short Film
  • Anatolia International Film Festival, Fall 2022
    Istanbul
    Turkey
    Award Winner - BEST MUSIC VIDEO
  • Symbiotic Film Festival, the third season
    Kiev
    Ukraine
    Award Winner - BEST MUSIC VIDEO
  • Silk Road Film Awards Cannes, the 28th Edition
    Cannes
    France
    Honorable Mention - Short Musical Film
  • Dreamachine International Film Festival, Fall 2022
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Award Winner - Best Musical
  • Prince of Prestige Academy Awards, 2022
    FL
    United States
    Nominee - Comedy or Musical
  • International Motion Picture Festival of India, the Eighth season
    Pondicherry
    India
    Award Winner -Best Musical Short Film, Best LGBT Short Film
  • International Motion Picture Festival of India, the Eighth season
    Pondicherry
    India
    Special Jury Award - Best Original Score Short Film
  • Gangtok International Film Festival, Oct, 2022
    Gangtok
    India
    Award Winner - Best Film Score - Soundtrack
  • FilmHaus Berlin, 2022
    Berlin
    Germany
    Nominee - Best Film (Medium-Length)
  • FilmHaus Berlin, 2022
    Berlin
    Germany
    Finalist - Best Musical
  • ISTANBUL FILM AWARDS
    Istanbul
    Turkey
    Award Winner -Best Musical Short Film
  • Rome International Movie Awards, Nov, 2022
    Rome
    Italy
    Award Winner - BEST MUSIC VIDEO
  • Near Nazareth Festival, season13, 2022
    Afula
    Israel
    Finalist - Music Video / Video Art
  • Onyko Films Awards, Nov, 2022
    Odesa
    Ukraine
    Award Winner - Best Soundtrack
  • South Film and Arts Academy Festival, Nov, 2022
    Rancagua, O'Higgins
    Chile
    Award Winner - Best Musical Short Film, Best Original Score In A Short Film, Best Editing In A Short Film
  • Festigious Los Angeles - Monthly Film Competition, Nov, 2022
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Award Winner - Best Musical
  • Padula Certosa Soulplace Film Festival 2022
    Padula
    Italy
    Award Winner - Best Original Soundtrack
  • Athvikvaruni International Film Festival, Dec, 2022
    Aranthanki, Tamil Nadu
    India
    Award Winner - Best LGBT Short Film
  • 1st Monthly Film Festival, SEASON 3
    Belgrade
    Serbia
    Award Winner - Best Director Music Video
  • Sittannavasal International Film Festival, Dec, 2022
    Tamil Nadu
    India
    Award Winner - Best International Short Film, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Writer, Best Concept
  • Hodu international film festival, Dec, 2022
    Pondicherry
    India
    Special Mention Award - Best International Short Film
  • Hodu international film festival, Dec, 2022
    Pondicherry
    India
    Special Jury Award - Best Director Short Film
  • Hodu international film festival, Dec, 2022
    Pondicherry
    India
    Award Winner - Best Music Video, Best Cinematography Short Film, Best Editing Short Film, Special Jury Award Short Film, Best Actor Short Film
  • Nitiin International Film Festival
    Penang
    Malaysia
    Award Winner - Best LGBT Short Film
  • Future of Film Awards, Dec, 2022
    Ohrid
    Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
    Award Winner - Best Short Film
  • Cult Critic Movie Awards, 62th season
    Kolkata, West Bengal
    India
    Outstanding Achievement Award - LGBT Film
  • Cult Critic Movie Awards, 62th season
    Kolkata, West Bengal
    India
    Award Winner - Best Film-Score Sound Track
  • New York Tri-State International Film Festival, Jan, 2023
    New York
    United States
    Honorable Mention - Best Song
  • Spo​tlight Film Awards 2022
    Atlanta, Georgia
    United States
    Spotlight Silver Award
  • Global Film Festival Awards, Sep, 2022
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Honorable Mention - Best Director
  • Global Film Festival Awards, Sep, 2022
    Los Angeles
    United States
    Award Winner - Best Original Content, Best Original Score
  • Florence Film Awards, Dec, 2022
    Florence
    Italy
    Gold Award - Original Song
  • Boden International Film Festival, Dec, 2022
    Boden
    Sweden
    Finalist
  • Vegas Movie Awards, Jan, 2023
    Las Vegas
    United States
    Award Winner - Best Original Score - Award of Merit
  • Echonation Audio and Film Festival, Season 5, 2023
    Manchester
    United Kingdom
    Award Winner - Best LGBTQI+ Short Film
  • Druk International Film Festival, the 40th monthly season
    Paro
    Bhutan
    Award Winner - Short Film and LGBT Film, Outstanding Achievement Award - Best Film Score - Soundtrack
  • Boden International Film Festival, Dec, 2022
    Boden
    Sweden
    Finalist
  • Brussels International Film Festival, Dec, 2022 - Feb, 2023
    Brussels
    Belgium
    Award Winner - Best Music Video
  • Global Independent Film Awards 2022

    United States
    Award Winner - Best Musical Film, Best LGBTQ+ Film, Best Visual Effects, Best Avant-Garde Films for Technical Achievement
  • Top Shorts, Jan, 2023

    United States
    Award Winner - Best Musical
  • Filmzen International Film Competition, Jan - Feb, 2023
    Paris
    France
    Outstanding Achievement Award - Best Short Film
  • Filmzen International Film Competition, Jan - Feb, 2023
    Paris
    France
    Award Winner - Best Score
  • Direct Monthly Online Film Festival, Feb, 2023
    Canton, MI
    United States
    Award Winner - Best Short Fiction Film of the Month Award
  • 8 & Halfilm Awards, Apr,2023
    Rome
    Italy
    Award Winner - Best Music Video and Best Original Song
  • After Hours Film Festival, season 8, 2023
    United States, India and Latin America ​
    Award Winner - Best Musical Short
  • Gold Star Movie Awards, the 26th season, Apr, 2023
    Newark, NJ
    United States
    Award Winner - Best LGBTQI Short
  • World Film Carnival - Singapore, May, 2023

    Singapore
    Award Winner - Best Film Score - Soundtrack
  • Goldspire International Film Festival, June – July 2023
    Paris
    France
    Award Winner - Best Original Score, Best Short Film and LGBQT Film
  • Birsamunda International Film Awards, the 17th season, 2023
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu
    India
    Award Winner - Best International Short Film, Best Director
  • 7th Art Independent International Film Festival 2023
    Kerala
    India
    Award Winner - Best Music Video
  • Williamsburg International Film & Music Competition 2023
    New York
    United States
    Award winner - runner-up - International Narrative Short Film Competition
  • Rameshwaram International Film Festival, Sep, 2023
    Tamil Nadu
    India
    Award Winner - Best Song
  • Accolade Global Film Competition Season: March 2024
    La Jolla, CA
    United States
    Award Winner - Award of Recognition: Experimental, Original Score, LGBTQ+
Director Biography - AKISAI M

AKISAI is a composer and singer-songwriter. She also directs, produces, edit and performs in all of the musical films for her original songs.

AKISAI won the Best Original Artist Award at the New York Nill Gallery 2022 for her music video "Floating Blue," as well as Best Music Video at various film festivals and music video awards.

AKISAI is currently working on developing the musical "This is Love."
She is visualizing several musical numbers and producing them as music videos and musical short films.

AKISAI studied classical music and was influenced by a wide range of music including jazz and rock. In her late teens, she began working on commissioned music, but after more than 10 years of life experience, she restarted her career as a composer.

AKISAI started entering international composition competitions in 2020.
She was honorable mention in The Indie Gathering Film Scoring Competition 2020 and 6th place winner in 2021.

In songwriting, "Floating Blue" won Commended Entry in The UK Songwriting Contest 2020 in the Singer/Songwriter category.
"Not a Dream" - from the musical "This is Love" was a semi-finalist in the Song of the Year songwriting contest, 2022.
It also won Commended Entry in the Open and Love Song category of The UK Songwriting Contest 2021 and Bronze in the Lyrics / Songwriting category of the Global Music Awards 2022, July.
In addition, The musical numbers "Crazy Tango" and "What's wrong with me?" from the musical "This is Love" won bronze medals in the music video category at the Global Music Awards 2022 in July and September, respectively.
"Twilight Moon" and "What's wrong with me?!" from the musical " This is Love" won Commended Entry in the Open category at The UK Songwriting Contest 2022.

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Director Statement

AKISAI initially submitted the theme song for the musical "This is Love" to the songwriting contest.
After reading the feedback from the judges, AKISAI realized that the judges did not understand that this duet song was about two males singing about their love for each other.
That was the impetus for making the video. But there was no way she could afford to hire a musical actor, so she took on the challenge of playing both roles herself.
AKISAI graduated from an acting school, in case you were wondering.

AKISAI is a composer and filmmaker, but she does everything involved in filmmaking on her own. AKISAI's works are, so to speak, " watchable original works and scores".
AKISAI continues to create, hoping that in the near future she will be able to meet great filmmakers, actors, creators, collaborators, and supporters as she works her way to producing a full-length version of "This is Love".