Toyama International Film Festival (12)

Festival start: 21 June 2025      Festival end: 21 June 2025

The 12th Annual Toyama International Film Festival will take place in June of 2025 in Toyama Prefecture. With such great success in previous years, we are excited to once again share the visions of filmmakers from all over the world with our local community in the countryside of Japan.

Submissions will be open until April 14th, 2025.

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The Annual Toyama International Film Festival (TIFF) began in the rural prefecture of Toyama, Japan. Started by a few English teachers in the area, we hoped to reach people not just in Japan, but around the globe.

The first TIFF took place in a small room inside of a shopping center, where about 70 people watched the 10 films we had received. The following year was a tremendous success with over 100 submissions from different countries, quite a step from our first 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. Every year since, we hope to expand even further and provide an even larger venue for participants and the movie-going community in Japan.

Today, with over 3000 submissions each year from countries around the world, TIFF has become a highly-anticipated annual event and a staple of Toyama's international community.

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. Indivdual filmmakers may submit up to 3 films. Organizations and schools may submit up to 10 films. If this limit is exceeded, we will only judge the films in order of submission up to said limit. Any remaining films will not be considered.

Due to time constraints, we cannot accept films that run over 10 minutes. However, any genre of short film will be considered for exhibition.

3. Entries must be submitted with content warnings, including the following: abuse, ableism, blood, (animal) death, disordered eating, homophobia, murder, nudism, pornography, racism, self-harm/suicide, slurs, violence​, etc.

4. No responsibility can be accepted for entries that are lost or delayed, or which are not received for any reason.

5. The winners will be contacted via email. The audiences' decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.

6. By entering the competition, the winners agree to participate in such promotional activity and material as the Toyama International Film Festival may require.

7. There is no cash prize, however, we will send you the file for our laurel if selected.

8. Incorrectly completed entries will be disqualified.