The SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2024 will celebrate its 21st edition from July 13th (Sat) to 21st (Sun), 2024 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 31st, 2024 (Wed) – March 1st, 2024 (Fri)
SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL remains 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 calling 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, 2024 (Fri)
Submit via FilmFreeway
https://filmfreeway.com/SKIPCITYINTERNATIONALD-CinemaFESTIVAL (Online registration / Free)
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), Samuel THEIS (France/2022) and Rêger AZAD KAYA (Syria/2023).
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), Kei ISHIKAWA (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), Léa FEHNER (Director) and more.
SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2024 Outline
Date: Saturday, July 13th, 2024 – Sunday, July 21st, 2024
Venue: Audio Visual Hall and Convention Hall, SKIP CITY Sai-no-Kuni Visual Plaza (Kawaguchi City, Saitama, Japan)
Organizers: Saitama Prefecture, Kawaguchi City, SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL Committee, The Kawaguchi Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Website: https://www.skipcity-dcf.jp/en/
