The 12th Festival HIROSHIMA 2008
Aug.7-11 Venue : Aster Plaza

artwork by Dino Sato

International Honorary President

Paul Driessen (The Netherlands)

Judges

International Jury (*chairperson)

Marjut Rimminen (Finland)
Genevieve Georgesco–Obrocea (Romania)
Rastko Ćirić (Serbia)
David Ehrlich (U.S.A.)
Piotr Dumata* (Poland)
Gisaburo Sugii (Japan)

International Selection Committee (*chairperson)

Rao Heidmets (Estonia)
Elena Chernova (Russia)
Sophie Lodge (U.K.)
Ray Kosarin* (U.S.A.)
Kiyoshi Nishimoto (Japan)

Winners

Grand Prize

"Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor" Koji Yamamura (Japan)

Hiroshima Prize

"La Maison en Petits Cubes" Kunio Kato (Japan)

Debut Prize

"The Heart is a Metronome" Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo (France)

Renzo Kinoshita Prize

"Breakfast" Izabela Plucinska (Poland/Germany)

René Laloux Prize

"A Little Farther" François-Marc Baillet (France)

Audience Prize

"La Maison en Petits Cubes" Kunio Kato (Japan)

Special International Jury Prize

"Madame Tutli-Putli" Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski (Canada)
"KJFG No.5" Alexey Alekseev (Hungary)
"Oktapodi" ulien Bocabeille, François Xavier Chanioux, Olivier Delabarre, Thierry Marchand, Quentin Marmier, Emud Mokhberi (France)
"Zhiharka" Oleg Uzhinov (Russia)
"Candid" Zepe (Portugal)
"Don't Let It All Unravel" Sarah Cox (U.K.)

Special Prize

"John and Karen" Matthew Walker (U.K.)
"Minuscule - The Ladybug" Thomas Szabo (France)
"Beton" Ariel Belinco, Michael Faust (Israel)
"Lapsus" Juan Pablo Zaramella (Argentina)
"Lavatory-Lovestory" Konstantin Bronzit (Russia)
"Lost in Snow" Vladimir Leschiov (Latvia)