JVC TOKYO VIDEO FESTIVAL 2007

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The 29th Tokyo Video Festival, "TVF2007", which is an international annual festival of personal video creations sponsored by Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC), has drawn a record high of 3,491 video entries from 55 countries and regions of the world. (Domestic: 841, Overseas: 2,650) This year we have seen a sharp increase of entries from overseas. Especially from China, we have received 1,602 entries (Last year: 405 entries). Moreover, we have received first entries from the countries (Uruguay, Ecuador, Serbia and Montenegro, etc.), which we believe is the sign that the "TVF" has been gaining more publicity in the world. The breakdown of ages shows that the entries by those aged 10 -29 account for about 60% of the total entries (About 50% last time), showing an ever increasing number of entries by younger generations. Moreover, according to the genre of work, we have seen a large number of documentary works. The festival has drawn such works as will get the lowdown on immediate social problems "through the eyes of an individual who is actually involved" and express entrants? mental problems. These works are now in final review by judges (specified separately). After selecting 100 prized works (Excellence Awards: 30 works, Special Awards: 70 works), announcing them (to be scheduled in January 2007) and showing all the prized works in public (to be shown in January, 2007) on the home page, we will be selecting the Video Grand Prize work and the JVC Grand Prize work out of the Excellence Award works (one work each). The final results will be announced at the "Awards Announcement Ceremony (to be held in March, 2007).

1. Entries from Overseas increase in number with Chinese entries
growing remarkably

Entries from overseas have vastly increased in number by the tie-up with film festivals all over the world such as "The One Minute jr. (cosponsored with UNICEF), the "Hong Kong Asia Film Festival", the "Digital Movie Contest 2006" (Thailand), etc. Especially the entries from China have amounted to 1602 works, which accounts for 46% of the total works, (which quadrupled from the previous year) partly because of the cooperation with audio-visual colleges and universities in China, etc.

Number of Entries & Entries Classified by Country

2. Entries by those aged 10-29 show further increase in number

Over the past few years we have seen an increasing number of entries by younger generations under 30, especially by those aged 10-19. (Last time they doubled and this time they have increased by 30 %.) They account for about 60% of the total entries (Last time they accounted for about 50%.)

Entrants Classified by Sex & Entrants Classified by Age

3. Wide variety of entrants ranging from the students of sociology
and media information related colleges and universities, actors
& actresses to musicians

Formerly, most of the student entrants were those belonging to audio-visual and art colleges and universities. This time we have seen quite a few students belonging to sociology and media information colleges and universities. Moreover, we have also received unique video works from individuals of a variety of occupations, ranging from the designers of individual productions, the Web and the graphics to actors & actresses and musicians.

1.Works that raise questions about one's immediate society from
a viewpoint of a person actually involved become evident.

We have seen quite a few journalistic works, which get the lowdown on immediate social problems "from a viewpoint of an individual who is actually involved" (such problems as disaster & environment, divorce & family, and community).

2. Entrants' Own Mental Problems expressed by video footage

We have also seen many works featuring with their own peculiar imageries mental illnesses and stresses that are also called present-age diseases, delusions and imagined sceneries of the entrants.

Entries Classified by Genre & Entries Classified by Theme (Both Overseas & Domestic) & Entries Classified by Theme (Domestic Only)

■Announcement of Prized Works & Public Showing

100 Prized works will be announced in January, 2007. (30 Excellence Award Works and 70 Special Award Works) All the prized works are scheduled to be shown in public on this website.

■Selection of "People's Prize" by Popular Vote

Three works will be selected as "People's Prize works " out of all the prized works that are shown in public on our home page by popular vote (web vote).

■Showings of Excellence Award Work Programs

We will be holding a series of " Program Showings" in which we can watch the excellence award works according to the theme or genre.

Schedule	February 24, 2007 (Sat.) through February 28, 2007(Wed.)
Place	Shimbashi Victor Building B1F, Tokyo (>>MAP)
Tel	03-3289-2815

■Free Watching of Prized Works

Free watching is to be provided at the same time, when you can watch any of all the prized works freely.

Schedule	February 24, 2007 (Sat.) through February 28, 2007(Wed.)
Place	Shimbashi Victor Building 2F, Tokyo (>>MAP)
Tel	03-3289-2815

■Awards Announcement Ceremony

All the prized works will be announced and commended and the "Video Grand Prize Work" and the "JVC Grand Prize Work" will be shown, followed by a talk forum by the judges on the tendencies and backgrounds of the "TVF2007 works."

Schedule	To be held in March, 2007.

●Details of which to be announced later.

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