Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentVideo sharing social-network TikTok and Toho, Japan’s biggest and grandest studio, are partnering to launch a film festival aimed at scouting new creative talent.The TikTok Toho Film Festival 2021 will start accepting entries worldwide on April 12, with a closing deadline of May 31.
Creators should upload their entries, which can be from 15 seconds to 10 minutes long, on TikTok.Ten finalists will be selected and the winners will be announced between late-June and mid-July, with an awards ceremony being streamed live on TikTok.There will be a Grand Prize winner, selected by a jury that includes film directors Miike Takashi and Yamada Tomokazu and single-named TikTok creator Shinnosuke.
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