[Application period extended] Calling for videos of virtual open zones!

Kanagawa Prefecture is holding a video contest called "Virtual Open Zone 2023" with a total prize pool of 1 million yen.
We are currently accepting submissions from people across the country of video works under five minutes in all genres related to culture and the arts, including music, dance, street performance and art.

This year's video production theme is "Rediscovery."
Please create your work based on the image of something you have rediscovered during life during the COVID-19 pandemic, or something you have rediscovered once you have escaped from the pandemic.

Recruitment details
[Applicants] Anyone from within or outside the prefecture (professional or amateur, individual or group, age, and nationality are not important)
*If you are under 18 years old, please apply with parental consent.
[Videos wanted] Videos of all genres of culture and art (up to 5 minutes)
Multiple submissions allowed
[Genre examples]
・Music, dance, street performance, art, photography, theater, etc. (See Q&A for details)
[Video example]
・Performance (music, dance, recitation, chorus, skits, etc.)
・Live production of art etc.
- Slideshow of still images such as paintings
[Virtual Open Zone Q&A] Click here
[Requirements for videos to be submitted] 1) The video must have the theme of "rediscovery."
②As a general rule, only newly shot works are accepted.
However, existing works are also acceptable if they have been edited to meet the requirements of this theme and other requirements.
③ Any recording medium is acceptable (filming with a smartphone, etc. is also acceptable).
[Videos that are not eligible for the competition] 1. Videos that do not violate any third party's copyright, portrait rights, trademark rights, ownership rights, or other rights, including the unauthorized use of works by anyone other than the applicant.
Anything that infringes the rights of others
② The main purpose is the sale of creative works, etc.
3) Any content that slanders or libels a specific individual or group
④ Any acts that violate public order and morals or laws and regulations, violent or obscene language, or discriminatory claims, etc.
(including unjust discriminatory words and actions against people of a particular ethnicity or nationality)
⑤The applicant is a member of an organized crime group (as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 2 of the Law Concerning the Prevention of Unjust Activities by Organized Crime Group Members).
etc.
⑥ Any other content that the Virtual Open Zone Management Office deems inappropriate

How to Apply
[Application period] From Friday, July 14th to Tuesday, October 31st, 2023
[Application details] Please fill in the required information in this application form.
If applying as a group, a representative must apply.
[Other] If you change your contact information or address after applying, please contact the Virtual Open Zone Management Office (tel. 0570-015-070).
If your contact information is unknown due to relocation or other reasons, your application may be invalid.

examination
The management office will check whether the application meets the requirements based on these application guidelines. During the screening process, we may contact you to confirm the details.
Entries that meet the requirements will be judged comprehensively based on the number of views by Thursday, November 30th (submission deadline is Saturday, September 30th), the message they convey, originality, etc.
However, in principle, videos with more than 500 views are eligible.

Prize Money
①Total prize money: 1 million yen
1st place: 500,000 yen
2nd place: 200,000 yen
3rd place: 100,000 yen
Prefectural Prize: 50,000 yen
Special Jury Prize (3 entries) 50,000 yen each
*For works submitted by a group, the prize will be presented to the representative.
*After strict screening, it may be possible that there are no works that qualify for the prize.
②Other
In addition, we plan to create a sponsorship award from the sponsoring companies.

*Prize money handling
If after the prize money has been paid, it is discovered that a false declaration or other violation of the competition guidelines has occurred, the prize money will be required to be returned.
* Public relations cooperation for the virtual open zone next year
We may ask you to cooperate with public relations when implementing the Virtual Open Zone next year. We will contact you individually after the results are announced.

For more information about the Virtual Open Zone, please click here .
In addition, the Virtual Open Zone YouTube Channel will be displaying entries for 2023 as well as past entries.