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Hikari Biography

Profession Director, Producer, Actress, Writer, Editorial department, Camera department

Awards

  • 2011DGA Student Film Award-Best Woman Student Filmmaker - West Region: winner
  • 2011Best Fiction Short Film-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2011Audience Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2011Iris Prize-Iris Prize: nominated
  • 2011Audience Award-Outstanding Dramatic Short Film: winner
  • 2011Best Short Film-: winner
  • 2011Future Filmmaker Award-: winner
  • 2011Audience Award-Best Live Action: nominated
  • 2011Audience Award-: winner
  • 2011Audience Award-Japan Competition: winner
  • 2011Jury Prize-Student Competition: winner
  • 2012Best LGBT Short Film-: winner
  • 2012Best LGBT Short Film-Audience Award: winner
  • 2012Special Mention-Excellence in Filmmaking: winner
  • 2012Light in Motion Award-Best International Short Film: winner
  • 2012Best Foreign Film-Short Film: winner
  • 2012Audience Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2012Audience Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2012Audience Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2012Jury Award-Best Narrative Short: winner
  • 2012Audience Award-Best International Short Film: winner
  • 2012Best Short Film-: winner
  • 2012Audience Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2012Jury Prize-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2012Audience Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2012Audience Award-Best Short: winner
  • 2012Audience Award-Best Short: winner
  • 2012Jury Award-Best Director: winner
  • 2012Jury Award-Best Woman's Short Film: winner
  • 2012New Directors/New Visions Award-: winner
  • 2012Short Competition AWard-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2013Best Director-: nominated
  • 2013Grand Prix-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2013Audience Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2013Jury Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2013Jury Award-Best Screenplay: winner
  • 2013Golden Spike Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2015Best Of The Festival Audience Award-Best Short Film: winner
  • 2019Best First Feature Award-Best First Feature: nominated
  • 2019C.I.C.A.E. Award-Panorama: winner
  • 2019Panorama Audience Award-Fiction Film: winner
  • 2019NETPAC Award-Best Asian Film: nominated
  • 2019Ka'u Ka Hoku Filmmaker Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2019Audience Award-Mind the Gap World Cinema: winner
  • 2019RIFF Jury Award-Best Film: winner
  • 2020Asian Film Award-Best New Director: winner
  • 2020Best of the Fest Audience Vote-: winner
  • 2020Tama Cinema Award-Best New Director: winner
  • 2021Japan Movie Critics Award-Best New Director: winner
  • 2021Japanese Professional Movie Award-Best New Director: winner
  • 2025Audience Choice Award-U.S. Feature Film: winner
  • 2025Director Award for Film-AAPI Cinema & Television: winner
  • 2025Audience Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2025Audience Choice Award-Narrative Special Presentation: winner
  • 2025Audience Award-Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2025Audience Award-Feature Film: nominated
  • 2025Golden Spike-Best Film: nominated
  • 2025Breakthrough Director Award-: winner
  • 2025Audience Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
  • 2026EDA Female Focus Award-Best Woman Screenwriter: nominated
  • 2026Astra Award-Best Original Screenplay: nominated