The onedotzero digital moving image festival started in London in 1997, and has since grown to tour the four corners of the globe introducing new video talent in 60 cities.

This year's installment features six programs of new music clips and digital shorts, panel discussions titled "MTV Nation" (on the history of the music channel and its impact on TV branding) and "Architecture and Moving Images" (a closer look at those creators who have made the creative leap from architecture to digitial moving image), as well as two live music performances.

Of the film programs, "Mike Mills: Reflections" (7 p.m. Sept. 30, 11 a.m. Oct. 1) offers a chance to check the early work (in music videos for artists such as Pulp and Yoko Ono) of graphic designer-turned-director Mills, whose first feature, "Thumbsucker" stars Tilda Swinton and is now creating a buzz in U.S. cinemas.

"Wavelength 05" (5 p.m. Sept. 30 , 1 p.m. Oct. 1) presents the cream of recent music promo videos for Bjork, Prodigy, and Beck, while "J-Star 05" (1 p.m. Sept. 30, 1 p.m. Oct. 2) showcases top Japanese talent with music videos for M-Flo and Rip Slyme, the entertaining DVD series "Video Victim" and other works by upcoming Japanese creators such as p.i.c.s.

The festival also features two live events with a collaboration between disco-punk DJ Trevor Jackson and visual artists United Video Artists (11 p.m., Sept. 30) and a musical mash-up between local techno DJ Ken Ishii, German techno DJ Thomas Shumacher and Japanese VJ Glamoove (11 p.m., Oct. 1).

The film festival runs Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 at Unit, B2 Za House, 1-34-17 Ebisu Nishi, Shibuya-ku. Tickets are 1,400 yen per program in advance. Entrance to the panel discussion is 1,820 yen in advance and tickets for the live events cost 3,500 yen in advance. To get to Unit, get to Ebisu JR Station and walk up Komazawa-dori for about 7 minutes. Turn right at the first major junction and Unit is next to Outlet store. Alternatively, take a train to Daikanyama Station on the Toyoko Line.

For more information, visit www.onedotzero.jp

(Courtesy of TokyoQ.com)