The Annual Toyama International Film Festival began eight years ago, simply as a small local event and an excuse to get together. In our first year, the team received only ten short film submissions. Today, TIFF has become a highly-anticipated annual event and a staple of Toyama’s international community. We receive over 800 submissions each year from countries all around the world. We strive to continue to grow, adapt, and improve, and in doing so, our community and international reaches grow stronger with every year.
Submissions for this year will be open until May 17th, 2019.
The Annual Toyama International Film Festival was started by a handful of English teachers in rural Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Ignited by a passion for films and a desire to connect communities, our committee hoped to one day reach a great number of people—and with time, we were able to do just that.
The first film festival took place in 2012, inside a small room within a shopping center where 70 people watched the ten submissions we had received. The following year, the event was held in Toyama City at a local, independently-owned venue, Bodegas-Mambo, where over 80 guests attended to view films. By this time, we had received over 100 submissions from 30 different countries—a huge step up from the year before. We considered it a great success.
Now in our eighth year, the number of submissions and attendees only continue to grow. Directing our energies to the good of the community, our annual viewing event helps to raise considerable donations for the Japanese Red Cross Society. Every year, we reach out to the rest of the world and challenge everyone to produce short films for the benefit of charity and to help create a film culture in our beautiful, countryside prefecture of Toyama. Our team hopes to hold the event for many years to come, with your continued help.
PRESENT DAY
Back for the eighth year in a row, The 8th Annual Toyama International Film Festival (TIFF) will take place June 15th, 2019 in Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. An exciting event and continued success within the local community, our international reach means we get hundreds of submissions from all over the world! Our team is excited to again share the visions of filmmakers across the globe with our humble community in countryside Japan.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
By entering your short film submission to the Toyama International Film Festival, you confirm that you agree to the following Terms & Conditions:
1. No purchase necessary and no festival fees apply.
2. Filmmakers may submit as many entries as they want.
3. No responsibility can be accepted for entries that are lost or delayed, or which are not received for any reason.
4. The winners will be contacted via email. The committee’s and audience’s decision will be final, and no correspondence will be entered into.
5. By entering the competition, the winners agree to participate in promotional activity and materials as the Toyama International Film Festival may require.
6. There is no cash prize; however, we will send you the file for our laurel if selected.
7. Incorrectly completed entries will be disqualified.
