INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CREATIVE AWARD 2025｜アワード｜アクティビティ

Information

August 5, 2025

The event will be held at "VS.", an exhibition hall designed by Tadao Ando.

July 31, 2025

Applications for ISCA2025 are now closed.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS CREATIVE AWARD

December 5-7, 2025 in Osaka Japan

About ISCA

This is an International creative award
for students from universities, graduate schools,
and vocational schools in Japan and overseas.
The domestic category accepts applications on a school / teacher basis.

Knowledge Capital (KC) is pleased to announce
that the 13th edition of the International Students Creative Award (ISCA) will be held.
Knowledge Capital is the organizer of ISCA and other awards and events.

International Students Creative Award aims to discover and highlight young creative talent
in the field of video production and digital contents.
It is dedicated to students specializing in arts and information media
at universities, graduate schools or vocational schools around the world.

The award consists of three categories:
'Domestic Video Content', 'International Video Content' and 'Digital Content (Japan only)'.

In the 2024 edition, we received 1,059 entries, including those from 74 countries across the globe.

STEP .1

Submission Deadline

July 31,
2025
11:59 pm
(JST)

STEP.2

Nominatee Announcement

Mid October
(Scheduled)

Announcement on
the official ISCA
2025 website

STEP.3

Award Presentation,
Screening & Exhibition

December
5(Fri), 6 (Sat),
7 (Sun)

The dates and venue for
the announcement of the ISCA2025 winning works, screening,
and exhibition of the award-winning works have been decided!

Dates

December 5 (Fri), 6 (Sat), and 7 (Sun), 2025

Venue

VS. at Grand Green Osaka

VS. IS A MAGICAL BOX
FOR NEW IDEAS AND EMOTIONS

VS. is a cultural apparatus where diverse genres and ideas energize each other, fostering "good competition" to create new values.
Design supervised by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, and designed by Nikken Sekkei Ltd., VS. opened in September 2024 in Grand Green Osaka’s Umekita Park.
Located in an expansive underground space of approximately 1,400 square meters, the venue features unique architectural spaces, including an exhibition studio with a 15-meter-high ceiling, offering a fresh impact on both visitors and society. This distinctive site, where top-tier creators such as Daito Manabe, Yuni Yoshida, and Tadao Ando have showcased their works, will host the announcement of this year’s award-winning works.

https://vsvs.jp

Award Outline

Award Announcement & Exhibition

December 5th (Fri), 6th (Sat), 7th (Sun), 2025

Competition Categories

Supporters (Pending)

Association of Media in Digital / Ars Electronica (Linz, Austria) / Centre des arts (Enghien-les-Bains, France) /Cyber Kansai Project / Cyberport (Hong Kong) / Digital Content Association of Japan / Japan Society of Image Arts and Sciences (JASIAS) / Kansai Association of Corporate Executives / Kansai Economic Federation / KANSAI・OSAKA 21st Century Association / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry / Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology / Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry / Osaka City / Osaka Digital Contents Industry Promotion Council /Osaka Prefectural Government / Smart City Consortium (Hong Kong) / Taiwan Design Research Institute (Taiwan) /Urban Renaissance Agency / Visual Industry Promotion Organizatio / National Asia Culture Center(Korea)

Special Cooperation

VS. Joint Partnership
TOTAL MEDIA DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE CO., LTD・NOMURA TAKUYA OFFICE, INC.

Cooperation (Pending)

Korea Creative Content Agency (KOCCA)Tokyo BizCenter

Technical Support

Nissha Printing Communications, Inc.

Cosponsor (Pending)