Kazutaka Watanabe
Producer
- English level
- Business level
- Career
- Kazutaka Watanabe worked in a range of film industry and film festival positions before establishing his company, E.x.N K.K., in 2014 to plan and produce films from A to Z. He had produced 3 features, 2 are co-production, and 1 short film. Since 2017, he works as a coordinator at Rough Cut program in Yamagata International Documentary FF. He once in a while holds screening workshops for the locals in Japan to experience what it is like to observe films/footages, he met while working.
E.x.N K.K. is a Film Production that plans, produces, and makes subtitles for films and audiovisual media. It creates films from international and local perspectives in Asia using a style unbound by country or nationality.
Outstanding works
| Category | Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2016 | Ganguro Gals Riot | |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2017 | Passage of Life | |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2020 | Bleached Bones Avenue | |
| Movie (Live-Action) | 2020 | Along the Sea |
Awards List
| Year | Title of Award | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Best Asian Future Film Award - Tokyo IFF [Asian Future] | Passage of Life |
| 2018 | Jury Award - Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival | Passage of Life |
| 2018 | Geber Award - Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival | Passage of Life |
| 2018 | Mocha Chai Award - Fukuoka International Film Festival NEO CINEMAP Fukuoka | Living Funeral【tentative】 |