VIDEO PARTY 2026

Japanese / English

Announcement for VIDEO PARTY in KYOTO 2026
VIDEO PARTY 12 will be held over three days, from Friday, July 31 to Sunday, August 2, 2026, at FRAME in VOX, Kawaramachi Sanjo, Kyoto.
This film festival showcases video works of 15 minutes or less selected through an open call, featuring a wide range of genres including drama, animation, and video art.
Since its inception in 2013, the festival has screened a total of 713 works. Based in Kyoto, VIDEO PARTY has also fostered exchanges through screenings in various locations, including Sapporo, Iwate, Tokyo, Macau, Taipei, Taichung, Shenzhen, Seoul, Busan, Richmond, and Berlin.
There are still few opportunities for individuals to present their films. We organize VIDEO PARTY with the aim of creating a platform for showcasing video works that hold the potential for diverse forms of expression.
Whether you submit a film or simply come to watch, we look forward to your participation.

Dates: July 31 (Fri) to August 2 (Sun), 2026
Location: FRAME in VOX 44 Daikokucho, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto 604-8031 Kawaramachi VOX Building 3F

ENTRY

In order to subscribe your work to the VIDEO PARTY, you need to register first.

Rules for Subscription 2026

Qualifications

Your nationality, occupation, school or company you belong to, whether you are a student, a teacher or a plain working adult, anything regarding your affiliations and social standings will not affect your qualification as an applicant.

Limitation of work length

Within 15 minutes

Requirement for Entry

Any content, technique or genre is acceptable. Only requirements are that the work is originally created by the applicant, and that the images, sound and any other material used in the work must be free of copyright problems. Basically there will be no examinations for submitted works.

Step 1:
Sunday, May 31, Deadline for Declaration of Participation

Submit your declaration of participation along with informations listed below to entry form by Oct. 1th.

　ENTRY　

Necessary Information

・Name of the applicant (noms de plume and group names also applicable)
・Information of the applicant (Occupations, affiliations or titles, if any)
・Work title (if any)
・Genre (e.g., animation, drama or experimental, just as a reference)
・Running time (estimation also applicable)
・Year of production

Step 2:
Tuesday, Jun. 30th, Deadline for Submission of information:

Necessary Information（for publication in a brochure）

・Name of work
・Duration of work
・A still of the work (853 x 480 [640 x 480] pixels resolution, 72 DPI, square pixels, JPEG image)
・Author's profile (about 100 words)
・Comment on the work (about 100 words)

Step 3:
Sunday, July 19th, Film Submission Deadline:

Please submit your screening film data in the manner to be provided at a later date. The format should be H264 (mp4,mov).

info@af-plan.com

RECORD

Activity record

1991

Screening by students of Kyoto Art College

「CAMEMBERT 8 PIECES VIDEO PARTY」voice gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)

2011

Osaka Seikei University Student Works Exhibition

「OSAKA SEIKEI VIDEO PARTY !」Art Me (Takatsuki, JAPAN)　35 works

2012

Exchange exhibition of Nagoya Gakugei University and Osaka Seikei University

「VIDEO PARTY 2012」Art Lab. Aichi (Nagoya, JAPAN)　15 works

2013

Held as the first public exhibition

「VIDEO PARTY KYOTO 2013」Maruni Atelier Cafe (Kyoto, JAPAN)　39 works

2014

Start work exchange with Future Film Day in Taiwan

「VIDEO PARTY KYOTO 2014」Kyoto Cinema (Kyoto, JAPAN)　45 works
「Youth Generation Film Festival 2014」Museum of Contemporary Art (Taipei, TAIWAN)　9 works

2015

Start work exchange between Korea and Macau

「VIDEO PARTY KYOTO 2015」京都 Lumen gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)　38 works
「Youth Generation Film Festival 2015」Museum of Contemporary Art (Taipei, TAIWAN)　12 works
「Youth Generation Film Festival 2015」PARK LANE BY SPLENDOR (Taichung, TAIWAN)　12 works
「Busan Kyoto Video Exhibition」Tong Myong University (Busan, KOREA)　6 works
「PRESENT FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL」iCentre (Macau)　12 works
「KINO VISION」Lumen gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)　10 works

2016

Work exchange spreads

「VIDEO PARTY KYOTO 2016」Lumen gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)　87 works
「Busan Kyoto Video Exhibition」Tong Myong University (Busan, KOREA)　11 works
「Busan Kyoto Video Exhibition」15 feet under (Busan, KOREA)　20 works
「PRESENT FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL」iCentre (Macau)　17 works
「KINO VISION」京都 Lumen gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)　13 works
「Windows of Formosa Film Festival」 Windsor Hotel (Taichung, TAIWAN)　5 works

2017

Exchange with Japan and China

「VIDEO PARTY x EZO FILM 2017」Maruba-Kaikan(Sapporo, JAPAN)／Lumen gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)　7 works
「VIDEO PARTY KYOTO 2017」Lumen gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)　65 works
「Shenzhen 3rd Independent Animation Biennale」OCT-LOFT (Shenzhen, China)　10 works
「VIDEO PARTY in Nishiwaga」Sasou-kan (Iwate, JAPAN)　34 works
「PRESENT FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL」iCentre (Macau)　8 works
「Busan Kyoto Video Exhibition」Lumen gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)　13 works
「Windows of Formosa Film Festival」 Windsor Hotel (Taichung, TAIWAN)　10 works

2018

American first screening

「VIDEO PARTY on Tour in Richmond!」SEDIMENT Arts(Richmond, USA)　23 works
「VIDEO PARTY KYOTO 2018」Lumen gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)　94 works
「PRESENT FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL」iCentre (Macau)　13 works

2019

Tokyo first screening

「Tokyo Eizo Brig.　PARTYS」Image Forum (Tokyo, JAPAN)　20 works
「VIDEO PARTY x EZO FILM 2019」SCARTS (Sapporo, JAPAN) / Lumen gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)　12 works
「VIDEO PARTY in Busan」space NA.RA (Busan, KOREA)　10 works

2020

VP ONLINE

「VIDEO PARTY x EZO FILM 2020」Lumen gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)　19works
「PRESENT FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL」　iCentre (Macau)　11works
「VIDEO PARTY KYOTO 2020 ONLINE」Lumen gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)　51works

2021

「PRESENT FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL」iCentre (Macau)　12works

2022

Seoul first screening

「VIDEO PARTY KYOTO 2022」 Lumen gallery (Kyoto, JAPAN)　80works
「VIDEO PARTY in Seoul」 PLAN B Project Space (Seoul, JAPAN) 13works
「VIDEO PARTY x EZO FILM 2022 in SAPPORO」Hue Universal Gallery (Sapporo, JAPAN)　13works

2023

Berlin first screening

「"finally a bit of animation!" Japan meets Berlin」bbk berlin (Berlin, Germany)　14works

2025

Presentations in Seoul and Berlin

「[Pirate Cinemal x [VP Kyoto]」Seoul・Plan B project space　12works
「VIDEO PARTY 11」Kyoto・FRAME in VOX　119works
「FIXTURES #7 – Yasuto Yura / VIDEO PARTY」 Berlin・Bethanien Creative Quarter Media Lab　4works