The First Challenge: Tokyo FILMeX

During the summer of 2006, the team was busy making new additions to the existing system and by the beginning of September, the new VOLUMEONE with Pod-casting capability was almost ready to go. It was then, Tokyo FILMeX, a highly regarded international festival of independent films run by not-for-profit organization with focus on Asia, was looking for means to deliver promotional trailers of films and some short clips of director's interviews from previous year on line. After a couple of weeks of discussion, DMC Institute agreed to become an official video hosting sponsor for Tokyo FILMeX 2006 and set the date for release of the new version VOLUMEONE on October 23, coinciding with the press release of the final screening schedule for FILMeX in November. The VOLUMEONE hosted about 50 video clips during the film festival and this collaboration caught a lot of attention both from the media and cinema fans. These clips are still on view under "Promotional" category, or can be searched by entering "Tokyo FILMeX" on VOLUMEONE. Two parties agreed to collaborate once again this year.

Comments from the past jurors and guests of the Tokyo FILMeX
*When you click on to "Go to VOLUMEONE" link on the upper right corner of the frame, it will jump to
the original location of video where you can read the descriptions on this particular content.

This experience turned out to be quite successful since Art of Film was natural as a content for VOLUMEONE and the members of staff at Tokyo FILMeX filming director's interviews were quasi-professional (graduate students studying film making...) The only concern for the VOLUMEONE team was the strain on their server by a surge of access when a popular actor, or actress comes up in a certain video, but luckily, no such accidents occurred during the whole event.