The “East Asia Experimental Competition” received a total of 442 submissions from Japan, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and South Korea, and after two carefully conducted rounds of screening 16 works were selected for nomination. These nominated works will be screened at each venue of the 2024 Image Forum Festival. The final evaluation will be conducted during the screenings at the Tokyo venue by the three jurors listed below, and the 6 winners and audience choice prize will be announced on October 18th during the award ceremony at Theatre Image Forum, Tokyo.
Cocoon Yiwei CHEN / digital / 5 min / 2024(Mainland China / UK)
DESK BUGS KIM Hakhyun / digital / 3 min / 2024(South Korea / Japan)
Distant Voices ITO Takashi / digital / 53 min / 2024(Japan)
The House with Nobody KITAGAWA Miku / digital / 15 min / 2024(Japan)
In Your Shoes Florence LAM, CHAN Tze Woon / digital / 30 min / 2024(Hong Kong)
Jouhatsu Letters KUDO Masa, CHANG Johan / digital / 30 min / 2024(Japan + Taiwan)
Letter to T: in nuclearity, we are connected ZHANG Zimu / digital / 21 min / 2023(Hong Kong)
A Lover‘s Discourse PANG Wen / digital / 14 min / 2024(Mainland China / Japan)
Miserable Miracle ORIKASA Ryo / digital / 8 min / 2023(Japan)
Queen’s Crochet CHO Hanna / digital / 35 min / 2023(South Korea)
Republic JIN Jiang / digital / 107 min / 2023(Mainland China)
Semiotics of the Home Hsin-Yu CHEN, Jessi Ali LIN / digital / 8 min / 2023(Taiwan + USA)
Shanghai Zoo LI Yuan / digital / 14 min / 2023(Mainland China)
She Crossed Daisy Ziyan ZHANG / digital / 18 min / 2024(Mainland China / USA)
Too Long Ago, Not Far YAN Wai Yin / digital / 3 min / 2024(Hong Kong)
“Unbuilding” documentary film MOCHIDA Atsuko, AOYAMA Shinya / digital / 50 min / 2024(Japan)
※(Region of birth / Region of residence)
To make a deeper relationship of interchange between the audience and the filmmakers, as a new attempt this year we will hold two free talk sessions called “Let’s talk with filmmakers!” with the competition filmmakers and the audience. Please feel free to join us.
On Saturday, 12th October from 8:00pm at Terayama Shuji, 3rd floor of Image Forum
On Sunday, 13th October from 5:30pm at Terayama Shuji, 3rd floor of Image Forum
*Admission Free (Please present any of your IFF2024 tickets to reception.)
On 18th October from 6:30pm at Theatre Image Forum
[Prize]
●Grand Prize (1): ¥300,000 + Prize certificate
●TERAYAMA Shuji Prize (1): ¥100,000 + Prize certificate
●SHIBUYA SKY Prize (1): ¥100,000 + Prize certificate
●Excellence Prize (3): ¥30,000 + Prize certificate
●Audience Prize (1): Prize certificate