Sam KUWA
Born in 1996 in Chongqing, China.
Graduated from Tokyo Polytechnic University in 2023.
Now is studying at the Department of Animation at
Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Film and New Media.
1996年中国・重慶市に生まれ。
2023年東京工芸大学アニメーション学科卒業。
現在、東京藝術大学大学院映像研究科アニメーション専攻に在学中。
Awards/Nominee
Stéphane Aubier Award at 2024 Hiroshima Animation Season
Best Animated Film Award at the 11th Student International Film Festival
Best Short Animation at 5th Pioneer Art Film Festival, PAF-Cup
Best Animation at The 4th National Online Graduation Exhibition
Jury Special Award at the 23rd Beijing Film Academy Animation Academy Awards
Jury Special Award at the 19th Kichijoji Animation Film Festival
2nd Prize at ISCA International Students Creative Award
Special Mention at Berlin NewGen Film Festival 2024
Best Short Animation at Sydney Short Film Festival
2023 PÖFF Shorts, nominee
Anifilm 2024 International Festival of Animated Films, nominee
Fest Anča 2024 International Animation Festival, nominee
19th Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival, nominee
21st Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Panorama program
Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, nominee
2024 LIAF London International Animation Festival, nominee
17th FIRST International Film Festival, nominee
Image Forum Festival 2023, nominee
10th Taichung International Animation Festival (TIAF), nominee
Beijing International Short Film Festival (BISFF), screening
New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF), nominee
第78回毎日映画コンクール, nominee
ASK?映像祭2023, nominee
NOWNESS天才计划, nominee
第29回学生CGコンテスト, nominee
Animix International Animation Film Competition, nominee
Tbilisi International Animation Festival, nominee
2024 19th Athens Animfest, nominee
Stuffmx Film Festival, nominee
ANOTHER Film Festival, nominee
Caribetoons Festival Internacional de animación 2023, out of competition
Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF), honorable mention
Japanese-Serbian Film Festival (JSFF), nominee
Usak Film Festival, nominee
VITA地平线华语青年影展, nominee
Future Film Festival 2023, screening
Animation Marathon, nominee
信谊儿童动画奖, nominee
Imagina Anifest 2023, nominee
Animakom Fest 2023, nominee
金沙短片竞赛周, nominee
下北沢映画祭, nominee
Athens Short Film Festival 2024, nominee
Short Stop International Film Festival, nominee
第八届南瓜奇幻电影节, screening
第一届木圭青年电影展, screening
NCCC Film&Animation Festival, nominee
International Hollywood Short Film Festival, nominee
Kuala Lumpur International Film Academy Awards, nominee