Deadline:
First Deadline: December 15, 2016 (for works completed by October 31, 2016)
Second Deadline: April 15, 2017 (for works completed after November 1, 2016)
New Asian Currents: May 15, 2017


Everyone is welcome to submit their work, provided that the following conditions are met:
Producers intend that the work is a documentary.
The final form of the work is 16mm or 35mm film print, or video/digital format (DCP, Blu-ray, video files etc).
The work has not been released publicly in Japan (screenings in theaters or TV broadcast) prior to being presented at YIDFF 2017. Japanese films are exempt from this rule.
The work is produced after April 1, 2015.
Shorts will not be accepted.


No entry fee

Prizes:
The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize (The Grand Prize): 2,000,000 yen
The Mayor’s Prize: 1,000,000 yen
Two Awards of Excellence: 300,000 yen each
Special Prize: 300,000 yen

Details:
http://www.yidff.jp/2017/entry/17entry1-e.html