The TokyoDocs (Japan) is accepting documentary feature-length projects in Pre-Production stage until July 4, 2025.

About the Tokyo Docs:
Tokyo Docs is an international event designed to support the overseas expansion of documentaries, including international co-productions. It allows Japanese and Asian documentary filmmakers to network with decision makers from Japan and abroad to help secure funding for Japanese and Asian documentaries’ production and support their broadcast, distribution, screening, and sales overseas.

Scope of Entries
Accepts proposals for new documentaries aiming for international co-production. As a basic rule, proposed projects should be at the pre-production stage. However, it is also possible to submit projects that combine new material with footage already broadcast domestically in the filmmakers’ own country or a rework of such films.

Topics
Entries of one-off films or series on any valid topic are accepted, including current affairs, social issues, history, natural science, and travelogues. However, travelogues for tourism promotion are not permitted.

Eligibility
– Producers or individuals affiliated with a film production company.
– In principle, producers residing in Japan and other Asian countries or producers who propose projects related to Japan and other Asian countries are eligible. If applying as a private individual, please attach a history of your previous works.
– Producers affiliated with a broadcasting company should, in principle, apply in cooperation with their production company.

Application Method
– To submit your project, fill out the online application form with required details.
– Applications by email or post will NOT be accepted.
– Entries without all of the necessary information, entries exceeding the word count, and entries without the required photographic data will also not be accepted.
– Please submit your entry in Japanese, English, or both Japanese and English.

Deadline
July 4, 2025 (13:00 Japan Time)

Selection
– The Selection Committee will select the following number of projects and notify each applicant in late July.
– Main Pitch: About 20 projects, including around ten submitted from Asia

Selection Criteria
– The Selection Committee, consisting of Tokyo Docs Executing Committee members, will make the selections after conferring with overseas producers.
– The most important criterion is “a high-quality documentary that deserves international distribution.” Selectors will also consider whether the documentary is “a project appropriate for realization through international co-production.”

International Decision Makers
About 20 people from Europe, North America, and Asia are expected to participate, including producers from broadcasters with rights to adopt programs, producers from video distributors, producers from foundations that invest in projects, and producers from distributors that promote documentary works internationally.

Trailer
The selected filmmakers will be requested to create a “trailer” before the event. It should be a 3-minute video explaining what your project is about. After the selection process, you will work with your Tokyo Docs tutor to refine the content of your video.

Road Map Following the Selection
– Late July: Online orientation by Tokyo Docs team.
– September to October: Pitch training by international tutor.
– End-October: Pitch orientation by international tutor.

Development Funding
This will only apply to projects pitched by the Japanese filmmakers.

Registration Fees
There is no application charge.

To read more about the Rules & Regulations and fill the Entry Form please follow the next link: https://tokyodocs.jp/en/how-to-apply

To apply please go to: https://forms.gle/Vprbu3EasbvRj6RA6

We remind readers that the 15th Tokyo Docs will take place from November 4 – 7, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan.