Nikon Film and Photo Contest 2024-2025 Short Film Competition Super-Short Film Category
Special Encouragement Award
Beautiful struggle
Yutaka Maeomichi
Japan
Story
This film overlays the dynamic movements of tricking with the ephemeral beauty of flowers blooming amidst the cycle of nature. The fleeting brilliance shared by the momentary beauty in the execution of tricking techniques and the fragile life of flowers that endure harsh winters, take root, and bloom only briefly in spring before fading away is expressed through the medium of film.
Comment
Thank you very much for selecting my film for this prestigious award. Based on the theme of the contest, “Inspire,” I discovered a common brilliance between two distinct presences: the dynamic “tricking” born from the physical capabilities of human beings, and the “flowers” that live their lives to the fullest in the midst of silence. The ephemeral beauty of techniques that are executed after rigorous training, and the fleeting lives of flowers that bloom only briefly after enduring a long winter — the creation of this film was inspired by the concentrated, momentary brilliance shared by both of these things. I hope that through this work, viewers will notice the fleeting yet powerful moments hidden within daily life and find the inspiration to take a new step forward in their lives.
*The works and comments that have been selected are expressions of views and opinions of the creators and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the organizer.
Beautiful struggle
Yutaka Maeomichi
Japan
Story
This film overlays the dynamic movements of tricking with the ephemeral beauty of flowers blooming amidst the cycle of nature. The fleeting brilliance shared by the momentary beauty in the execution of tricking techniques and the fragile life of flowers that endure harsh winters, take root, and bloom only briefly in spring before fading away is expressed through the medium of film.
Comment
Thank you very much for selecting my film for this prestigious award.
Based on the theme of the contest, “Inspire,” I discovered a common brilliance between two distinct presences: the dynamic “tricking” born from the physical capabilities of human beings, and the “flowers” that live their lives to the fullest in the midst of silence.
The ephemeral beauty of techniques that are executed after rigorous training, and the fleeting lives of flowers that bloom only briefly after enduring a long winter — the creation of this film was inspired by the concentrated, momentary brilliance shared by both of these things.
I hope that through this work, viewers will notice the fleeting yet powerful moments hidden within daily life and find the inspiration to take a new step forward in their lives.
*The works and comments that have been selected are expressions of views and opinions of the creators and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the organizer.