Venue provided by: Madarao Kogen Ski Resort
About MSIFF
Held annually in February at Madarao Kogen in Iiyama City, the festival began offering online streaming in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This unique festival, now in its 17th year, promotes film through the exchange of high school filmmakers from Nordic countries and Japan. Selected short films from both regions are shown on screens made of snow.
※This is a comment from the 2024 film festival.
Peter Taksøe-Jensen
Tanja Jääskeläinen
Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson
Kristin Iglum
Pereric Högberg
Kishio Ezawa
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■Organizer:Snow Collective
■Sponsors: Embassy of Denmark / Embassy of Finland / Embassy of Iceland / Embassy of Norway / Embassy of Sweden / Iiyama City / Nagano Prefectural Board of Education / Iiyama City Board of Education / Shinshu Iiyama Tourism Bureau / Madarao Kogen Tourism Association
■Cooperation: Madarao Kogen Hotel・Madarao Kogen Ski Resort / Video Apex / les contes / KATOMOKKO / PLUSTAR / San-En Terraviva / KasualTech / Little Minds English School
■Supported by: Japan Arts Council
Messages of support from everyone
Pictured from left to right are: Jarl Frijs-Madsen(Ambassador of Denmark to Japan), Kristin Iglum(Ambassador of Norway to Japan), Viktoria Li(Ambassador of Sweden to Japan), Stefán Haukur Jóhannesson(Ambassador of Iceland to Japan), Tanja Jääskeläinen(Ambassador of Finland to Japan)
Kishio Ezawa