Rainbow Reel Tokyo

Rainbow Reel Competition

The Rainbow Reel Competition (レインボー・リール・コンペティション) began in 1995 as an annual screening of Japanese short films to encourage production of LGBT-themed films. The audience selects a favorite film and the director is awarded the Grand Prix Rainbow Reel Award (レインボー・リール賞（グランプリ）), currently a ¥100,000 prize ($1000 US).

Grand Prix Rainbow Reel Award winners

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7th Festival (1998) – We Are Transgenders (We Are Transgenders ～性別を超えて、自分らしく生きる～); director: Lulu Ogawa (尾川ルル)

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14th Festival (2005) – "Stereotype Company" (「ヘテロ薬」) (2005); director: Team "Stereotype Company" (ヘテロ薬制作委員会)

15th Festival (2006) – Somewhere in Tokyo (東京のどこかで) (2006); director: Kenta Tatenai (タテナイケンタ)

16th Festival (2007) – A Tulip of Violet (2007); director: Yūmi Andō (安藤優美)

17th Festival (2008) – San-Kaku (△サンカク) (2008); director: Kazuki Watanabe (渡辺一樹)

18th Festival (2009) – "Avec mon copain / With my Boyfriend; director : Antonio de Oliveira; Producer : Sanae Kikuchi (Tomoé films)

19th Festival (2010) – Jellyfish Boy (くらげくん) (2009); director: Shō Kataoka (片岡翔)

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21st Festival (2012) – Tsuyako (2011); director: Mitsuyo Miyazaki (宮崎光代)

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23rd Festival (2014) – The Other Side of a Smiling Face (笑顔の向こう側) (2013); director: Yoshiaki Sajima (佐島由昭)

24th Festival (2015) – From the Bottom of the Vortex (私は渦の底から) (2015); director: Kozue Nomoto (野本梢)

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Special Jury Award

The Special Jury Award (審査員特別賞 Shinsa-in tokubetsu shō), first given in 2008, is an outstanding Japanese film selected by a guest director.

Special Jury Award winners

17th Festival (2008) – When I Become Silent (わたしが沈黙するとき) (2007); director: Hyōe Yamamoto (山本兵衛)

1st Festival (1992)

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2nd Festival (1993)

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3rd Festival (1994)

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4th Festival (1995)

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5th Festival (1996)

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6th Festival (1997)

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7th Festival (1998)

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8th Festival (1999)

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9th Festival (2000)

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10th Festival (2001)

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11th Festival (2002)

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12th Festival (2003)

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13th Festival (2004)

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14th Festival (2005)

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15th Festival (2006)

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16th Festival (2007)

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18th Festival (2009)

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19th Festival (2010)

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20th Festival (2011)

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21st Festival (2012)

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22nd Festival (2013)

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23rd Festival (2014)

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24th Festival (2015)

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25th Festival (2016)

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