5th Student Newspaper Film Awards

TOP CONNECT Co., Ltd. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Masaaki Uchida; hereinafter referred to as TOP CONNECT) held the 5th Student Newspaper Film Awards presentation on Monday, October 27, 2025, at the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel B2 Ballroom (as part of the "Student Newspaper, Student Newspaper Special Edition AI Special Feature, and Elementary School Student Newspaper Publication Party Part 2") with the aim of revitalizing the film industry in response to young people's disinterest in movie theaters and the decline in movie theater attendance due to the COVID-10 pandemic.

<About the 5rd Student Newspaper Film Awards>

A total of 200 university students voted for Japanese and foreign films that were over 60 minutes long and premiered in the Tokyo area for a paid theatrical release between January 1st and June 30th, 2025, and were shown consecutively for at least two weeks in the same theater. Six awards were awarded to the top three Japanese films selected from 10 films, and the top two foreign films selected from five films: Best Actor (2 slots), Best Actress (2 slots), Best Young Actor (1 male and 1 female under 25), Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Song. The total prize pool was 3 million yen (1 million yen for each winning film).

<Nominated Japanese films>

■ 366 days
■ Under Ninja
■First Kiss 1ST KISS
■ Boy and Dog
■Fall in love with Yamada-kun at level 999
■The world of unrequited love
■#I'll tell you the truth
■Flower Manma
■National treasure
■ Frontline

*Listed in order of release date.

<Nominated Japanese films>

■Wicked: Two Witches
Snow White
■ Papal election
■ Mission: Impossible - Final Reckoning
■ Lilo & Stitch

*Listed in order of release date.

<Sponsoring companies>　※ In any order

Earth Chemical / PIP / Tamanoi Vinegar / Anfa / Sugimoto Meat Industry / Maruhan / Mizkan / Marukome / J Frontier / Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel / Skylark Restaurants / MTG Professional / TKP / Bathclin / Diana / Pro Labo Holdings / Komeda Holdings

<5rd Student Newspaper Film Awards Winners and Their Winners>

■Japanese films

■ Western films

Grand Prize: Wicked

Runner-up: Lilo & Stitch

The 6th Student Newspaper Film Awards is scheduled to be held on Monday, October 27, 2026.