CREAM Competition OUTLINE

The Organizing Committee of the International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama 2009

International Festival For Arts and Media Yokohama 2009, a pioneer project of "Creative City Yokohama", could not be categorized as neither an ordinary film festivals nor a contemporary art exhibition. Along with the jury members who are leading figures of diverse domains, this festival's CREAM competition program aims to propose a brand new visual expression and experience.
Due to recent technological developments, we live our everyday lives surrounded by and connected to the world through various types of visual communication. Creating visual works is nothing out of ordinary nowadays and it is no longer a privilege for people who are involved in particular artistic activities but for every and single one of us. CREAM competition craves a new visual expression, or works that cross the borderlines between different genres of art such as contemporary art, film, performing art, music and etc., and therefore inspire and influence the future generations.

1. Read the Submission Agreement carefully before submitting your work.
2. Fill in the Submission Form online, download, print and sign it.
3. Applicants shall select the presentation manner of submitted work from the following three categories and meet submission requirement of each category accordingly.

A.Works Created for Screening
Submit a total of 4 items.

Submit a total of 4 items.

• "Work" A full-length work, (appropriately formatted for selection) on DVD-VIDEO.
• "Submission Form" Completed submission form with applicant's signature.
• "Digital Still Images" No less than three images/pictures of the submitted work on CD-R.
• "Dialogue List (For work includes dialogue or commentary)" A .doc or .txt file of the dialogue in Japanese or English on CD-Rom.

B.Works Created for Exhibition

Submit a total of 5 items.

• "Proposal" A written proposal including the size of finished piece, installation view, and the direction of exhibition in Japanese or English.
• "Supporting Documents" Photos or audio data of the submitted work on CD-R or DVD.
• "Submission Form" Completed submission form with applicant's signature.
• "Digital Still Images" No less than three images/pictures on CD-R
• "Dialogue List (For work includes dialogue or commentary)" A .doc or .txt file of the dialogue in Japanese or English on CD-Rom.

C.Works created for means of presentation other than A or B

Submit a total of 5 items.

• "Work Full-length or partial work (appropriately formatted for selection)" on DVD-VIDEO.
• "Documentation of the work" (A) Written document(s) of the work include(s) the size of finished piece and the direction of proper presentation in Japanese or English.
• "Submission Form" No less than three images/pictures of the submitted work on CD-R.
• "Digital Still Images" No less than three images/pictures on CD-Rom.
• "Dialogue List (For work includes dialogue or commentary)" A .doc or .txt file of the dialogue in Japanese or English on CD-Rom.

All submissions should include all required items/documents in one envelop and be mailed to the address below.

International Festival for Arts and Media Yokohama 2009
CREAM Competition office
#4-B 2-8 Kaigandori Naka-ku,
Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 231-0002 JAPAN

Submissions must be postmarked on or between Friday, May 1 2009 and Friday, July 31, 2009 only or the submission will not be considered.

Preliminary Selection: Scheduled in Mid August 2009
Final Selection: Scheduled in Mid September 2009
Announcement will be posted on the Festival’s website.

CREAM PRIZE (Single Award) ¥500,000 EXCELLENCE PRIZE (Multiple Awards) ¥100,000 Selected works will be screened or exhibited during the festival.

The members of the jury for preliminary selection are

• UKAWA Naohiro (visual director, graphic designer, artist, VJ, professor of Kyoto University of Art and Design)
• SEMBO Kensuke (artist, a member of "exonemo")
• TSUCHIYA Yutaka (film director, president of VIDEOACT!)

The members of the jury for final selection are

• ASAI Takashi (president of UPLINK Co., producer, editor in chief of webDICE)
• OU Ning (director of Shao Foundation, chief curator of Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-city Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture 2009)
• SHIKATA Yukiko (senior curator of NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC])
• STUBBS, Mike (artist, director of FACT [Foundation for Art and Creative Technology])
• SUWA Nobuhiro, Chairman of the Jury (film director, president of Tokyo Zokei University)
• YAMAMURA Koji (animation director, board member of the International Animated Film Association, professor of Tokyo University of the Arts)

In order of Japanese syllabary