5 Reasons To attend Paus Kaminari Japan Film Festival

Your film is finished and now what? Its film festivals of course. And when you submit how do you know if your are accepted. And if you are accepted, what is the most glamorous city or trip you can take in support of your film festival premiere? Do I really have to give you any reasons to attend Paus Kaminari Japan Film Festival?

5 Reasons to attend Paus Kaminari Japan Film Festival

1. It’s a great reason to visit Tokyo.

And if you haven’t been before, Tokyo is hands-down my favourite city.
Here’s the Google locator MAP. Its in Shibuyu – hipper than New York’s Village, and cooler than London’s covent Garden. You’ll have. blast.

2. It’s truly independent

No major film studios are welcomed. None. We are a truly independent film festival designed for lovers of films and people who can use great ideas to make new and interesting projects instead of throwing cash down the bin faster than a Yakuza chopping off his pinky.

In Japan, few foreign films are ever screened and indies film directors are squashed whether they are Japnese or foreigners. There is no where to turn if you haven’t the big bucks to remake the next Star Wars. To take down this “Good Ol Boy” system in Japan is the goal of the Paus Kaminari Japanese Film Festival!

3. Paus.TV is launching the Paus Kaminari Japan Film Festival!

If you haven’t heard of Paus.tv you better Click Here. Paus.tv is a disruptive and exciting new way to support your favourite creators. Virtual tipping, ticketed live events & NFTs are all on Paus.tv. What’s more, there’s
No ads, no monthly subscriptions. And for filmmakers, it’s a great chance to monetise your work.

4. This is a great chance to get screened in Japan

5. You could win an award

Imagine winning one of these awards:
Best Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Best Short, Best Documentary Short, Eraserhead Award (Best Horror Movie) or the Anything Goes Award?

Enter to this festival and win an award and you will become an ‘Award Winning Filmmaker’. Win two or more awards you would instantly become a multiple-award winning filmmaker!

Are you ready to enter your film?

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Elliot Grove

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I founded Raindance Film Festival in 1993 because the British film industry was closed, polite, and congratulating itself while shutting new filmmakers out.
I co-founded the British Independent Film Awards in 1998 because British indie film deserved more than a shrug, a pat on the head, and a Tuesday night screening.

Raindance didn’t start as a brand. It started as a rebellion: film training without gatekeepers, a festival without permission, and a community built by filmmakers who weren’t waiting to be invited in.

Later, we took it global: Toronto, Vancouver, New York, LA, Berlin, and Brussels, because independent film doesn’t belong to one city, one class, or one accent.

I’ve produced 700+ short films and seven features, including Deadly Virtues (2014) and ALICE, which won the SXSW Grand Jury Prize (2019) not because someone “discovered” us, but because the work earned its place.

I’ve written three books used by filmmakers worldwide because too many courses taught compliance instead of survival.
In 2009, I was awarded a PhD for services to film education, ironic, given that most of my career has been about tearing down the rules that education insisted you follow.

I don’t believe in waiting for permission.I believe in making work, building systems, and forcing the industry to catch up.

Specialties: Independent Film (the real kind) · Producing · Writing · Film Education · Festivals · Breaking Broken Systems
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