Skip City focusing on up-and-coming talent

July 02, 2009 The 26 digital films screening in competition will vie for ¥12 million ($124,000) in cash prizes and a new Skip City Award, which will give a new domestic director access to the state-of-the-art on-site production facilities in Kawaguchi, north of Tokyo. The new award is something we can only do at Skip City," Takizawa said, "we don't have the tourist appeal of other locations, but the film festival is held around the site of a digital movie production facility. In line with the festival's increasing emphasis on upcoming talent, entries for the Grand Prize are all by directors with three or fewer features to their name.

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