Hiroshima International Film Festival
hiroshima international film festival hiff launched damah film festival hiroshima renamed present name annual film festival held city hiroshima japan november focus positive inspirational film damah film festival festival short film focused spirituality established seattle united state relocating culver city california damah hebrew word sometimes translated metaphor damah film festival hiroshima held annually theme connecting heart together year also presented fukuyama inaugural hiroshima international film festival new name expanded program held ntt cred hall hiroshima city damah film festival began separate festival tokyo focusing short film mayumi fukuhara inaugural director continues today festival planned spring mark joseph cofounder president festival threeday film festival held annually november hiroshima film submitted around world subtitled japanese english program bilingual focus positive inspirational film festival presented hiroshima prefecture hiroshima city hiroshima chamber commerce industry various body president festival production designer kyoko heya kazutaka yamamoto chairman executive committee festival secretary general festival hitoshi kono inaugural damah film festival hiroshima included past winner u festival new nominee asian country special showing thriller least executive produced ralph winter supported hiroshima film commission festival relied around volunteer stage event prize awarded hiroshima grand prix award jury award audience award elected audience voting five jury member competition division created event affected tōhoku earthquake tsunami japanese actor etsushi toyokawa special guest festival chūgoku region award introduced inaugural rebranded festival hiroshima international film festival introduced three new competition program international short film competition special screening hiroshima eye festival took place across four venue city including ntt cred hall hiroshima city cinematographic audiovisual library yokogawa cinema hatchoza november swiss documentary film day sun fell aya domenig presented festival film link atomic bombing hiroshima fukushima nuclear accident domenigs maternal grandfather doctor hiroshima red cross hospital festival presented swiss film selected newly created helvetica swiss film festival festival opened village directed michihito fujii starring ryusei yokohama ryusuke hamaguchis evil exist japanese premiere festival short film competition held first time four year special program dedicated yoji yamada made many film hiroshima prefecture official website hiroshima international film festival imdb