Guidelines
Period for Application
Starts on 28st of July. and ends at 23:59 on 24th of Oct, 2022 (Japan time).
The deadline for entries has expired. We thank all entrants for their submissions.
Categories
Acceptable formats
General Category | Still Images/Moving Images/Interactive Art/Entertainment(Applied Industry) |
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Student Category | Still Images/Moving Images/Interactive Art/Entertainment(Applied Industry) |
General Category
For those who aim for being a professional creator with high artistic skill.
- Still Images
- Works created by computer graphics and digital imaging
- Moving Images
- Works created by computer graphics, video editing as well as other digital techniques such as animating.
- Interactive Art
- Works with applying media technology and adopting interactivity, focusing on mutual relationship such as "human and machine" or "human and human" (Performing art or installation art).
- Entertainment(Applied Industry)
- Works produced or prototyped for industrial applications, such as video games, Smartphone App, TV/Web commercials, and promotional images.
Student Category
For students who are interested in digital art and have just started their career. Entries by pairs or groups are also accepted.
- Still Images
- Works created by computer graphics and digital imaging
- Moving Images
- Works created by computer graphics, video editing as well as other digital techniques such as animating.
- Interactive Art
- Works with applying media technology and adopting interactivity, focusing on mutual relationship such as "human and machine" or "human and human" (Performing art or installation art).
- Entertainment(Applied Industry)
- Works produced or prototyped for industrial applications, such as video games, Smartphone App, TV/Web commercials, and promotional images.
Awards
- Asia Digital Art Award
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- Awarded to the most excellent work from all categories [General] [Student].
- Prize Money 500,000 yen granted from the KAKIHARA Science and
Technology Research Foundation
- Grand Award
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- Each 1 from General and Student Category except the work which has won the Asia Digital Art Award.
- Each 1 from General and Student Category: 1 from either Still or Moving Images Section...The MInister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award Certificate.
- Each 1 from General and Student Category: Interactive Art Section...The Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award Certificate.
- Each 1 from General and Student Category: Entertainment Section...The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award Certificate.
- Student Category: Prize Money 50,000 yen granted from the KAKIHARA Science and Technology Research Foundation to each Grand Award winner as a support for the next generation.
- Excellence Award
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- 2 from General and Student Categories respectively.
- Finalists Award
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- Around 10 from all works
- Fukuoka Governor's Award Certificate
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- Awarded to 1 excellent work from all categories [General] [Student] that has advanced and superior digital technology and will be useful for the future development of the digital industry.
- Fukuoka Mayor's Award Certificate
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- Awarded to 1 excellent work created by an creator who works, goes to school, or lives in Fukuoka City from all categories [General] [Student].
Judging Process
The winners will be selected through two rounds of judging (Preliminary and Final). The screening will be done only by the submitted date of the registration and the work itself.
Judges

KAWAGUCHI, Yoichiro
Emeritus Professor, University of Tokyo/Digital Content Association of Japan Chairman/Kirishima Open -Air Museum Director

NAKAYA, Hide
Professor,International Professional University of Technology in Tokyo

NAKAJIMA, Shinya
TOHOKUSHINSHA FILM CORPORATION Executive Creative Director, Visiting Professor, Musashino Art University

NAKAO, Tomomichi
Fukuoka Asian Art Museum curator

NAKAMURA, Shunsuke
SHIKUMI DESIGN Inc., Chief Executive Officer

TAKAYAMA, Joe
Professor, Musashino Art University

MAKI, Nahomi
Lecturer, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts

MYOKAM,Hiroko
Eizo Workshop LLC President / Media Art Researcher

Haipeng Mi
Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, China

Janaka Rajapakse
Associate Professor, Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan
