International Auto Film Festa ()

Festival start: 26 April 2025      Festival end: 26 April 2025

Hello! We are International Auto film festa.

■ Held an automobile film festival that originated in Japan.

The International Auto Film Festa is an open competition for short films (up to 15 minutes) centered around automobiles.

Originating from Japan, it uniquely blends film and automotive culture in an international film festival format.

We hope to foster collaboration and deepen exchanges with those interested in the automotive industry and cinematic arts, creating more opportunities to discover new works and talent worldwide.



■ The Jury (as of November 19, 2024)

Tetsuya Kato (CAR GRAPHIC / Japan)

Shinichiro Ehara (Auto Bild Japan / Japan)

Satoshi Ubukata (8speed.net / Japan)

Mário Bock (2024 Grand Prix Winner / Portugal)

Ukyo Katayama (Former F1 Racer / Japan)

Jaclyn Trop (Automotive Reporter / USA)

Mike Rutherford (Automotive Journalist / UK)

Masato Uchida (Designer / Japan)

Masahiro Terada (Director / Japan)

Peter Lyon (Journalist & Author / Australia)

Yoshiyuki Shimizu (IAFF Founder / Japan)

International Auto Film Festa Award - GP
CAR GRAPHIC Award
Auto Bild Japan Award
8speed.net Award
and more.

International Auto Film Festa Overview
URL https://autofilmfesta.net/en/

OPEN: 1 Jan 2025　Application page OPEN!
deadline: 28 Feb 2025
Announcement of finalist works: 31 March 2025

Announcement of award-winning work: April at “AWARD PARTY”
*Schedule adjustment now.

Application fee: Free

Regulations:
Works completed or released after 1 January 2024.

Please comply with the applicable rules (We will add them later).

Participation conditions:
Individuals, groups, companies, etc., can participate regardless of nationality or age.

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Rules & Terms
When applying, it is necessary to agree to the rules of this film festival.

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Rules
･"Automobiles" must be the theme of the video work.

･The video work must be completed or released after January 1, 2024.


･Regarding copyrighted works such as music, images, and videos used in the submitted work, the applicant must own the copyrighted work or obtain prior permission from the right holder.

･The copyright of the submitted work belongs to the entrant, but the executive committee reserves the right to publish and use the proposed work on the web through the film festival account free of charge.

In addition, this executive committee may arbitrarily process, edit, modify, etc., for publication in productions to advertise the video and the film festival.

･The selected works of this film festival will be announced online.

･Applicants are responsible for all expenses required to apply for the video.

･The committee will not be held responsible for any accidents or other troubles during the production of the submitted work (including legal claims such as damages from those with intellectual property rights related to the submitted work).

･To submit your work, please upload your work to a video-sharing site such as YouTube or Vimeo and enter the relevant URL in the entry form.

*As long as the work can be viewed at the time of judging, there is no problem using any video-sharing service.

*Set your video to "Public" or "Unlisted" when uploading.

*Please fill in the application form if you want to set a password for the video (ex, Vimeo).

*Those who cannot be viewed during review due to viewing settings will not be subject to review.

*Nominated videos will be published on the web under the festival account.