SHIFT | DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2004

DOTMOV Festival 2004 is a digital film festival with an aim to discover talented creators and provide them with an opportunity to show their work. Submitted works throughout the world will be screened at Soso Cafe which is produced by an online magazine Shift for a month, from November 1st to 30th. Last year's total submission was 351 works from 24 countries. All selected works for this year will be shown on Shift web site. During the festival, a lot of related audio & visual events will be held.
The deadline is on the 20th of September. Join this festival with your full of originality work!

Specifications

Festival mission

The goal of this festival is to discover talented artists and provide them with an opportunity to show their work. We are also trying to increase the international scope of the festival by inviting guest creators, active on the front lines of the creative world, to participate as judges. During the festival, holding a lot of related audio & visual events, we explore the possibility of digital films.

Date and Place:

Date: November 1st - 30th, 2004
Place: Soso Cafe (1F Sansei Bld., S1 W13 Chuo-ku Sapporo, Japan)
Online: All selected works will be shown on Shift web site. (from November 1st)

Organised by

Noos Movement Executive Committee

Coorganised by

Hokkaido Foundation For Cultural Activities

Sponsored by

Collaborated by

Supported by

Hokkaido, City of Sapporo, Computer Graphic Arts Society (CG-ARTS)

In Cooperation with

Panasonic -Olympic Games in Action-, Sound x Vision 2004, Soso Cafe

Media Sponsors

Antipoda, TAXI, Computerlove, Digitalthread, IdN Magazine, Newstoday, M Publication, Creative Behavior, Urban Collective, Netdiver, Heavy Backpack, Scene 360, SAL magazine, Salmagazine.org, Web Designing, CBC Net, Japan Design Net, +81

Guest Creators

The Designers Republic: A group of UK creators taking an active part in the forefront of the world. With clients from Warp to Nokia, Nike, Sony and NTT, and work ranging from music print to video and experimental film, and from award winning web design to TV channel identities, their influence on global graphic design has grown large in recent years. Well known also for their Peoples Bureau For Consumer Information on-line lifestyle store.

Motion Theory: A design and live-action production company based in Venice Beach, California. Integrating design, live-action and editorial techniques, Motion Theory directs, designs and produces various commercial, music video and short film projects to create memorable works. The company has collaborated with advertising agency, Wieden+Kennedy, Tokyo on campaigns for Nike Presto and Nike Basketball Asia. Motion Theory has also worked with other high-profile clients such as Hewlett Packard, ESPN, DIRECTV and Toyota. Their work has been widely recognized by the AICP, Art Director's Club, AIGA, The One Show, and D&AD.

Yoshi Sodeoka, C505: An artist, designer and musician who has been producing both art and commercial projects for over a decade. His interactive digital artwork has been featured on numerous CD-ROMs and web sites and in exhibitions at the San Francisco MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, Design Museum, Germany and Art & Design Museum Brazil

SAL magazine: A quarterly free magazine, with a focus on visuals, based in Japan. This magazine has given a jolt to the world's graphic scene with its unique style; printed in B4 size, free, the lineup of the participating artist is carefully selected, and its incredible quality. This is one of the most difficult free papers to get.

Sugarcube: Korean leading web creator agency who create Samsung's branding site constantly and with these web sites, they've got some awards like "10 Hot Issues Best Site of Korea" and "2002 New York Festival". Their strong point is eBranding, interactive storytelling and online promotion through 'digital storytelling'.

Form: London based graphic design consultancy. Their background for many years was predominantly print design in the music industry but they have expanded the field to do identity and branding work for a number of high profile clients including TV, music, arts and entertainment companies such as The Design Council, MTV, Dazed & Confused.

Applicant's qualification

We accept all work including prize-winning works or works submitted to other contests in Japan as well as in other countries. Submissions are accepted regardless of nationality and open to both professionals and amateurs. If some contests forbid sending your work to other contests, please respect their requirements.
Animation, images, sounds, music, text and illustrations in your work should be original.
However if the author give a permission to submit, it doesn't have to be your original.
Works submitted for the past edition of DOTMOV festival can't be accepted.

Theme

Choose your favourite theme and create a work with it. (You can submit as many pieces as desired.)

Works to submit

The work should be digital film works such as animation, design or music clip.
The format should be videotape (VHS/S-VHS), mini DV (NTSC), or DVD (video format/NTSC or PAL).
We will not accept any works that are not in the above formats such as digital data (quicktime movie or flash etc.) and PAL mini DV tape.
Please post your work which is copied in the above media.
We only accept works which is delivered by post. Submitted work is not returned to you. Please save a master copy for yourself.

Deadline

September 20th (Mon), 2004

Fees / Awards

Submission is free. Any money for film production or prizes are not given.

Copyright

Copyright and the right to use and distribute works are given to the creators. However, Noos Movement Executive Committee has the right to use the works at projects related to this festival (i.e. publicity, projecting and displaying in the event, showing on the web).

Contact E-mail address

staff@shift.jp.org

How to submit

1. How to submit

Complete the application form and send your work with it to the following address. Please download the application form from here. *You need Adobe® Acrobat Reader™.

Submission starts on June 1st, 2004.

Noos Movement Executive Committee c/o Shift Production Ltd.
1F Sansei Bld., S1 W13 Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0061, Japan
Tel: +81-11-280-2270

2. Selection

Noos Movement Executive Committee and guest creators will select works to show at the event from all those that arrive before the deadline, September 20th, 2004. Results will be sent to the selected creators only. We will not accept any inquiries.

3. After the selection

The selected works are screened for one month from November 1st to 30th, 2004 at Soso Cafe which is produced by the online magazine "Shift". All selected works will be shown on Shift web site from 1st. November.

Specifications

Festival mission
The goal of this festival is to discover talented artists and provide them with an opportunity to show their work. We are also trying to increase the international scope of the festival by inviting guest creators, active on the front lines of the creative world, to participate as judges. During the festival, holding a lot of related audio & visual events, we explore the possibility of digital films.
Date and Place:
Date: November 1st - 30th, 2004 Place: Soso Cafe (1F Sansei Bld., S1 W13 Chuo-ku Sapporo, Japan) Online: All selected works will be shown on Shift web site. (from November 1st)
Organised by
Noos Movement Executive Committee
Coorganised by
Hokkaido Foundation For Cultural Activities
Sponsored by

Collaborated by

Supported by
Hokkaido, City of Sapporo, Computer Graphic Arts Society (CG-ARTS)
In Cooperation with
Panasonic -Olympic Games in Action-, Sound x Vision 2004, Soso Cafe
Media Sponsors
Antipoda, TAXI, Computerlove, Digitalthread, IdN Magazine, Newstoday, M Publication, Creative Behavior, Urban Collective, Netdiver, Heavy Backpack, Scene 360, SAL magazine, Salmagazine.org, Web Designing, CBC Net, Japan Design Net, +81
Guest Creators
The Designers Republic: A group of UK creators taking an active part in the forefront of the world. With clients from Warp to Nokia, Nike, Sony and NTT, and work ranging from music print to video and experimental film, and from award winning web design to TV channel identities, their influence on global graphic design has grown large in recent years. Well known also for their Peoples Bureau For Consumer Information on-line lifestyle store. Motion Theory: A design and live-action production company based in Venice Beach, California. Integrating design, live-action and editorial techniques, Motion Theory directs, designs and produces various commercial, music video and short film projects to create memorable works. The company has collaborated with advertising agency, Wieden+Kennedy, Tokyo on campaigns for Nike Presto and Nike Basketball Asia. Motion Theory has also worked with other high-profile clients such as Hewlett Packard, ESPN, DIRECTV and Toyota. Their work has been widely recognized by the AICP, Art Director's Club, AIGA, The One Show, and D&AD. Yoshi Sodeoka, C505: An artist, designer and musician who has been producing both art and commercial projects for over a decade. His interactive digital artwork has been featured on numerous CD-ROMs and web sites and in exhibitions at the San Francisco MoMA, Whitney Museum of American Art, Design Museum, Germany and Art & Design Museum Brazil SAL magazine: A quarterly free magazine, with a focus on visuals, based in Japan. This magazine has given a jolt to the world's graphic scene with its unique style; printed in B4 size, free, the lineup of the participating artist is carefully selected, and its incredible quality. This is one of the most difficult free papers to get. Sugarcube: Korean leading web creator agency who create Samsung's branding site constantly and with these web sites, they've got some awards like "10 Hot Issues Best Site of Korea" and "2002 New York Festival". Their strong point is eBranding, interactive storytelling and online promotion through 'digital storytelling'. Form: London based graphic design consultancy. Their background for many years was predominantly print design in the music industry but they have expanded the field to do identity and branding work for a number of high profile clients including TV, music, arts and entertainment companies such as The Design Council, MTV, Dazed & Confused.
Applicant's qualification
We accept all work including prize-winning works or works submitted to other contests in Japan as well as in other countries. Submissions are accepted regardless of nationality and open to both professionals and amateurs. If some contests forbid sending your work to other contests, please respect their requirements. Animation, images, sounds, music, text and illustrations in your work should be original. However if the author give a permission to submit, it doesn't have to be your original. Works submitted for the past edition of DOTMOV festival can't be accepted.
Theme
Choose your favourite theme and create a work with it. (You can submit as many pieces as desired.)
Works to submit
The work should be digital film works such as animation, design or music clip. The format should be videotape (VHS/S-VHS), mini DV (NTSC), or DVD (video format/NTSC or PAL). We will not accept any works that are not in the above formats such as digital data (quicktime movie or flash etc.) and PAL mini DV tape. Please post your work which is copied in the above media. We only accept works which is delivered by post. Submitted work is not returned to you. Please save a master copy for yourself.
Deadline
September 20th (Mon), 2004
Fees / Awards
Submission is free. Any money for film production or prizes are not given.
Copyright
Copyright and the right to use and distribute works are given to the creators. However, Noos Movement Executive Committee has the right to use the works at projects related to this festival (i.e. publicity, projecting and displaying in the event, showing on the web).
Contact E-mail address
staff@shift.jp.org
How to submit

1. How to submit
Complete the application form and send your work with it to the following address. Please download the application form from here. *You need Adobe® Acrobat Reader™. Submission starts on June 1st, 2004. Noos Movement Executive Committee c/o Shift Production Ltd. 1F Sansei Bld., S1 W13 Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0061, Japan Tel: +81-11-280-2270
2. Selection
Noos Movement Executive Committee and guest creators will select works to show at the event from all those that arrive before the deadline, September 20th, 2004. Results will be sent to the selected creators only. We will not accept any inquiries.
3. After the selection
The selected works are screened for one month from November 1st to 30th, 2004 at Soso Cafe which is produced by the online magazine "Shift". All selected works will be shown on Shift web site from 1st. November.