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Announcement for VIDEO PARTY in KYOTO 2025
VIDEO PARTY 11 will be held at the Film Theater of the Museum of Kyoto on August 1-3, 2025.
This screening exhibition introduces videos submitted by the general public, each up to 15 minutes in length, from a variety of genres such as drama, animation, and video art.
Since its inception in 2013, 713 films have been screened so far. The festival has also conducted exchanges through screenings in Kyoto, Sapporo, Iwate, Tokyo, Macau, Taipei, Taichung, Shenzhen, Seoul, Pusan, Richmond, Berlin, and other cities.
VIDEO PARTY is operated with the aim of creating a place to showcase video works with a variety of possibilities for expression.
We are looking forward to your participation.
ENTRY
In order to subscribe your work to the VIDEO PARTY, you need to register first.
Rules for Subscription 2025
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:
Saturday, 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:
Sunday, Jul. 20th, Deadline for Submission of works and information Deadline:
Necessary Information
・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 characters)
・Comment on the work (about 150 characters, for publication in a brochure)
Contact Us
PAST VP
Past screenings (Japanese Only)
VIDEO PARTY 2013
VIDEO PARTY 2014
VIDEO PARTY 2015
VIDEO PARTY 2016
VIDEO PARTY 2017
VIDEO PARTY 2018
VIDEO PARTY 2019
VIDEO PARTY 2020
VIDEO PARTY 2022
VIDEO PARTY 2023
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
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AF PLAN
In Cooperation with
ASIFA-JAPAN
SHIN-SHIKAKU / DENKI TOMBO Inc
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