Overview
The 8th SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2011
Date：Saturday, October 8th 2011 – Sunday, October 16th 2011
Venue：Audio Visual Hall, SKIP City Sai-no-kuni Visual Plaza
(Kamiaoki 3-12-63, Kawaguchi City, Saitama)
Organizers:
Saitama Prefecture, Kawaguchi City,
SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-cinema FESTIVAL Committee,
NPO Saitama Audio Visual Volunteer Committee
※More information will be announced at the press conference
Sponsored by
Saitama Prefecture
Kawaguchi City
SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL Committee
NPO Saitama Audio-Visual Volunteers
Cosponsored by
Sony
Sony Business Solutions
Sony PCL
Japan Airlines
FUJIFILM
SHIMIZU CORPORATION
Takenaka Corporation
NTT Communications
Urawa Royal Pines Hotel
SHIMIZU BLC
Asahi Facilities
Nomura Securities
Saitama Resona Bank
The Musashino Bank
The Saitamaken Shinkin Bank
Japan Beverage
Mikuni Foods
SHIMAMURA
Kawaguchi Rotary Club
Central Motors
The Citizens’ Circle to Support SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL
Supported by
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Agency for Cultural Affairs
Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan
Federation of Japanese Films Industry
UNIJAPAN
Foreign Film Importer-Distributors Association of Japan
Japan Association of Audiovisual Producers
Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan
All Nippon Producers Association
Directors Guild of Japan
Japanese Society of Cinematographers
Japan Film Makers Association
Japan Association of Theatre Owners
Saitama Association of Theatre Owners Digital Content Association of Japan Visual Industry Promotion Organization
NHK
Television Saitama
FM NACK5
THE SAITAMA SHIMBUN
With the Association of
Kawaguchi Chamber of Commerce & Industry Junior Chamber International Kawaguchi
Kawaguchi Ginza Shotengai
JCN KANTO
JCN SAITAMA
Saitama Railway
Kokusai Kogyo Bus
Subsidized by
JKA
(in no particular order)
Festival Overview
Welcome to SKIP City International D-Cinema Festival: a meeting point of high quality entertainment with constantly evolving new digital expression and exciting new talent!
With the recent emergence of digital tools, new found freedom of expressions is now wide-spreading regardless of age, experience, and culture and fast becoming the most popular medium for film productions. The SKIP City International D-Cinema Festival is an international competitive film festival, one of the first festivals to distinguish itself with its unique focus on films solely shot and edited on digital.
Since the inception in 2004, the festival has been held annually seeking high quality innovative submissions from all over the world exploring new possibility for digital expression. Our aim is to discover the next generation of filmmakers and support the development of new kind of audio-visual industry. Our festival was the only one in Japan to be named as Variety's "50 Unmissable Fests" and continues to gain recognitions all over the world.
The festival features two competition categories. The Feature Length Competition accepts submissions from all over the world. Starting in 2009, the program has been divided into World Cinema Section and Japanese Cinema Section in order to provide more opportunities for Japanese filmmakers. In addition, the SKIP City Award has been established to support the up and coming Japanese filmmakers and their activities at SKIP City. Since the 2nd edition, the Short Length Competition has been focusing on the works by Japanese filmmakers in order to provide support for emerging talent.
For the Feature Length Competition, the jury consists of international film industry professionals. For the Short Length Competition, the jury consists of film industry professionals in Japan. After the pre-selection process, the finalists are screened to be judged by the jury during the festival and the awards are announced and given at the closing ceremony. In addition, the festival also features Gala Screening Section, special programs, and hosts various events.
All the films are screened with 4K digital cinema projectors at the state of the art theaters during the festival. The audience members have opportunities to interact with filmmakers from all over the world as well as the jurors and other film industry professionals. We aim to create an intimate atmosphere within the high profile international film festival setting. We encourage filmmakers to seize opportunities at our festival and hope to become a springboard for the audacious young filmmakers.
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