Tokyo International Feature Film Festival with Valuable Prizes

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NationalityNo specific nationality required
Age
  • No specific age required
Gender
  • Both

Opportunity criteria

Job locationJapan (Tokyo)

Opportunity description

The 35th Tokyo International Film Festival TIFF competition is accepting entries from all filmmakers.

Benefits

For the main Competition section, TIFF will award the following prizes in accordance with the decision of the International Competition Jury.         

  • Tokyo Grand Prix
  • Special Jury Prize
  • Award for Best Director
  • Award for Best Actress
  • Award for Best Actor
  • Award for Best Artistic Contribution
  • The cash prize is to be decided.

Eligibility criteria

All films selected and invited for the Competition section must meet the following conditions:         

  1. Must be films completed after January 1st, 2022.
  2. Must be at least its Japan Premiere at TIFF. World and International Premieres are given priority.
  3.  Japanese films must be their World Premiere at TIFF.
  4.  Films that are available on the Internet, TV (including IPTV) or in-flight movies, and films
  5.  commercially released on DVD, VOD, or any other format are not eligible.
  6. Short films are not eligible. Must be feature films running over 60 minutes.
  7. Screening material should be in digital format in high-definition format, with English subtitles.             
  8. These conditions may be subject to change.
  9. All films submitted for the Competition section may be considered and invited to the other sections as well.

Conditions:

Entry Form:

  • Those who are qualified according to the conditions may apply (to the Competition section) by filling in the entry form and submitting an online screener or a DVD screener.
  • The entry form must be submitted through the Festival's website: http://www.tiff-jp.net.
  • Deadline and Entry Fee for Submission: Early BirdApril 20th to June 19th : Free. Regular June 20th to July 15th : 3,000JPY
  • We accept payment in credit cards only.
  • Once the submission fee is paid, it will not be refunded under any circumstances.

Required Materials:

Participants whose films have been selected are required to send the following materials to TIFF:

  1. Entry Sheet (provided by TIFF, for all necessary information regarding the selected film) TO BE FILLED OUT AND RETURNED TO TIFF AS SOON AS POSSIBLE upon acceptance of the Invitation.
  2. Dialogue lists in original-language and English Subtitle List for Japanese subtitles
  3. Digital Photo Data (*350dpi, jpg format): main photo of the film, sub cuts of the film, and the director photo
  4. A file(or a DVD) of the final version of the film with English subtitles*for Japanese subtitling, online library and internal use.
  5. Trailer and Excerpts of the film in mov. file (Quick Time).

About The Tokyo International Film Festival TIFF:

A film festival established in 1985. The event was held biennially from 1985 to 1991 and annually thereafter. Along with the Shanghai International Film Festival, it is one of Asia's competitive film festivals, and is considered to be the largest film festival in Asia and the only Japanese festival accredited by the FIAPF.

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