23rd Entertainment Division Jury Selections
#HandballStrive
Video work
MATSUI Daigo [Japan]
Outline
This story of how a social media post by high school students living an uninspired lives after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake helped revive a handball club about to be disbanded was depicted along with temporary housing residents and high school students in Kumamoto. Masao and OKAMOTO post a photo on social media with the hashtag “#HandballStrive.” Before long, they come to realize what they really want to do and what it means to live in this place.