PROGRAM
《A-E》East Asian Experimental Competition
The “East Asia Experimental Competition” received a total of 530 submissions from Japan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and South Korea, and after two carefully conducted rounds of screening 20 works were selected for nomination. These nominated works will be screened at each venue of the 2025 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 at the award ceremony on October 3 at Theatre Image Forum, Tokyo.
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The 20 works nominated for the East Asian Experimental Competition
Betrayer SHI Shengxue / digital / 11min / 2025（Mainland China / Japan）
BILOCATION WANG Mowen / digital / 35min / 2024（Mainland China）
Chang Gyeong LEE Jangwook / digital (original: 16mm) / 18min / 2024（South Korea）
Crow Mutsuto Nosaka / digital / 5min / 2024（Japan）
Cyclone MT / digital / 13min / 2024（Hong Kong）
dipolar bipolar LI Quankai / digital / 9min / 2025（Mainland China）
Dirty Eye LAO Keng U / digital / 13min / 2025（Macau）
Goodbye Waves YANG Ruihan / digital / 8min / 2025（Japan）
Hostile Landscapes ZHANG Hanwen / digital / 59min / 2025（Mainland China / Germany）
How to be a ghost in Bangkok? ZHAO Jing / digital / 10min / 2025（Mainland China）
Mother, A Long Red Night WAKABAYASHI Michiru / digital / 15min / 2025（Japan）
My Organs Lying on the Ground SOEJIMA Shinobu / digital / 11min / 2024（Japan）
Ordinary Life MIZUSHIRI Yoriko / digital / 10min / 2025（Japan）
re-engraved Lei Lei / digital / 25min / 2024（Mainland China）
The First Photograph Jess LAU Ching-wa / digital / 11min / 2024（Hong Kong）
The Goblin Play YU Chae / digital / 47min / 2025（South Korea）
The opposite of Tadashii is left Yongha James HWANG / digital / 11min / 2025（South Korea / Japan）
The Tales of the Tale SONG Cheng-ying, HU Chin-ya / digital / 30min / 2025（Taiwan）
TRANS Nizi / digital / 12min / 2025（Mainland China / Japan）
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The final jury
IGARASHI Kohei
（film director / Japan）
Bunga SIAGIAN
（curator / Indonesia）
MONNO Kazue
（filmmaker, animator / Japan）
