Kanji Nakajima Profile&Filmography

Profile

Nakajima was born in 1970 at JAPAN.
In 1988, He entered the Tokyo University of Art and Design, and started making films and videos. His video work “KA KE RA” received Originality Prize at Image Forum Festival and Silver Prize at Video Biennale at Medellin, Colombia in 1989. In 1990, Nakajima completed his first feature film “Fe”(HAGANE), which received invitations to film festivals in six countries and won four prizes, including the First Film Prize at the Portugal International Film Festival and the Grand Prize at the UNESCO Art/Education International Film festival. In 1997, he completed his second feature length film, “THE BOX”. It was awarded a Special mention in the main competition at the Torino International film Festival.
In 2006, his original new script “THE CLONE RETURNS HOME” has awarded Sundance/NHK Filmmaker’s Award. And he completed the film in 2008. The film premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival, and at the Sundance Film Festival 2009-World Cinema Competition.
In every film, Nakajima not only directs but writes the scripts, and does camera, music, and editing as well.

Filmography

1988 "Negative" 13min./8mm
1989 "Ka·Ke·Ra" 13min./VTR
	Japan: Image Forum Festival -Video Originality Prize Colombia: International Video Biennale Medelin-Silver Prize
1991 "Fe, Dream of Fish" 25min./16mm
1994 "Fe (HAGANE)" 67min./16mm
	Germany: 43th.Mannheim International Film Festival -Official Competition Belgium: 21th.Flanders International Film Festival･Gent -FilmSpectrum Belgium: Prix de L'Age D'OR 1994 -Official Competition Portugal: 24th.Figueira da Foz International Film Festival -First Film Prize +Silver Plate Prize France: UNESCO International Film Fest. Art and Pedagogic -GrandPrix
2002 "-THE BOX-" 67min./16mm
	The27th.HongKong International Film Festival -TheZone-Avangarde The 38tn.Karlovy Vary International Film Festival -AnotherView-
2008 "THE CLONE RETURNS HOME" 110min./35mm
	US: A prize of winner “Sundance/NHK Filmmaker’s Award 2006” (Script Award) Japan: 21st Tokyo International Film Festival “Japanese Eye” Official Selection US: Sundance Film Festival 2009 “World Dramatic Cinema Competition” Official Selection etc.