“Toyama Media Art International Triennale 2026” We will start a public recruiting of video works!
Toyama City will hold the “Toyama Media Art International Triennale” in FY2026 with the aim of communicating the attractiveness of Toyama City through visual images and creating a continuous liveliness in the city.
The theme for the professional course is “A Gentle World: A Quantum Romance” and the theme for the Toyama citizens’ course is “Hope”. We look forward to many entries so that Toyama citizens and many others can discover wonderful views of our city through the Triennale.
■Public Course Offered/ Public offering theme
1. For Experienced Professionals: “A Gentle World: A Quantum Romance”
2. For All Backgrounds: “Hope”
■Open for Applications
From Jan. 30th, 2026 at 1 pm(JST) to May 31st, at 1pm(JST)
*Please ensure that your work arrives no later than May 31st at 1pm (JST)
■Works to be submitted
A short film‐less than five minutes regardless of the genre
*Must be a story-driven video work that follows the theme announced in the
public invitation.
■Data Form
mov or mp4 format
■Application Method
Upload your video with filling in the necessary items of the application form on the official website (https://www.thinktoyama.jp/).
■Entry Fee
None. (However, all expenses concerning the application process must be paid by the applicant.)
■Prizes
１．For Business
Grand Prize – prize money: 1,000,000yen（one work）
2．For Citizens
Grand Prize – prize money: 50,000 yen（one work）
Other Awards
Special Jury Prize
Excellence Award and other awards
The award ceremony is scheduled to be held on Saturday, October 31, 2026.
(*Subject to change)
■Others
Please check the official website of the Toyama Media Art International
Triennale for more information.
URL：https://www.thinktoyama.
■Contact
Management Secretariat of the Toyama Media Art International Triennale
Community Planning & Redevelopment Division
7-38 Shinsakura-machi, Toyama 930-8510
TEL +81-76-443-2054
https://www.thinktoyama.jp/
