Online Intl Movie Festival Calls for Entries from Tokyo /
Total US $16,000 Cash Prizes
The CON-CAN Movie Festival (
www.con-can.com),
organized by the CON-CAN Media Plaza, Tokyo, Japan, is an online
audience-interactive film festival
targeting shorts up that express the very souls of their
creators. The 3rd
round of the event currently calls for entries (must ARRIVE by
Feb 28,
2006).
The CON-CAN Movie Festival accepts any moving images up to 20
minutes in
length without an entry fee. Selected movies will have exposures
to the
CON-CAN jury comprised of globally acclaimed film professionals
and to the
world-wide audience via free streaming delivery on internet.
You can also watch the 30 brilliant movies selected out of 341
entries to
the 2nd CON-CAN Movie Festival free at:
Moving-image creators around the world are encouraged to
participate in this
exciting event!
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The 3rd CON-CAN Movie Festival Calls for Entries November 8,
2005 - February
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*Festival Objective*
The CON-CAN Movie Festival, organized by the CON-CAN Media
Plaza, Tokyo,
Japan, is an audience-interactive online international short
film festival
which aims 1.) to discover hidden creative talent from all over
the world
and 2.) to enable image creators and a global audience to share
the
underlying messages and sheer creativity expressed in profound
short film
productions.
*Entry Eligibility*
Films/Videos up to 20 min. in length.
Open to any theme, any genre, any style, and any language used
in the piece.
*Entry Fee*
Free
*Awards*
[CON-CAN Grand Prix (for 1 movie)]
Cash prize of US$10,000 and a Plaque
[Tamashii Awards (for 2 movies)]
Cash prize of US$3,000 and a Plaque
[Global Audience Award (for 1 movie)]
A Plaque
*Schedule*
[Deadline of Submission]
February 28 (Tue), 2006
*Entries MUST ARRIVE at the CON-CAN Media Plaza by this date
[Announcement
of 30 Finalists] April 25 (Tue), 2006 [Audience Review via Free
Internet
Streaming] April 25 (Tue), 2006 - July 31 (Mon), 2006
[Announcement of 10
Grand-Prix Nominees] August 21 (Mon), 2006 [Announcement of
Global Audience
Award] August 21 (Mon), 2006 [Final Judgment] September 1 (Fri),
2006
[Announcement of CON-CAN Grand Prix and Tamashii Awards]
September 4 (Mon), 2006
*Jury Members of the 2nd CON-CAN Movie Festival (as reference)*
Jean-Michel Frodon (France) Chief Editor of the "Cahiers du
Cinema", Journalist
Hou Hsia-hsien (Taiwan)
Globally acclaimed film director. "City of Sadness", "Cafe
Lumiere"
Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Finland)
Director of the Tampere Film Festival, Finland
Dennis Lim (USA)
Senior Editor of the NY "Village Voice", Film critic
Peter Millynn (Australia)
Production Executive of the Australian Film TV & Radio School
Babak Payami (Iran/Canada)
Won the Best Director at the Venetzia IFF 2001, "Secret Ballot"
Teruyo Nogami (Japan)
Dir. Akira Kurosawa's indispensable staff member since "In the
Woods"
With the belief that the polymorphic creative expressions of
individual
souls will facilitate mutual understanding among people, the
CON-CAN Movie
Festival aims to enable people around the world to share and
exchange the
underlying messages of profound visual works. And sheer
creativity is often
best expressed in the form of independent short films.
After the careful evaluation by the CON-CAN Media Plaza
Executive Commitee
and its advisor, 30 movies will be selected for the internet
streaming for
global viewing on the CON-CAN's audience-interactive website
with Japanese
and English subtitles. Then, One CON-CAN Grand Prix and two
Tamashii Awards
(Semi- Grand Prix) will be chosen by a seven-strong
international jury
comprised of globally acclaimed film professionals. The film
with the
strongest support from the online audience will be awarded with
the Global
Audience Award.
