Impress with the power of art!
For medical professionals and other essential workers *
The winning support video has been selected.
The currently canceled "Magcul Open Zone," a space where music, dance and other performances can be freely presented on Nihon Boulevard in front of the Prefectural Office, has been moved online, and the "Virtual Open Zone" initiative has been implemented to solicit and distribute videos of all genres of culture and art. In this "Virtual Open Zone," videos of all genres of culture and art were solicited under the theme of support and gratitude for everyone working to prevent the spread of COVID-19, and four winning works were selected from 244 general video submissions.
(※) Essential worker: A person engaged in work that is essential to society’s life
1. Winning Works
Of the 244 submissions, the top 20 were selected based on the number of views by August 31st.
■1st place (Prize money 500,000 yen) "To You Who Fight" / Watanabe Ayumu
■ 2nd place (Prize money: 300,000 yen) "My Own Flowers ~Thank you Essential Workers ver.~" / HANDSIGN
■3rd place (100,000 yen prize) "Amabie" / Team "Operation Amabie"
■ Prefectural Prize (100,000 yen): "Lapis Lazuli Earth" / Kanagawa Prefectural Shonan High School Choir
2. Jury Award Works (excluding the Prize-winning works)
The judges selected the recommended works from 244 entries (no prize money).
■Judges' Award
"Social Distance" by Hide Maeda
"Sand art 'Thank you flowers'" by Iimen Masako
"Finlandia" / Musica Yokohama-ma
3. Website of the winning entries
https://kaihouku.pref.kanagawa.jp/
4. Jury Members
・I.TOON Co., Ltd. Representative Yuichi Ito (Professor, Department of Animation, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts)
・Yoichi Tajima, Producer, Regional Media Division, Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd.
・Kanagawa Prefectural International Culture and Tourism Bureau Performing Arts Division Director Kazuyuki Kajiya
[Reference] "Virtual Open Zone" Implementation Overview
(1) Application period
From Monday, June 1 to Friday, July 31, 2020
(2) Recruitment conditions
- No restrictions on whether you are a professional or amateur, or where you live
・ The video must be in the cultural and artistic field and have the theme of supporting and expressing gratitude to essential workers.
・ Videos must be less than 5 minutes long.
・ Express and display the "Kanagawa Virtual Open Zone" in video
・ The video must avoid the "three Cs"
(3) Total number of applications
255 videos (244 general videos, 11 guest videos...※2)
*2 General videos: Works eligible for judging
Guest videos: Supported works from artists who agree with the project's purpose
(Mr. Godai Michiko (Yokohama Yumeza), Ms. Kumamoto Mari (Magcal Ambassador), Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra, etc.)
(4) Playback count measurement period
Applications will be accepted until 6:00 p.m. on Monday, August 31st
The videos will be available until Wednesday, March 31, 2021, so please check them out.
