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13 Feb 2020
Call for entries
15 May 2020
Festival closed
14 Jun 2020
Notification date
13 Jun 2020
13 Jun 2020
Festival start: 13 June 2020 Festival end: 13 June 2020
The 9th Annual Toyama International Film Festival will take place in June of 2020 in Toyama Prefecture. We had such great success last year, that we are excited to share the visions of filmmakers all over the world once again with this small community. Submissions will be open until May 15th, 2020.
The 2nd Annual Toyama International Film Festival took place in the rural prefecture of Toyama, Japan. Started by a few English teachers in the area, we hoped to reach many people, not just in Japan, but around the globe. And we surely did. The festival was a tremendous success with over 100 submissions from 30 different countries. Quite a step from only 10 submissions in our first year. We hope to continue this in the coming year for the benefit of Japan.
The 1st Annual Toyama International Film Festival took place in a small room inside of a shopping center, with a capacity of about 70 people. The following year the event was held in the city of Toyama at a local independently-owned venue, Bodegas-Mambo with around 80-100 guests coming to view the films. This year we hope to expand even further and provide an even larger venue for participants and the movie-going community in Japan.
This year we have reached out to the rest of the world and challenge everyone to produce short films for the benefit of charity and to help create a film culture in the prefecture of Toyama.
Note: Due to time constraints, we cannot accept films that run over 10 minutes. However, any genre of short film will be considered for exhibition.
By entering the competition, the winners agree to participate in any such promotional activity and material as the Toyama International Film Festival may require.
There is no cash prize, however, we will send you the file for our laurel if selected.
By entering the Toyama International Film Festival, you confirm that you agree to the following Terms & Conditions:
1. No purchase necessary and no festival fees apply.
2. Filmmakers may submit as many entries as they want.
3. No responsibility can be accepted for entries that are lost or delayed, or which are not received for any reason.
4. The winners will be contacted via email. The audiences' decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
5. By entering the competition, the winners agree to participate in such promotional activity and material as the Toyama International Film Festival may require.
6. There is no cash prize, however, we will send you the file for our laurel if selected.
7. Incorrectly completed entries will be disqualified.