Microwave International New Media Arts Festival” began in 1996 as an annual video art festival of the local video art institution Videotage.
It began to embrace the wider range of new media art. As the first and only art festival in Hong Kong dedicated to new media art, Microwave has steadily grown into a well-established festival that brings cutting-edge works to provoke thought in the technological hub every year.
This time, Microwave International New Media Arts Festival holds screenings of “25th Japan Media Arts Festival Award-winning Program”, “Inspired and Audacious: Women Creators in Japanese Animation”, “Japan Media Arts Festival Special Program featuring YUKI Yoko” in association with this project.
“25th Japan Media Arts Festival Award-winning Program”
This screening program will introduce 9 works that reflect our current times, ranging from award-winning pieces in Animation Division and Entertainment Division to works selected by the jury.
Dates and times 10:00-18:00, October 17 – 28, 2022 (Closed on Weekends),
12:00-19:00, October 18 – 30, 2022 (Closed on Mondays)Venue Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre (October 17 – 28),
openground (October 18 – 30)Link Screening Program “25th Japan Media Arts Festival Award-winning Program”
“Inspired and Audacious: Women Creators in Japanese Animation”
This program titled, “Inspired and Audacious: Women Creators in Japanese Animation” introduces 9 works by female creators active in the Japanese animation scene.
Dates and times 10:00-18:00, October 31 – November 11, 2022 (Closed on Weekends) Venue Run Run Shaw Creative Media Centre Link Screening Program “Inspired and Audacious: Women Creators in Japanese Animation”
“Japan Media Arts Festival Special Program featuring YUKI Yoko”
This screening program includes 9 works by YUKI Yoko, the award-winning artist of the 19th and 23rd Japan Media Arts Festival.
Curator：KUTSUNA Kenichi（Animator, Animation Director, University Lecturer）
Dates and times 12:00-19:00, November 1 – 12, 2022 (Closed on Mondays) Venue openground Link Screening Program “Japan Media Arts Festival Special Program featuring YUKI Yoko”