The 29th Tokyo Video Festival "TVF 2007" sponsored by Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) attracted a record 3,491 entries from 55 countries and regions around the world (841 from Japan, 2,650 from overseas). Entrants ranged widely in age from 7 to 87, the majority (46%) being in their 20s.
The judges selected a total of 100 prize-winning entries (31 chosen to receive "Excellence Awards" and 69 designated as "Selected Works"), of which 3 received the "Video Grand Prize":*
The 3 winning entries were below.
*The rules of the contest originally stated that one "Video Grand Prize" and one "JVC Grand Prize" would be awarded. This year, however, three entries were judged to have conveyed a clear message, each taking a unique approach to visual expression. Even in the final round of judging, the judges found it difficult to choose one entry over another. For this reason, it was decided that the "Video Grand Prize" would be awarded to three entries for the first time in the history of the TVF.
The members of the Broadcasting Club of Nagano Prefecture Azusagawa Senior High School
(Nagano,Japan)
A group of high school students are puzzled by the ambiguity of criteria used in writing Chinese characters. They make various discoveries and bring many contradictions to light in the course of exploration by interviewing school teachers, education committee members and Ministry of Education, Sports, Science and Technology officials.
![Video Grand Prize | Kanji Test no Fushigi [Mystery of Chinese Character Tests]](images/grandprize1_hdr.gif)
