KUMAMOTO 2022
Short Movie Contest for International Students
Requirements for entry
Entrants must be current international students at member universities of the University Consortium ofKumamoto （Universities, Colleges, and National Institutes of Technology）.
Entrants can be made by individuals or groups.
*Group entries may include Japanese students, but the number of Japanese students must be no more thanhalf of the number in the group. Each group may have up to five students, and in such cases, no more than
two Japanese students can be in the group.
*Both group and individual entries are allowed to submit just one video each.
Requirements for video submissions
Theme: “The charms of Kumamoto as a study-abroad destination”
Share your view with people around the world on the charms of Kumamoto as a study -abroad
destination in your short movie. The style of the movie is completely up to you, but please try andmake sure that it will encourage prospective students want to study in Kumamoto.
Video length: Under 3 minVideo quality: High-definition video is encouraged.
Language: Requirements as belowa) Subtitles in English for Japanese audiob) Subtitles in Japanese for English audioc) Subtitles in Japanese or English is required for audio in other languagesd) Subtitles in Japanese or English is required for a video with no narrative(Such as a music-only video)
Note: Submissions must be original and created only for this contest
Please use only materials that are free from any form of copyright and portrait rights violations,especially regarding music, people’s faces, work of arts, etc. in your video.

Awards & Remuneration
Grand Prize(Awarded to one video)

Quo gift card ¥10,000

Second Prize(Awarded to one video)

Quo gift card

¥5,000Best judge’s Prize(Awarded to one video)

Quo gift card

¥3,000

Audience Prize(Awarded to one video)

Quo gift card

¥3,000Awarded videos will be posted on Consortium Kumamoto’s official Website, and used at oversea fairs foradvertisement of Kumamoto, etc.
How to enter & Submit Videos
STEP1
Entry Registration: By October 11 (Tue.) →Postponed to October 26 (Wed), 2022
Please register via the form on our website https://consortium-kumamoto.jp/news/short_movie2022/
STEP2
Video submission: Must submit by October 26 (Wed.) →Postponed to November 10 (Thu), 2022
Upload the data of your video to secure online file sharing service with a password, and send the link to
onestop@consortium-kumamoto.jp.
STEP3
Announcement of Winners: December 10 (Sat)Winning entries will be announced at the awards ceremony.
*The Venue and other details will be announced later.
“Submission Requirements” and “Terms of Submission (Precautions)” are as follow.
Please read them carefully before your entry.
Terms of Submission (Precautions)・Entries need to be filmed within Kumamoto prefecture and produced by the entrant.
・Submissions must not be published or released on the internet (including on social media).
・Please understand that even those submissions that do not win an award may be used for promotional
purposes by the Consortium Kumamoto.
・Please only include material in your videos that does not violate copyright laws. When people or authored works(including paintings, photographs, works of art, etc.) appear in videos, please make sure to obtain the author’sconsent. Please understand that in the unlikely event that a claim of copyright (or copyright -related)
infringement, or usage of one’s likeness without consent is made, the organizers take no responsibility, and theresponsibility to resolve the issue shall be taken by the entrant.
・Ensure that video submissions do not defame or injure others, and are not related to nor encourage, or any
sort of illegal activity.
・Ensure that submissions do not contain any kind of indecent or obscene language, or any content that is not inaccordance with public standards of morality and decency.
・Should any submissions be determined to be in violation of those terms, otherwise found to be inappropriateby the organizers or judges of the contest, the submission will be disqualified. Additionally, should a winningentry be found to be in violation of these terms, the prize money may be cancelled.
・Only videos which pass the first screening will be posted on consortium Kumamoto’s official website.