Award-winning Projects :: Tokyo Docs 2014

Award-winning Projects at Tokyo Docs 2014

Best Pitch Award	“The Lawyers” Hikaru TODA (Little Stranger Films) Fumi and Kazu are partners for life; both as lovers and as colleagues at the first law firm in Japan established by an openly gay couple. Their downtown Osaka office attracts minorities and the socially disadvantaged who share their experience of being discriminated in the conformist society.
Excellent Pitch Award	“Changing Heart—Understanding Leprosy Sufferers in China” Manman FANG (TEMJIN Co., Ltd.)
Excellent Pitch Award	“Syria—A War Between a Father and His Son” Yoshitaka NITTA (NIHON DENPA NEWS CO., LTD.)
Excellent Pitch Award	“Insect Technology and Our Future” Kenichi SUGAWARA (NHK Enterprises, Inc.)
Excellent Pitch Award	“Life as a Pro Gamer” Takao GOTSU (Tokyo Video Center, Inc.)
Best Asian Pitch Award	“Hero or Rebel” Larry CHAN (Freelance) Gambling in Macau has brought social problems as well as great fortunes. Three young people embarked on street politics to fight injustice and distorted values but encountered an enormous pressure from the society and their families. Are they heroes or rebels?
Asian Side of the Doc Award (a pitching opportunity at the Asian Side of the Doc 2015 will be given to the winner)	“Life as a Pro Gamer” Takao GOTSU (Tokyo Video Center, Inc.)
Asia Dramatic TV Award (the Japanese satellite broadcaster Asia Dramatic TV will buy the finished program for 500,000 yen and broadcast it on its channel.)	“Living in Gaza—Together with Children and the Palestinian woman Ghada” Mizue FURUI (Asia Press International)
Development Money a million Japanese yen each	“Life as a Pro Gamer” Takao GOTSU (Tokyo Video Center, Inc.) The project has the possibility of developing not only into a TV documentary but also into products in other different media. The fund was given to help the project to develop in that way.
	“Hero or Rebel” Larry CHAN (Freelance) The fund was given to support a young filmmaker to make his first documentary to convey Macau’s unknown aspects to the world.

Best Pitch Award

“The Lawyers”

Hikaru TODA (Little Stranger Films)

Fumi and Kazu are partners for life; both as lovers and as colleagues at the first law firm in Japan established by an openly gay couple. Their downtown Osaka office attracts minorities and the socially disadvantaged who share their experience of being discriminated in the conformist society.

Excellent Pitch Award

“Changing Heart—Understanding Leprosy Sufferers in China”

Manman FANG (TEMJIN Co., Ltd.)

Excellent Pitch Award

“Syria—A War Between a Father and His Son”

Yoshitaka NITTA (NIHON DENPA NEWS CO., LTD.)

Excellent Pitch Award

“Insect Technology and Our Future”

Kenichi SUGAWARA (NHK Enterprises, Inc.)

Excellent Pitch Award

“Life as a Pro Gamer”

Takao GOTSU (Tokyo Video Center, Inc.)

Best Asian Pitch Award

“Hero or Rebel”

Larry CHAN (Freelance)

Gambling in Macau has brought social problems as well as great fortunes. Three young people embarked on street politics to fight injustice and distorted values but encountered an enormous pressure from the society and their families. Are they heroes or rebels?

Asian Side of the Doc Award

(a pitching opportunity at the Asian Side of the Doc 2015 will be given to the winner)

“Life as a Pro Gamer”

Takao GOTSU (Tokyo Video Center, Inc.)

Asia Dramatic TV Award

(the Japanese satellite broadcaster Asia Dramatic TV will buy the finished program for 500,000 yen and broadcast it on its channel.)

“Living in Gaza—Together with Children and the Palestinian woman Ghada”

Mizue FURUI (Asia Press International)

Development Money

a million Japanese yen each

“Life as a Pro Gamer”

Takao GOTSU (Tokyo Video Center, Inc.)

The project has the possibility of developing not only into a TV documentary but also into products in other different media. The fund was given to help the project to develop in that way.

“Hero or Rebel”

Larry CHAN (Freelance)

The fund was given to support a young filmmaker to make his first documentary to convey Macau’s unknown aspects to the world.