The Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions seeks to stimulate creative activities in the field of film and encourage dialogue with a variety of genres, while ensuring that outstanding examples of expression through the medium of film are passed on from past to present, and on into the future. Taking place for the 13th time, the festival will feature a multitude of exhibitions, film screenings, and talk sessions. The Tokyo Photographic Art Museum and the surrounding Ebisu area will serve as a beacon signaling the diversity of artistic expression through the medium of film and the visual arts in general, while forging closer partnerships with neighboring facilities and with art museums and relevant organizations at home and overseas.