Japan Location Market 2008, organized by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and UNIJAPAN, in its second year will focus on contents creations that use a regional resource in their making(regional visual contents) and various projects which aim at binding the contents and regional promotion in their production.

In the JLM Seminar held during the 21st Tokyo International Film Festival, the directors and the animation creators will gather to explain the background of the location scouting for animation and the importance of the scenery and its characteristics of existing locations in their work.

Moreover, the official announcement of the launch of Japan Film Commission (JFC) which will start to function in April 2009 will be held. JFC will be established with an aim to enhance the strengthening of support network for location shooting in Japan and for promoting Japan as a shooting location for overseas.

In continuance with last year, the JLM by holding JLM Booth at TIFFCOM and executing the stage events in Roppongi Hill's Arena will support the activities of local film industry and help promotion of film projects which use the local contents in their production.

To find more about JLM2008 and subscribe for the participation in above events visit:
http://www.j-lm.com

Deadline for applications is October 15th, 2008!