What You Need to Know:
- Get excited everyone as the 18th DigiCon6 ASIA is coming! DigiCon6 ASIA is a contest that allows upcoming artists either from Asia or located in Asia to showcase their own original movie creation! All movies are have to be under 15 minutes long, but! ALL forms of media are allowed including drawn, 3DCG, stop motion, claymation, live action, and more!
- For your information, those who are keen on entering, South Korea has taken the gold for the past three years, so you had better be ready for a challenge!
- Straight from the offical website:
- Japan, China/Taiwan, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
- The final awards ceremony is slated for November 19, 2016 at Marubiru Hall in Marunouchi, Tokyo
- Good Question! There are actually mutiple levels and awards that all come with CASH PRIZES. That's right, CASH. Greenbacks. Moolah. Cha-ching! Pick your poison, but you can win some cold hard cash too! Take a look at the following award levels available this year.
- dc6 ASIA Gold - Special Jury Winner: Zdravstvuite! by Yoko Yuki (Japan) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dauHS2AExRU&w=560&h=315]
- dc6 ASIA Silver - Asian Perspective Winner: S-The Birth of Psycho by Kim Woohyun (Japan) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZOuSNSCDi4&w=560&h=315]
- dc6 ASIA Silver - Best Technique Winner: I can't breathe by Sayaka Kihata (Japan) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN6AOMxc_Js&w=560&h=315]
- dc6 ASIA Silver – Innovative Art Winner: The Blue Sweater by Dhaneesh Jameson (India) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVXx5qp6bVQ&w=560&h=315]
- dc6 ASIA Next Generation Winner: Go To City ELE by Li Wen Yu (China) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFt0u5_3gRM&w=560&h=315]
- dc6 ASIA Audience Choice Winner: TOKYO COSMO by Takahiro Miyauchi (Japan) [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHRuVAibYrM&w=560&h=315]
DigiCon6 Contest is now inviting talented short film and animation creators to submit entries. All valid entries will be judged fairly, regardless of professional or amateur status of their creators, based on a strict set of strict criteria. Outstanding entries will be awarded with prizes. We hope to build a good relationship with the award winners to support his/her later creative activity in various paths, including both video production and publishing.
What Countries Participate:
What Can I win?:
☆彡dc6 ASIA Gold – Grand Prize ◎500,000 Yen (~$4900)
☆彡dc6 ASIA Gold – Special Jury ◎300,000 Yen (~$2940)
☆彡dc6 ASIA Silver – Asian Perspective ◎100,000 Yen (~$979)
☆彡dc6 ASIA Silver – Best Technique ◎100,000 Yen (~$979)
☆彡dc6 ASIA Silver – Innovative Art ◎100,000 Yen (~$979)
☆彡dc6 ASIA Next Generation ◎100,000 Yen (~$979)
☆彡dc6 ASIA Audience Choice ◎100,000 Yen (~$979)
Last Year's Winners:
dc6 ASIA Gold Grand Prize: Johnny Express by Woo Kyungmin (South Korea)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUDYLSmaFZ4&w=560&h=315]Photos From Last Year
17th DigiCon6 1
17th DigiCon6 2
17th DigiCon6 3
17th DigiCon6 4
Source: Contest Homepage
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