Akio FUJIMOTO

藤元明緒

Akio FUJIMOTO

Born in Osaka in 1988, Akio FUJIMOTO studied at the Visual Arts Academy Osaka. During his studies, he shot his first short film PSYCHEDELIC FAMILY (2012), which received many positive reviews at international film festivals. His first feature film PASSAGE OF LIFE (2017 / NC ’18) won the Best Asian Future Film Award as well as the Spirit of Asia Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2017.

Films shown at Nippon Connection

Along The Sea, Japan, Vietnam 2020 (Director) NC21
Passage of Life, Japan, Myanmar 2017 (Director) NC18
Passage of Life, Japan, Myanmar 2017 (Script) NC18

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