The "Hiroshima Scary Film Festival" is planned and operated by Professor Toshihiro Yazawa and students in the laboratory as part of a class to learn business models.Professor Yazawa and the students funded each other and solicited exhibited works from all over the country.

　In 2, the second time the event was held, 2019 works, more than 10 times the number of the previous year, were gathered, and students selected 67 works from them and screened them.The final screening of the film, "Cupcake," directed by Lieutenant Zhang, was a great success, attracting fans from all over the country and recording a mobilization of 10 people, 1.5 times the previous time, to secure a surplus.

　In addition, the executive committee has newly established the "Audience Award", which is decided by voting by the audience.Following the Toronto Film Festival in Canada, which is considered to be the outpost of the US Academy Awards, the first memorable event was awarded to Director Akira Matsuda's "Ada Shite".This work won the Grand Prix (1 minutes) at the Fukuoka Independent Film Festival and the "Dallas Asian Film Festival" where Asian films are gathered in the United States. Director Matsuda said, "I'm scared, not" horror. " The atmosphere of Yokogawa Cinema and the land of Yokokawa was perfect for the film festival, which was the title of the film. "

The venue, Yokogawa, Hiroshima City, is said to be a "city of art and subculture," and in October, a complex event "Zombie Night" was held to coincide with Halloween.The executive committee intends to make this film festival take root not only in horror but also in a culture of thinking about a wide variety of "scary" hidden in the darkness of human society, and to revitalize the region. It is said that the third event is scheduled to be held in 10 as well.

reference:Hiroshima Scary Film Festival 2019