For Immediate Release:
January 22, 2008

TVF2008: The 30th Annual Tokyo Video Festival
World's largest public-participation video festival

100 Award Winners (30 "Excellence Awards" and 70 "Selected Works")■Strong showing by under-30 generation, with many works depicting self, family, and school■Announcement and Awards Ceremony to be held on March 2 (Sunday) at Pacifico Yokohama
Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) is pleased to announce the selection of 100 works (30"Excellence Awards" and 70 "Selected Works") as prize winners in the 30th Tokyo Video Festival(TVF2008). Sponsored by JVC and supported by the city of Yokohama, TVF is the world's largest videocompetition. Following much intense debate, the judges* in this year's contest selected the 100 winners
from among 2,010 entries received from 53 countries and regions (750 from Japan and 1,260 fromabroad).
A recent trend particularly conspicuous in this year's winners is the strong presence of energetic young
people in their teens and twenties, with this group accounting for about 40 percent of all winners. Included
are six works by junior high school students who take a head-on look at a variety of issues. Young womenare a growing force in this trend. On the other end of the age spectrum, among the Japanese winners area considerable number of seniors (particularly the 70 to 79 age group) putting their rich life experiences togood use in their entries.
Award winning works from across the globe show a strong social awareness as well as the honest
thoughts of the creator's themselves. The diverse content features works portraying the family
relationships and inner self of the video maker, wide ranging works related to education (such as works
addressing a variety of issues in schools and classrooms, works in which the students themselves createdthe video in the classroom, etc.), works incisively addressing familiar regional and local issues, works
keenly observing nature and living things, and a extensive variety of dramatic works.
*For more details see the next page "Characteristics of TVF2008 Award Winning Works."

The winners will receive their awards at the "TVF2008 Announcement and Awards Ceremony," which is tobe held Sunday, March 2 at Pacifico Yokohama, in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. This event is free ofcharge and open to the public. Selected from among the work's receiving the “Excellence Award”, the twowinners of this year's top prizes, the "Video Grand Prize" and the "JVC Grand Prize," will be announced atthe event.
JVC plans to make the 100 award-winning works available for viewing on its website beginning Tuesday,January 22, 2008. In conjunction with this, members of the public can participate in a "Web Vote" byviewing and evaluating the works (voting deadline Thursday, February 21). The top three works of theWeb Vote will receive the "People Awards."*The TVF 2008 Judging CommitteeNobuhiko Obayashi(Film Director)

Hakudo Kobayashi(Video Artist andProfessor at Seian
University of Art andDesign)Hiroaki Sato

Makoto Shiina

Isao Takahata

Susumu Hani

Masanori Kitami(Video Artist anda teacher at Nippon
Engineering College)(Novelist)(Animation FilmDirector)(Film Director)(Victor Company ofJapan, Ltd. (JVC))< TVF Webpage > URL

http:// www.victor.co.jp/english/tvf/
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< Characteristics of TVF2008 Award Winning Works >・Junior high school students produce six award winners
Six works by junior high school students were awarded. They took a direct and honest look at themes
including everything from human rights and environmental issues to more familiar questions. School efforts toinclude video education as one of their integrated learning topics contributed to the conspicuous presence ofjunior high school students this time.
・Many awards won by young people in their teens and 20s; Japan's 70-79 age group also well represented
Many winners from both Japan and abroad were in their teens and 20s, and these young people took homeabout 40 percent of all the awards. Japanese seniors (age 60 and up) were also a strong presence, with theworks of people in their 70s winning a total of 13 awards.
・Deepening links to education
1) Works in which students engaged in video production in an educational setting
In recent years, an increasing number of entries have been works produced by students in an educationalsetting. The video camera is used as a way to approach a theme, and the young sensibilities of the juniorhigh and high school students are alive in the resulting works.
2) Work addressing education itself as the issue
The entries included works taking a sharp look at problems that exist in education today and works thatsearch for solutions to such problems.
・Young women a growing force---This recent literary-world trend also evident at TVF
In the literary world in recent years, there have been numerous instances of young women to win awards, andthe same trend can be seen at TVF2008, where women in their teens and 20s are a conspicuous presence.
With a sensibility that transcends preconceived notions and the flexibility to think and express themselves in away that is not bound by form, these young women produced many powerful winning works.
・Works portraying inner self and family relationships
This year the award winners included a large number of excellent documentaries, such as works delving
deeply into the "inner self" by searching for the reason for one's own existence and works reviewing the family
relationships by considering the roots of family, such as parent-child and sibling relationships. Here the video
camera was skillfully used as a tool for looking back at the past.
・Works turning an eye to familiar modern society
As has usually been the case in recent years, this year there were also many journalistic works presenting an
original perspective on the various problems that exist in society. Many Japanese entries looked at regional
themes like regional revitalization, the handing down of traditions, and environmental destruction, while many
foreign entries addressed political and social themes such as the human rights, discrimination, and poverty
problems confronted in everyday life.
・Works that carefully observe and record nature and living things
Every year TVF receives many entries in the "nature observation" genre, and this year's award winners
included entries painstakingly photographing insect habitats. Strong works by seniors were particularly evident
in this area, and the images so keenly gathered over time somehow express the richness of their life
experience. There are also conspicuous cases where the video-maker came to take a strong personal interest
in an environmental problem through the production of the work.
・Many superb dramatic works, particularly from overseas
There were many rewarding dramatic works featuring wonderful visual expression. These included works
portraying the fresh romance of modern youth, moving works digging deep into human relationships between
family members, works of surreal black humor, and works of short comedy.
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< TVF2008 Overview (Plans) >● TVF2008 in YOKOHAMA (Pacifico Yokohama, Conference Center)
1) Announcement and Awards Ceremony
・Date/time: March 2 (Sun.) 10:40 to 19:00 (doors open 10:30)
・Program: Winning work announcement, screening, and award presentation; discussion forum featuring judges, etc.
2) Selection Screening & Talk
・Date/time: March 1 (Sat.) 13:00 to 18:00 (doors open 12:30)
・Program: A "Selection Screening & Talk" in which judges Hakudo Kobayashi and Hiroaki Sato eachpresent and discuss a number of the winners based on specific themes.
*Themes: ・Hiroaki Sato "Image expression flourishing in schools and classrooms" (tentative)
・ Hakudo Kobayashi "Positive thinking and Community expressed through theenlisted works for TVF" (tentative)● Screening of All TVF2008 Award Winners (Shimbashi Building, B1F)
・Date/time: February 23-24 (Sat./ Sun.) 13:00 to 18:00
February 25-26 (Mon./ Tue.) 13:00 to 21:00
・Program: All TVF award winners (100 works) to be screened over 4-day period (Programmed screening)*Schedule for Web release of award winners and "People's Award" voting.
・Award winning works released on JVC webpage: January 22, 2008 (Tue.) to March 31, 2008 (Mon.)・Voting period for the People's Award: January 22, 2008 (Tue.) to February 21, 2008 (Thu.)■About TVF (the JVC Tokyo Video Festival)
・JVC has held this international public-participation video festival yearly since 1978, and in that time a total of approximately
50,000 entries have been received. TVF’s purpose is to increase possibilities for sending messages and free expression
through video works, as well as to popularize video culture that is close to society and people’s personal lives.
・The festival is open to individuals and groups of any nationality, age and sex, including both professionals andamateurs. Video compositions must be produced with a video camera. Playback time must not exceed 20 minutes.
Any subject matter is acceptable.
・In 2004, JVC received the Mecenat Award for Video Exploration from the Association for Corporate Support of the Arts,
Japan. The Mecenat Awards are presented to corporations and corporate foundations which have made a significant
contribution to the arts.
・TVF2008 is affiliated with a number of other video festivals located both in Japan and abroad.
<Japan Domestic>
Ashibetsu Furusato Video Grand Prize (Hokkaido, Japan), Shonan Video Festival (Kanagawa, Japan), Ehime Video Festival (Ehime, Japan)<Overseas>
The One Minutes (Netherlands), Digital Movie Contest* (Thailand), JVC Video Festival* (China)*Video Festival organized by JVC’s regional company■Support of the city of Yokohama
Since last year, TVF has been held with the support of the city of Yokohama. It will be supported by the Yokohama Economicand Tourism Bureau and the 150th Anniversary of the Port Opening and Creative Headquarters of Yokohama City. JVC, whichoriginated and still retains its head office in Yokohama realized this event in close cooperation with the City of Yokohama, which
promotes itself as a city of film culture. Victor and Yokohama share the common purpose of pursuing the potential of visual
image expression through video and promoting cultural exchange through video, which are the underlying concepts of TVF.

# # #For further press information, please contact:
Toshiya Ogata, Senior Staff Manager
Public Relations Group
Corporate Communications Department
Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC)
Tel: +81-(0)45-450-2951, 2952
Fax: +81-(0)45-450-2959
E-mail: ogata-toshiya@jvc-victor.jp
URL: http://www.jvc.co.jp/english

For general information, please contact:
Akihito Nakakuki, Manager
Tokyo Video Festival Office
Corporate Communications Department
Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC)
Tel: +81-(0) 3-3289-2815
Fax: +81-(0) 3-3289-2819
E-mail: nakakuki-akihito@jvc-victor.jp
3Attachment●Works Selected for TVF2008 “Excellence Award”< Overseas >
NO.

Title

Entrants' nameAgeM/FOccupationCountry / Region1고슴도치 소녀 미남이 (Hedgehog Girl Minamu)Choi Kook-Hwan

25

M

Student

South Korea

2제자리 걸음 (Stamping)

Seo Dong-Heon

26

M

Student

South Korea

Lim Jae-Wook24

M

Student

South Korea

3끝나지 않은 전쟁 (세개의 슬픔 그리고 만남)(Endless War (Three Sorrows and Encounters))4铜门日记 (Tongmen Diary)Jin Huaqing

28

M

Reporter

China

5

The Chronicle of a Drawing; Footprints of Time

George Cheuk-hin Wong

25

M

Student

Hong Kong

6

FENCE

AUNTIES AND UNCLES

7The Last Chapter

Makiko Ishihara

59

FVideographer

CanadaMarcos Pimentel

30

M

Documentalist

Brazil8

Nada com Ninguém(Nobody Is Here, Nothing Is Here)

Malaysia9

Ladenhüter (Shop Owner)

Felix Stienz

24

M

Film maker

Germany

10

DEMAIN LA VEILLE (Waiting for Yesterday)

Julien Lecat & Sylvain Pioutaz

27/22

M/M

Film makerFrance11

The Autumn Wind RitualAlex Romanov

35

M

DirectorRussia* Country and region names are sequenced as follows: Asia, North America, Central and South America, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa.

< Japan Domestic >
NO.

Title

Entrants' name

Age

M/F

Occupation

Country / Region

12

Bonds

Mahito Sonobe

58

M

Teacher

Hokkaido

13

Hansel’s Moon Town

Yuri Nakadaira

23

FCompany employee

Tokyo

14

Reunion after 59 Years Old

Ke Yue34

FCompany employee

Tokyo

15

Indian Club

Mari Akutsu

27

FCompany employee

Tokyo

16

Climbing up the Station Building

Takashi Kunimoto

26

M

Company employee

Tokyo

17

Enoaru Café -we are living in the park!-Takafumi Yoshida

31

M

Company employee

Tokyo

18

Registration

Seiya Sato

19

M

Self-employed

Tokyo

19

Don’t Forget

StudentTokyo

20

Blue Sky, Night Sky, Starry Sky

Yu Katsumata

26

MPart-timer

Kanagawa

21

The Truth of Country Life

Yoshio Fujii

69

M

UnemployedKanagawa

22

The Dandelion Sister

Yusuke Sakamoto

22

M

Student

Kanagawa

Masayuki Saito

42

M

23

Opportunities to Study Are Disappearing- From an Actual Scene of a Night School -Suginami Municipal Higashihara JuniorHigh school Broadcasting ClubPart-time
instructor

Kanagawa

24

To My Farm

Yoshie Koike

62

FHousewife

Aichi

25

Homeroom

Saori Adachi

23

F

StudentKyoto

26

Mutual Link

Meng Xiangyu

26

M

StudentKyoto

27

An Assertion from a Modern 21-Year-Old Woman

Yuki Kurokawa

21

F

Student

Osaka

28

The World of Mantises

Hisao Yoshimura

73

M

Self-employed

Osaka

29

Protecting a Terraced Paddy FieldShinji Ono65

M

Self-employed

Yamaguchi

30

Video Poet: From Sone Tideland

StudentFukuoka

Kitakyushu Municipal Sone JuniorHigh School Braodcasting Club* Regions of the Japanese entrants listed from North to South.

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●Works Chosen for TVF2008 “Selected Award”< Overseas >
NO.

Title

Entrants' name1

Happy Ending

GREENGATE

2엄마 기다리는 아이 (Child Waiting for His Mother)

Oh Jung-Seok / Kim Hyun Su

3

言繪師 Symbolist (Symbolist)

Chou Shian-chian4

Inside out

Jia-Jun Chiu

5

水漂 WATER DRIFT (Water Drift)

6Age

M/FOccupation

Country / Region
Thailand

M/MStudent

South KoreaFStudentTaiwan

16

MStudent

TaiwanTao Zhi Pan

31

M

Cameraman

China

一支春天的歌 (Spring Song)

Qiao Hua

28

MCameraman

China

7

上上下下 (Up and Down)

Anny Ni

23

FStudent

China

8

第十二个后 (After the 12th Child Was Born)

Qiao Nan

24

F

Director

China

9

重拾童年快乐时 (Cycling Trip of Old People’s Club)

Keyein Feng

27

M

Company employee

China

Long Yuancheng

22

M

Student

China

102006 世界杯和小活佛(2006 World Cup and Little Buddha)

25/21

11

陶陶 (Tao Tao)

Li Kang

22

M

Student

China

12

Yuan Yang (Mandarin Ducks)

Lung Wing Pong / Evan Church

31/30

M/M

Video editor

Hong Kong

13

Oral Stage

Tuss Wu

30

M

Reporter

Hong Kong

14

The Wall

Chun Kim Kiu

43

M

Web designer

Hong Kong

15

HUNA HUNA (Consciousness)

Wilfred Allen Galila

M

Film makerPhilippines

16

GOODBYE LONELYNESS

Nguyen Hoang Trung

M

ReporterVietnam

17

THIRST FOR LIFEHTV TIVI STATION18The Red Umbrella

Tan Siang Yu

37

MTeacher

Singapore

19

The Dream

Zhu Chuan

17

M

StudentSingapore

20

Antes de que me despierte (Before I Wake up)

Vértice21

Crisalidas (Chrysalises)

Fernando Mendes

22

M

22

look what she didLimonera Bozna

18

F

23

TWINS IN THE SIGN OF THE MOON

Nightwatch Filmgroup

24

BAD TO THE BONE

Leandro Blanco

58

MÁngel Casas i Oliva

58

M

25

LA TÒFONA

El diamant negre de la cuina(Truffles the Culinary Black Diamond)

Vietnam

Colombia
Student

BrazilAlbania
Switzerland
Spain

Audiovisual
production

Spain

26

LE COULOIR (Corridor)

Marie Boivent & Cécile Guieu

29

F

ArtistFrance27

PROMENADE

Junichiro Ishii

32

M

ArtistFrance28

LA CANETTE MAGIQUE (Magic Canned Juice)

Ludovic Piette

26

M

Projectionist

France29

cleaning earth

Shafik Koyalat

23

M

Lebanon* Country and region names are sequenced as follows: Asia, North America, Central and South America, Europe, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa.

5●Works Chosen for TVF2008 “Selected Award”< Japan Domestic >
NO.

Title

30

How to Make a Grass Roll

31

Age

M/F

Occupation

Country / Region

Ryuji Makino

22

M

Student

Hokkaido

Farewell (Part 1: Farewell, Part 2: Traces)

Tadashi Orino

91

M

Unemployed

Aomori32

Small Ills Can Extend Longevity

Shinichi Kato

72

M

Unemployed

Ibaraki33

A Village with a Ford

Yoshio Saito

70

M

Unemployed

Ibaraki34

Together with My Family of Bees

Hiroshi Nagatsuma

70

M

Unemployed

Ibaraki35

Devious Midori and Hoshino's Bread

Masaya Yoshida

26

MStudentGunma

36

Overlapped Images

Masashi Yokota

24

M

StudentSaitama
Saitama37

Study on Mosquitoes

38

The Challenge after 20 Years

Entrants' nameMoe Kurosaki / Tadashi Oi

9/61

M

Student /Self-employed

Kiyokatsu Iijima

72

M

Unemployed

Chiba

Student

Tokyo

Showa Women's University Junior

39

Foot Matters

40

Under a Tall Tree

Ren Murakami

35

M

ActorTokyo

41

Together with Kainyo

Hayato Matsui

21

M

StudentTokyo

42

Cloud Man, Rain ManTomoyoshi Joko

23

MStudentTokyo43

A 70-Year-Old Woman Travels Alone

Sumiko Arai

70

FHousewifeTokyo

44

Life, Picture-Card Show

Hajime Marutani

36

M

Self-employed

Tokyo

45

Unmoving Circle

Shizuko Tabata

34

F

Unemployed

Tokyo

46

Why Didn’t the Hero Appear in the Iraq War?

Tsuyoshi Ishii

24

M

Unemployed

Tokyo

47

Beyond the Rainbow

Nanase Takarada

27

F

Company employee

Tokyo

48

Pets

ZERO-0-Project49

Northern Paradise

Chihiro Kawashima

50

Lessons -Please Accept the Views of Students-Fujisawa Municipal Shonandai JuniorHigh School Arts and Literature Club51

Two-Men Play -Challenge for 29 Minutes-

Toyokazu Kaneko

74

52

Don’t Forget Miyagase

Chokichi Uchida

53

A Story of a Widower

Shonosuke Shukuya

54

Mt. Hachibuse Story

55

High School Broadcasting ClubTokyo
24

F

Student

Kanagawa

Student

Kanagawa

M

Unemployed

Kanagawa

77

M

Unemployed

Kanagawa

77

M

Unemployed

Ishikawa

Kazuhiko Yoshino46

M

Self-employed

NaganoIn Yesterday’s Town

Akira Iwamatsu

39

M

TeacherAichi

56

Sakurabito

Tomohiro Nakamura

34

M

TeacherMie

57

A Day in Early Summer

Mayumi Sasabuchi

21

FStudentShiga

58

Whole Body Teacher

Ryo Katanosaka

20

M

StudentShiga

59

Present

STUDIO BAKUBAKU

60School Saiyuki

Kyoto Municipal Shimogamo
Junior High School PC Club

61

Unhidden Sorrow of the Tokuhi Family

Toshiaki Tokuhi

62

Frogs in a Rural Area

63

Shikaido

Sho Shintate

64

CM2057MUSAOKA FILMS

65

At DuskZenji Iwashita

63

M

Self-employed

Hiroshima

66

Prostate Cancer

Michinori Hidaka

55

MCompany employee

Hiroshima

67

Thank You

Hiroshi Miyashita

72

M

Unemployed

Yamaguchi

68

Garbage Collection Story

Toshiaki Nagaike

77

M

Unemployed

Yamaguchi

69

Straight My Way

Masafumi Masuoka

83

MUnemployed

Ehime

70

Yakushido Dayori

Banji Matsumoto

60

M

Self-employed

Ehime

Kyoto

23

M

Himeji Municipal Sugano Junior High School
Biology and Science Reseach Group* Regions of the Japanese entrants listed from North to South.

622

M

Student

Kyoto

Part-timer

Osaka

Student

Hyogo

Student

Nara
Hiroshima