Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology げいじゅつせんしょうもんぶかがくだいじんしんじんしょう
Edition 70 (2020)
Winners
11 peopleA near-future stage play set in the virtual world called the Nether, probing the boundary between desire and ethics.
In a virtual world where desire is permitted, the fragility of ethics is exposed.
A film about a man trying to leave gambling behind and start over in Ishinomaki, only to be pulled into a darker chain of events.
A man who vows to start over is shaken by an absurd and cruel fate.
A Japan performance by the Netherlands Bach Society Orchestra under music director Shunske Sato.
Recognized as a Japan performance by a leading early-music ensemble.
The stage achievement of the New National Theatre’s production of Swan Lake, a ballet that preserves classical dignity while sharpening the stage image.
It keeps its dignity while leaving a strong impression with its refined visual palette.
A story of renewal and collapse set in Ishinomaki, recognized as part of director Kazuya Shiraishi’s film work.
Small cracks accumulate until something irreversible happens.
An art book and exhibition catalog compiled for Aiko Miyanaga’s solo exhibition at Takamatsu Art Museum.
Using the idea of “rowing style” as a key, it looks at a world that keeps changing.
A psychological suspense story that examines the light and shadow of family through a lay-judge trial.
The mother who killed her beloved daughter could be me.
An entertainment performance series at the National Theatre, recognized for its work in rakugo, manzai, and related performing arts.
A recurring performance that showcases the next generation of comic entertainers.
An art project for dialogue launched by Akira Takayama in the wake of the Aichi Triennale controversy.
It turned phone answering itself into art and opened a place for dialogue.
A cultural-geography study that reads the Etchu Owara Kaze no Bon festival through folklore and local society.
It asks what a “song town” really is.
A comic about a single woman who enters a romance while pretending to be married, wavering between lies and truth.
Without a lie, she feels she can no longer fall in love.