We are happy to announce that the SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2023 will celebrate its 20th anniversary edition from July 15th (Sat) to 23th (Sun), 2023 for 9 days at SKIP CITY, which is an integrated institution for digital cinema production
(See: https://www.skipcity-dcf.jp/en/)
Submission period: January 25th, 2023 (Wed) – March 1st, 2023 (Wed)
We remain committed to discovering and nurturing new talent, with the aim of helping these filmmakers seize new business opportunities that have arisen in the changing landscape of the film industry. Now we call for works (60 min. or longer) that have been shot digitally and must be the director's 1st, 2nd, or 3rd feature film from all over the world for the International Competition section.
Call for entries for the International Competition!!
Entry Deadline: Must be received by March 1st, 2023 (Wed)
Submit via FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/SKIPCITYINTERNATIONALD-CinemaFESTIVAL (Online registration / Free)
Our International Competition welcomes you!!
*Details of the awards will be announced shortly on our festival website.
All nominated films in competition categories are eligible for the Festival Organizers awards. One guest, primarily the director, from each film will be invited to the festival and will attend their official screenings and Q&A sessions as well as the ceremonies.
Past SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL Grand Prize winners: Lone SHERFIG (Denmark/2004), Miranda JULY (USA/2005) and Susanne BIER (Denmark/2005), LU Xuechang (China/2006) , Nuri Bilge CEYLAN (Turkey/2007), Stephan SCHAEFER and Diane CRESPO (USA/2008), Leon DAI (Taiwan/2009), Giorgio DIRITTI (Italy/2010), Alrick BROWN (USA/2011), Umut DAĞ (Austria/2012), Miguel Angel JIMENEZ (Spain/2013), Diederik EBBINGE (Netherlands/2014), Ernesto Daranas SERRANO (Cuba/2015), Alejandro Guzmán ALVAREZ (Mexico/2016), Arild ANDRESEN (Norway/2017), Christina CHOE (USA/2018), Mats GRORUD (Norway/2019), Maria SØDAHL (Norway/2020), Alex CAMILLERI (Malta/2021) and Samuel THEIS (France/2022).
Additionally, many wonderful guests have attended SKIP CITY from all over the word, such as; Miranda JULY (Director), Mabel CHEUNG (Director), HONG Sang-soo (Director), JIA Zhang-ke (Director), Yoji YAMADA (Director), Kazuya SHIRAISHI (Director), Dexter FLETCHER (Actor, Director), Ryota NAKANO (Director), OH Jung-wan (Producer), Cedomir KOLAR (Producer), Kenzo HORIKOSHI (Producer), Keiichi HARA (Director), Kiyoshi KUROSAWA (Director), Koji FUKADA (Director), Makiko WATANABE (Actress), Tania RAYMONDE (Actress, Director), Naoko OGIGAMI (Director), Takashi MIIKE (Director), Masa SAWADA (Producer), Yukiko MISHIMA (Director), Shuhei OKITA (Director), Naoto TAKENAKA (Actor, Director), Shinobu TERAJIMA (Actress), Akiko ASHIZAWA (Cinematographer), Norio TSURUTA (Director), Daishi MATSUNAGA (Director), Samuel THEIS (Director, Actor) and more.
SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2023
Date: Saturday, July 15th, 2023 – Sunday, July 23th, 2023
Venue: Audio Visual Hall and Convention Hall, SKIP CITY Sai-no-Kuni Visual Plaza (Kamiaoki 3-12-63, Kawaguchi City, Saitama, Japan)
Organizers: Saitama Prefecture, Kawaguchi City, SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL Committee
Website: https://www.skipcity-dcf.jp/en/
