July 9, 2014
The documentary film "Momo to Komomo to Komomomaru" (produced in 2013) by Takahiro Niibe (a graduate of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies) won the Documentary Award at the Fukuoka Independent Film Festival (2014).
This follows his win of the Matsukawa Award at the 16th Yufuin Cinema and Documentary Film Festival.
The Fukuoka Independent Film Festival was launched in 2009 with the aim of showcasing, connecting, and nurturing domestic and international filmmakers through the screening of independent films.
The award-winning film is scheduled to be screened at the Fukuoka Independent Film Festival 2014 from Thursday, August 7 to Tuesday, August 12 at the Ajibi Hall of the Fukuoka Asian Art Museum and the Taiyo Media Hall.
Comment from Takahiro Niibe
"Momo to Komomo to Komomomaru" is a documentary film about the sea of Kamakura and a female fisher who makes her living there.
I started working on the production during my third year of university and continued filming even after graduation.
I was taken out on the boat countless times for filming, and the process was a constant series of surprises and discoveries, from the sight of the dawn from the sea to a shark as long as I am tall leaping from the water's surface.
I am happy that I was able to capture my encounters with the fishers of Kamakura in the form of a single film.