[KineJapan] Fake film festivals

[Aaron Gerow]

There was much commotion this week as several film festivals "appeared" in Japan that were probably all fake. The Nagoya International Film Festival and the Osaka International Film Festival all seemed like legitimate and sizeable film festivals, but the photos used on their webpages were taken from other festivals or events and the addresses were for film theaters in the locales that knew nothing of the festivals. Some of the filmmakers and actors who appeared in the photos-—which include some FB friends—warned people on SMS that they knew nothing of these festivals and protested their use, even noting some were doctored. The fact that some of the fonts used—as well as the Japanese utilized—were unusual gave some the impression this may be a non-Japanese group of scam artists trying to trick investors or filmmakers into paying to submit their works. The websites have been taken down, but one, the Hiroshima Short Film Festival, is still up, insisting that the complaints against it are mistaken.

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/f4a52bc3b356021fd18bcb7e97d881a0b811323c




Aaron Gerow
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