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Awards

Ru Kuwahata

15 wins & 13 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2018 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Animated Short Film
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter

Annecy International Animated Film Festival

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2017 Winner FIPRESCI Prize
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter
  • Negative Space (2017)
    2017 Winner Special Distinction
    • French Short Film
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter
  • Negative Space (2017)
    2017 Nominee Cristal
    • Best Short
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter
  • Something Left, Something Taken (2010)
    2011 Nominee The Annecy Cristal
    • Something Left, Something Taken
    Shared with: Max Porter

Austin Film Festival

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2017 Winner Audience Award
    • Animated Short
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter
  • Between Times (2014)
    2014 Winner Jury Award
    • Animated Short
    • Between Times
    Shared with: Max Porter

Cinema Jove - Valencia International Film Festival

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2017 Nominee Moon of Valencia
    • Best Short Film
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter

New Orleans Film Festival

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2018 Winner Audience Award
    • Animated Short
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter

Provincetown International Film Festival

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2018 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Animated Short
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter

RiverRun International Film Festival

  • Perfect Houseguest (2016)
    2016 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Animated Short
    • Perfect Houseguest
    Shared with: Max Porter

Sundance Film Festival

  • Something Left, Something Taken (2010)
    2011 Nominee Short Filmmaking Award
    • US Fiction
    • Something Left, Something Taken

Tampere Film Festival

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2018 Winner Best Animation
    • International Competition
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter

Aye Aye International Film Festival

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2018 Nominee Grand Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter

ANIMA - Córdoba International Animation Festival

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2017 Winner Special Jury Mention
    • International Jury
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

  • Between Times (2014)
    2014 Nominee Animated Dreams Grand Prize "Wooden Wolf"
    • Between Times
    Shared with: Max Porter

Santa Fe International Film Festival

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2017 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Animated Short
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter

Queens World Film Festival

  • Perfect Houseguest (2016)
    2016 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Animation
    • Perfect Houseguest
    Shared with: Max Porter
  • Between Times (2014)
    2015 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Animation
    • Between Times
    Shared with: Max Porter
  • Something Left, Something Taken (2010)
    2012 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Animation
    • Something Left, Something Taken
    Shared with: Max Porter

Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival

  • 4min15 au révélateur (2015)
    2016 Winner Goujon Caille: Spotted Catfish
    • Special Jury Award - Animated Short
    • 4min15 au révélateur
    • Between Times
    Shared with: Moïa Jobin-Paré

Corti Da Sogni Antonio Ricci - International Short Film Festival

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2018 Winner Premio Giuseppe Maestri
    • Best Animated Shortfilm
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter

Literally Short Film Festival

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2018 2nd Place Best Picture
    • Best Short Film
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter

British Animation Film Festival

  • Something Left, Something Taken (2010)
    2013 Nominee British Animation Film Festival Award
    • Best Animation
    • Something Left, Something Taken
    Shared with: Max Porter

Walla Walla Movie Crush

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2018 Winner Best Animated Short
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter

Linoleum International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2017 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Film in International Competition
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter
  • Negative Space (2017)
    2017 Winner Special Mention
    • International Competition
    • Negative Space
    For best storytelling
    Shared with: Max Porter

London Film Week

  • Negative Space (2017)
    2018 Nominee LFW Award
    • Best Short
    • Negative Space
    Shared with: Max Porter

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