Spells Before Destiny - from the musical "This is Love"-
"Spell Before Destiny" is the introduction and first section of AKISAI's musical "This is Love", a short musical film.
Shiny, a strict and sensitive architect, and Aroma, a bright and popular product designer, meet on a new construction project.
Shiny's childhood friend Eva runs the show club EVAZ. Tonight, troubled people visit Eva again. She sings a spell to cheer someone up tonight.
Aroma's fiancée, Jacqueline, and Natalie, an architect, are neither friends nor directly acquainted. Each has different feelings, different lives, different everything, but they sing the same spell.
One night, Aroma and Shiny, who have only known each other a short time, are hard at work on a new construction project.
"What kind of child were you?" Aroma, who grew up in an orphanage, asked Shiny such a question.
The two shared memories of their childhood. It was an irreplaceable "escape" and a time of peace for them as children. The spell they sang as children is evoked.
And ”Destiny” is in motion.
The musical number "I am your special one" was selected as the Best Original Song at the 8th Music Film Festival, and "Imagination" was a semi-finalist at the 9th Music Film Festival for Best film soundtrack on any subject.
The song "Game Of My Life" won Best Song In A Short Film at Mokkho International Film Festival, Jul, 2023 and TRILOKA International Filmfare Awards, Oct - Nov, 2023.
Music, directing, script writing, producing, editing, performance, singing, arranging, costume coordination, hair and makeup, etc. were all done by AKISAI.
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AKISAI MDirector
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AKISAI MWriter
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AKISAI MProducer
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AKISAI MKey Cast"Eva, Natalie, Shiny, Aroma, Jacqueline, and Master Rabbit"
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Project Type:Experimental, Short, Web / New Media, Other
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Runtime:24 minutes 15 seconds
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Completion Date:July 26, 2023
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Country of Origin:Japan
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Language:English
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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8 & HalFilm Awards, August second edition, 2023Rome
Italy
Award Winner - Best Arthouse Short Film, Best Soundtrack and Best Original Idea -
Mokkho International Film Festival, Jul, 2023Pondicherry
India
Award Winner - Best Musical Short Film, Best Original Score, Best Song In A Short Film "Game Of My Life" / Special Jury Award - Best Playback Singer -
Crown Wood International Film Festival, the 54th seasonKolkata, West Bengal
India
Award Winner - Best Comedy Short Film and Best Film Score -
Top Shorts, Aug, 2023
United States
Award Winner - Best Musical Film -
1st Monthly FIlm Festival, Aug, 2023Belgrade
Serbia
Award Winner - Best Experimental Film, Best Web/TV Series, Best Trailer / 3rd Best Short Film / Special Mention - Actress Short Film, Original Screenplay, Indie Short Film, Editing, Sound Design, Production, Poster -
New York International Film Awards™ - NYIFA, Aug, 2023New York
United States
Award Winner - Best Musical Film -
EdiPlay International Film Festival, Aug, 2023ÉVRY, Île-de-France
France
Award Winner - Best Original Music, Finalist - Best Comedy -
Festigious Los Angeles - Monthly Film Competition, Aug, 2023Los Angeles
United States
Award Winner - Best Musical Film -
Los Angeles Film Awards, Aug, 2023Los Angeles
United States
Award Winner - Best Musical Film -
Oniros Film Awards® - New York, Sep, 2023New York
United States
Award Winner - Best Musical Film -
Rameshwaram International Film Festival, Sep, 2023Tamil Nadu
India
Award Winner - Best Comedy Short -
Beyond the Curve International Film Festival, Aug - Sep, 2023Paris
France
Award Winner - Best Experimental Film, Best Original Music -
Swedish International Film Festival, Sep, 2023Arvika
Sweden
Award Winner - Best Comedy -
Dreamachine International Film Festival, Fall Session 2023Los Angeles
United States
Award Winner - Best Musical -
Las Vegas International Film & Screenwriting Festival 2023Las Vegas
United States
Finalist - Musical Feature -
Monza Film Fest, September-October 2023Monza
Italy
Award Winner - Honorable Mention -
Athvikvaruni International Film Festival, Nov, 2023Aranthanki, Tamil Nadu
India
Award Winner - Best Director, Best International Short Film, Best Actress, Best Writer, Best Producer, Best Concept -
TRILOKA INTERNATIONAL FILMFARE AWARDS, Oct - Nov, 2023Wellington, Tamil Nadu
India
Special Mention Award - Best Director -
TRILOKA INTERNATIONAL FILMFARE AWARDS, Oct - Nov, 2023Wellington, Tamil Nadu
India
Audience Choice Award - Best Short Film -
TRILOKA INTERNATIONAL FILMFARE AWARDS, Oct - Nov, 2023Wellington, Tamil Nadu
India
Award Winner - Best Original Score, Best Song In A Short Film "Game Of My Life" -
Hodu International film festival, Nov, 2023Pondicherry
India
Special Mention Award - Best Director Short Film -
Hodu International film festival, Nov, 2023Pondicherry
India
Award Winner - Best Original Score, Best producer, Best Actor, Best Music Video -
Hollywood Cinema Beatz Festival 2023Los Angeles
United States
Award Winner - Best Musical Film, Best Original Score -
Accolade Global Film Competition, Dec, 2023La Jolla, CA
United States
Award Winner - Award of Merit - Original Score -
Hallucinea Film Festival, Jan, 2024Paris
France
Award Winner - Best Comedy Short Film -
Global Film Festival Awards, Aug, 2023Los Angeles
United States
Award Winner - Best Comedy Short and Best Music VIdeo -
Birsamunda International Film Awards, Jan, 2024Tamil Nadu
India
Award Winner - Best International Short Film -
SoCal Film Awards, season18, 2024Huntington Beach, CA
United States
Award Winner - Experimental Movie -
Crown Point International Film Festival, Feb, 2024Chicago, IL
United States
Award Winner - Best Experimental Short Film -
World Cinema Awards, Spring, 2024Online Festival
United States
Award Winner - Best Musical Film -
Cinema World Fest Awards, Winter, 2024Los Angeles
United States
Award Winner - Award of Excellence : Experimental, Short / Award of Merit : Musical, Short
AKISAI's 2022 work "Destiny" - from the musical "This is Love" - consists mainly of four musical numbers chosen from the first half of AKISAI's musical "This is Love". The short musical film has been selected for over 85 awards at various film festivals, including Best Musical Film, Best Original Score, Best Soundtrack, and Best Music Video, and 66 of them as award winners. The list is still being updated.
AKISAI is building each number of the musical "This is Love" while songwriting them.
Scenes from musical numbers are visualized and produced as music videos and musical short films.
The videos produced are works of art, but can also be used as scripts, scores, and image materials for performances and screenings.
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".