The winning entries for the "Virtual Open Zone" competition have been decided!
Impress with the power of art!
For medical professionals and other essential workers (※)
The winning support videos have been decided.
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, in which videos of all genres of culture and art are solicited and distributed. This "Virtual Open Zone" solicited videos of all genres of culture and art, with 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 workers: People engaged in work that is essential to society
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 Fights" / Watanabe Ayumu
■ 2nd place (300,000 yen prize) "My Own Flowers ~Thank you Essential Worker ver.~" / HANDSIGN
■ 3rd place (prize money: 100,000 yen) "Amabie" / Team "Amabie Operation"
■ Prefectural Award (100,000 yen) "Lapis Lazuli Earth" / Kanagawa Prefectural Shonan High School Choir
2. Jury Award Works (excluding winning works)
The judges selected the recommended works from 244 entries (no prize money).
■Judges' Award
"Social Distance" / Maeda Hide
"Sand Art 'Flowers of Thank You'" by Iimen Masako
"Finlandia" / Musica Yokohama-ma
3. Prize-winning works website
https://kaihouku.pref.kanagawa.jp/
(4. Jury)
・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.
・Kazuyuki Kajiya, Director of Performing Arts, Kanagawa Prefectural International Culture and Tourism Bureau
[Reference] "Virtual Open Zone" Implementation Overview
(1) Application period
From Monday, June 1st to Friday, July 31st, 2020
(2) Recruitment conditions
・No restrictions on professional or amateur status or address
・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 in length.
・ Express and display the "Kanagawa Virtual Open Zone" in video
・The video must avoid the "three Cs"
(3) Total number of applications
255 videos (general videos: 244, guest videos: 11... *2)
*2 General videos: Works eligible for judging
Guest videos: Supporting works from artists who agree with the purpose of the project
(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 PM on Monday, August 31st
The video will be available until Wednesday, March 31, 2021, so please be sure to check it out.
