Theme

Meta Cinema

Dates

June 7th – June 20st

About

In this, the first year of the “Metaverse,” we at the festival will put forward new visual expressions and means to enjoy films that transcend the cinema experience by introducing this year’s theme: “Meta Cinema: Transcending, Discovering, and Beginning. With the Corona Disaster of 2020 and 2021 and the advancement of online measures, we would like to implement new ways to create a platform where people can experience the future of visual filmmaking in a more three-dimensional way and find new styles of entertainment to create a visual culture together between the creators and the viewers. Experience the virtual movie theater and watch a short film titled “Boy Sprouted” from a script created using AI. (Online streaming will begin on April 28, 2021), a talk event to explore how the use of neuroscience, which analyzes films using human brain waves, can be applied to the future of visual expression, and the NFT initiative, currently a hot topic. We are looking forward to a new era of film festivals with you.

Jury

International Competition

Yoko Narahashi, Hyunri, Jéro Yun

Asia International Competition & Non-Fiction Competition

Shinji Higuchi, Pascal Faure, Makiko Watanabe

Japan Competition Best Short Award & Smartphone Film Competition supported by Sony’s Xperia

Eiji Okuda, Kiki Sugino,Hassan Fazili

Animation Competition

Masaya Kakehi, Juri Manase, Tomoyuki Sugiyama