Entry Qualifications:
The festival is open to amateur, professionals, individuals, and groups of any nationality.
Video compositions must be produced with a video camera or camcorder on S-VHS, VHS, S-VHS-C, U format (3/4 inch) or mini DV tapes. Playback time must not exceed 20 minutes. Any subject matter is acceptable. All video compositions are eligible, including those that have previously been viewed either privately or publicly.
Please attach the Entry Form to your video compositions and please send them to the following address:
VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN,LIMITED
Tokyo Video Festival Communication Section
7-1-1,1-chome,Shinbashi,Minato-ku,Tokyo 105,Japan
Tel:03-3289-2815
Fax:03-3289-2819You can also send your video compositions to JVC Offices in your country accepting Entries.
"Entry Form" "List of Addresses Accepting Entries by Country"
Video compositions will be accepted from May 1 to October 5, 1997.
Video Grand Prize (one work)
US$5,000; a 10 day round-trip to Japan (for one person); a trophy; and a citationJVC Grand Prize (one work)
US$5,000; a 10 day round-trip to Japan (for one person); a trophy; and a citationGold Awards (five works)
US$2,500; worth of JVC video equipment; a trophy; and a citationSilver Awards (ten works)
US$1,500 and a citationBronze Awards (fifteen works)
US$1,000 and a citationIn addition these five different awards, another awards temporarily named
"Awards for Activities"will be presented for compositions that reflect some part of life, whether in the home, in the local community or at work, through new applications of hardware including digital video cameras.
JVC reserves the right to copy, exhibit, screen distribute, broadcast by cable or air all video compositions entered to promote the Tokyo Video Festival.
Executive Judge:
Hiroshi Minami
(Professor of Hitotsubashi University, Director of Nippon Psychology Center)Judges:
Susumu Hani (Film Director)
Hakudo Kobayashi (Video Artist)
Fujiko Nakaya (Video Artist)
Nobuhiko Obayashi (Film Director)
Makoto Shiina (Novelist)
Naoto Takenaka (Actor and Film Director)
Takuro Bojo (Senior Corporate Advisor, Victor Company of Japan, Ltd.)
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