Kadoma International Film Festival is a community-based film festival in Kadoma, Osaka, Japan. In 2020 we held the festival in a dual mode as on-ground and online, in order to welcome film fans in our community and across the world. We have screened films from 30 different countries, out of the films we have received from more than 50 countries all over the world. The worldwide pandemic makes our ambition to connect filmmakers and film lovers in the city of Kadoma difficult, but we are still going at it.
Kadoma is a commuter city in Osaka, probably most famously known for the Panasonic headquarter, but strangely it's a city with no movie theater. In 2016 our festival director Takashi Nasu founded Kadoma Film Commission to produce community-based films and invite filmmakers to the city of Kadoma. With the enthusiasm and passionate encouragement from the Kadomanians, he launched the film festival in 2018 without any official funding. The movie-loving Kadoma people voluntarily participated to help run the festival. For its success, the festival and the director have been honored with the regional development and cultural activities awards.
Surrounded by Kyoto, Nara, and the main part of Osaka, Kadoma is a great hub to get around, in addition to the festival. You are guaranteed with big smiles and good hearts from the people of Kadoma, too. We grant artistically-made certificates by calligrapher Taijun Nagayama, including Governor's Award and Mayor's Award in addition to the regular awards.
The 2021 Foreign (Non-Japanese) Film categories accept:
Narrative Feature
Narrative Short
Documentary Feature
Documentary Short
Dance Feature
Dance Short
Animation Short
Non-Japanese Language only! (*Except for Dance as long as it's by a Non-Japan-based company/production.)
Awards will be announced on October 10th at the award ceremony, the finale of the festival. The winners will get our official certificates artistically made by a renowned calligrapher Taijun Nagayama.
