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The \u201cEast Asia Experimental Competition\u201d 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.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A<\/big>East Asian Experimental Competition1<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n
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B<\/big>East Asian Experimental Competition2<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n
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C<\/big>East Asian Experimental Competition3<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n
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D<\/big>East Asian Experimental Competition4<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n\n
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E<\/big>East Asian Experimental Competition5<\/h3>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/a>\n
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The 20 works nominated for the East Asian Experimental Competition<\/h3>\n

Betrayer<\/big>\u3000\u3000SHI Shengxue \/ digital \/ 11min \/ 2025\uff08Mainland China \/ Japan\uff09
\nBILOCATION<\/big>\u3000\u3000WANG Mowen \/ digital \/ 35min \/ 2024\uff08Mainland China\uff09
\nChang Gyeong<\/big>\u3000\u3000LEE Jangwook \/ digital (original: 16mm) \/ 18min \/ 2024\uff08South Korea\uff09
\nCrow<\/big>\u3000\u3000Mutsuto Nosaka \/ digital \/ 5min \/ 2024\uff08Japan\uff09
\nCyclone<\/big>\u3000\u3000MT \/ digital \/ 13min \/ 2024\uff08Hong Kong\uff09
\ndipolar bipolar<\/big>\u3000\u3000LI Quankai \/ digital \/ 9min \/ 2025\uff08Mainland China\uff09
\nDirty Eye<\/big>\u3000\u3000LAO Keng U \/ digital \/ 13min \/ 2025\uff08Macau\uff09
\nGoodbye Waves<\/big>\u3000\u3000YANG Ruihan \/ digital \/ 8min \/ 2025\uff08Japan\uff09
\nHostile Landscapes<\/big>\u3000\u3000ZHANG Hanwen \/ digital \/ 59min \/ 2025\uff08Mainland China \/ Germany\uff09
\nHow to be a ghost in Bangkok?<\/big>\u3000\u3000ZHAO Jing \/ digital \/ 10min \/ 2025\uff08Mainland China\uff09
\nMother, A Long Red Night<\/big>\u3000\u3000WAKABAYASHI Michiru \/ digital \/ 15min \/ 2025\uff08Japan\uff09
\nMy Organs Lying on the Ground<\/big>\u3000\u3000SOEJIMA Shinobu \/ digital \/ 11min \/ 2024\uff08Japan\uff09
\nOrdinary Life<\/big>\u3000\u3000MIZUSHIRI Yoriko \/ digital \/ 10min \/ 2025\uff08Japan\uff09
\nre-engraved<\/big>\u3000\u3000Lei Lei \/ digital \/ 25min \/ 2024\uff08Mainland China\uff09
\nThe First Photograph<\/big>\u3000\u3000Jess LAU Ching-wa \/ digital \/ 11min \/ 2024\uff08Hong Kong\uff09
\nThe Goblin Play<\/big>\u3000\u3000YU Chae \/ digital \/ 47min \/ 2025\uff08South Korea\uff09
\nThe opposite of Tadashii is left<\/big>\u3000\u3000Yongha James HWANG \/ digital \/ 11min \/ 2025\uff08South Korea \/ Japan\uff09
\nThe Tales of the Tale<\/big>\u3000\u3000SONG Cheng-ying, HU Chin-ya \/ digital \/ 30min \/ 2025\uff08Taiwan\uff09
\nTRANS<\/big>\u3000\u3000Nizi \/ digital \/ 12min \/ 2025\uff08Mainland China \/ Japan\uff09<\/p>\n

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The final jury<\/h3>\n
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\nIGARASHI Kohei<\/big>
\n\uff08film director \/ Japan\uff09<\/small><\/div>\n

\nBunga SIAGIAN<\/big>
\n\uff08curator \/ Indonesia\uff09<\/small><\/div>\n

\nMONNO Kazue<\/big>
\n\uff08filmmaker, animator \/ Japan\uff09<\/small><\/div>\n
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Award Ceremony<\/h3>\n
On 3rd October from 6:30pm at Theatre Image Forum<\/big><\/div>\n

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