Shinji Sōmai  His film "Moving" was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. His 1998 film, "Wait and See", won the FIPRESCI prize at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival in 1999. The Edinburgh International Film Festival artistic director Chris Fujiwara noted that American film director Nicholas Ray and French film director Jean Vigo shared Somai's sensibilities.