Why does Hokkaido
need a film festival?
Why does
Hokkaido need
a film festival?
UPDATE
2025.10.16
The final number of submissions received by the end of September is as follows:
Thank you to everyone for your numerous submissions. The selection results are scheduled to be announced in mid-November.
○By Category
| Short | 806 |
| Medium | 122 |
| Feature | 178 |
| Total | 1,106 |
○By Country *Co-productions involving multiple countries are counted separately for each country.
| Japan | 316 |
| China | 193 |
| United States | 89 |
| France | 35 |
| Taiwan | 32 |
| United Kingdom | 31 |
| Hong Kong | 25 |
| Germany | 24 |
| Italy, India | 20 each |
| Russian Federation, Australia | 17 each |
| Canada | 15 |
| South Korea | 13 |
| Spain | 12 |
| Indonesia | 9 |
| Poland, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore | 8 each |
| Sweden, Philippines, Hungary, Brazil, Turkey, Netherlands | 7 each |
| Thailand, Israel, Estonia, Argentina | 4 each |
| Kazakhstan, Greece, Finland, Switzerland, Belarus, Morocco, Denmark, Chile | 3 each |
| Uzbekistan, UAE, Egypt, Belgium | 2 each |
| South Africa, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Romania, Palau, Portugal, Pakistan, Peru, New Zealand, Nepal, Suriname, Malta, Macau, Mongolia, Myanmar, Lithuania, Lebanon, Norway, Iran, Ireland, Croatia, Georgia, Ecuador, Qatar, Bulgaria, Belgium, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria | 1 each |
| Total (72 countries and regions) |
2025.2.11
The 2nd Hokkaido International Film Festival is now accepting submissions. Apply here.