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CON-CAN Movie Festival 
Type Film festival produced by Media Research, Inc. Industry Film festival, Motion pictures Founded Sendagaya, Tokyo, Japan (2005) Headquarters Sendagaya, Tokyo, Japan Key people Masahiro Yoshino, Chairman
Nofil Iqbal, DirectorWebsite http://en.con-can.com CON-CAN Movie Festival (CON-CAN) is an audience-interactive online international short movie festival which aims to discover hidden creative talent from all over the world, enabling image creators and a global audience to share the underlying messages and sheer creativity expressed in profound short movie productions. Founded in 2005, the short movie festival's enables users to watch short movies for free on its site. The festival's award ceremony is held annually in Tokyo, Japan.
The 2008 CON-CAN Movie Festival is currently underway and will have its award ceremony in Mid-November 2008.
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History
The idea for the CON-CAN Movie Festival was founded by Masahiro Yoshino, CEO of Media Research, Inc., a Japanese company that specializes in IT consulting, translation, publishing and media arts.[1] Media Research, Inc. launched CON-CAN Movie Festival online in 2005. The name CON-CAN was first thought of in Japanese (魂観). CON(魂) represents the soul and CAN(観) represents viewers watching with true appreciation.
The 1st CON-CAN Movie Festival was held in 2005 as an international online short movie festival with two types of awards; one, an Audience Award that is presented by viewers, and the other a Grand Prix award (the best short movie) and two Tamashii awards (special jury awards) decided by the CON-CAN International Jury. A total of 151 short movies from 25 different countries were submitted. Since then, CON-CAN has expanded to receive over 550 submissions from over 50 different countries in 2008.
Selection process
Once the submission deadline passes, the process of selecting the movies for the movie festival begins. The programming department at CON-CAN is responsible for a preliminary screening of the movies. The best 80 movies out of all the submitted movies are selected to be part of the movie festival and their directors are notified via email.
The movie festival then branches off into two parts. One part consists of the 80 movies being passed through a first round evaluation and judged by a domestic (Japanese) jury. These preliminary jury members select the best 20 movies to be considered for the final evaluation process. In the final evaluation round, international jury members selected by the CON-CAN staff select the top three nominations to be awarded the Grand Prix award (the best short movie) and the two Tamashii awards (special jury awards).[2] The winner of the Grand Prix award and the two Tamashii award winners are invited to Tokyo with travel and accommodations paid for in order to attend the award ceremony. The award ceremony hosts famous people from the movie industry and notable news networks.
Another part consists of the 80 movies being categorized into four groups. Each group is independently displayed on CON-CAN's website. During this time, registered voters are able to watch free movies and animations, rate the movies and comment on them. The movie with the highest rating in each category is awarded an Audience Award.
Awards
Grand Prix Winners
Year Movie Director Nationality of Director
(at time of movie's release)2009 Fleeting Images Edmund Yeo Malaysia 2008 Ata Cagla Zencirci & Guillaume Giovanetti France 2007 The Pond Huang Ying China 2006 (October) Gospel of The Creole Pig Michelange Quay France 2006 (April) Perkele Arto Tuohimaa Finland 2005 Ohayo Shinya Okada Japan Tamashii Award Winners
Year Movie Director Nationality of Director
(at time of movie's release)2008 Chain Gestures (Gestos em Cadeia) Carla Mota Portugal On Earth as It Is in Heaven Hervé Demers Canada 2007 Nasja Rios Guillermo Spain Shift in Perception Dan Monceaux Australia 2006 (October) Broad Day Rajeev Ahuja India Love Me or Leave me Alone Duane Hopkins United Kingdom 2006 (April) The Chamber Yu Seock-hyun Republic of Korea Sister Daniel Mulloy United States 2005 Demon Irina Evteeva Russia Djamel's Eyes David Casals-Roma Spain Audience Award Winners
Year Movie Director(s) Nationality of Director(s)
(at time of movie's release)2007 4 1/4 Aundre Johnson United States A Shift in Perception Dan Monceaux Australia The Clearing Pedro Touceda Spain The Spirit Child Elinor Geller United Kingdom 2006 (October) Crash Umut Aral Turkey 2006 (April) Sister Daniel Mulloy United Kingdom 2005 Hair Sapiens Tsuyoshi Nakakuki Japan Out of Time Blake Ritson
Dylan RitsonUnited Kingdom Jury
The international jury which chooses the three best movies during the final evaluation round features famous people from the movie industry. Below are the juries from previous years.
The 6th CON-CAN Movie Festival
- Chris Fujiwara (Film critic)
- Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Chairman of the Tampere Film Festival)
- Ngo Phuong Lan (Chairperson of the Council of Theory and Criticism at the Vietnam Cinema Association)
- Naomi Kawase (Filmmaker)
- Matthieu Darras (Programmer of the Cannes Critics' Week)
The 5th CON-CAN Movie Festival
- Chris Fujiwara (Film critic)
- Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Chairman of the Tampere Film Festival)
- Kitaro Kanematsu (President of the Japanese Society of Cinematographers (Japan))
- Michael Renov (Professor of Critical Studies and Associate Dean of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts)
- Hui-jun Zhang (President of the Beijing Film Academy)
The 4th CON-CAN Movie Festival
- Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Chairman of the Tampere Film Festival)
- Chihong (Lecturer at the Beijing Film Academy)
- Vincent Malausa (Film critic for Cahiers du cinéma)
- Tapan Sinha (Film director for the Bengali film industry)
- Chris Fujiwara (Film critic)
The 3rd CON-CAN Movie Festival
- Jean-Michel Frodon (Journalist, film critic and cinema historian)
- Masahiro Kobayashi (Film director in Japan)
- Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Chairman of the Tampere Film Festival)
- Dennis Lim (Film critic and film editor for Village Voice)
- Amir Naderi (Film director in Iran/USA)
The 2nd CON-CAN Movie Festival
- Babak Payami (Film director in Iran/Canada)
- Dennis Lim (Film critic and film editor for Village Voice)
- Hou Hsiao Hsien (Film director in Taiwan)
- Jean-Michel Frodon (Journalist, film critic and cinema historian)
- Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Chairman of the Tampere Film Festival)
- Peter Millynn (Production executive at the Australian Film Television and Radio School)
- Teruyo Nogami (Production manager of Kurosawa Production Co. (Japan))
The 1st CON-CAN Movie Festival
- Babak Payami (Film director in Iran/Canada)
- Dennis Lim (Film critic and film editor for Village Voice)
- Fei Zhao (Professor at the Beijing Film Academy)
- Jean-Michel Frodon (Journalist, film critic and cinema historian)
- Jukka-Pekka Laakso (Chairman of the Tampere Film Festival)
- Peter Millynn (Production executive at the Australian Film Television and Radio School)
- Shoichiro Sasaki (Director of Audio and Visual Images)
References
- ^ Aoki, Mizuho (2007-11-30). "A film fest on the Net". The Japan Times. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20071130a4.html. Retrieved 2008-06-26.
- ^ Jeffs, Angela (2008-06-13). "CON-CAN launches movie competition". The Japan Times. http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20080614a1.html. Retrieved 2008-06-25.
External links
Categories:- Film festivals in Japan
- International film festivals
- Internet film festivals
- Short film festivals
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