The Award will be announced at the Opening Ceremony on June 4 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA) 2024, the US Academy Awards® accredited and Asia’s largest international short film festival, is pleased to announce that DeCurret DCP Inc., a digital currency business (Amic sign), will participate in the festival as a Web3.0 partner, and the establishment of the “Amic Sign Award” with the aim of creating a new sense of value not only in the financial world of digital currency, but also in the creator economy. 　The Amic Sign Award will be presented to a film from among the fe ..read more

Kodansha Cinema Creators’ Lab, a visual creator support project that began accepting pitch submissions in August 2023. We are announcing the winners for this second edition; out of a total 1,126 submissions, (885 Japan / 241 overseas), 3 projects (2 from Japan and 1 from overseas) were selected after document screening and multiple interviews. Award-winning Pitches 『エンパシーの岸辺』石川泰地（Taichi Ishikawa） 『朝のとき』古山俊輔（Shunsuke Koyama） 『Little Pains』Milda Baginskaite *Submissions are in order of application Kodansha Cinema Creators’ Lab will award a prize of 10 million yen for each winning pro ..read more

The seventh edition of the shortlist has been announced for SSFF & ASIA 2024 BRANDED SHORTS. In addition to the impressive dramas about the struggles of the younger generation, including students taking exams and new employees, there are also a number of moving films about universal parent-child relationships between fathers and children and mothers and children. Finalist selected among from all the monthly shortlist will be screened and awards will be given at the BRANDED SHORTS 2024 ceremony in June. https://medium.com/@brandedshorts/branded-shorts-announced-the-6th-short-list-for-the ..read more

Beginning in August, 2021, the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia began releasing a monthly shortlist from among the submissions for the five Academy Award© eligible categories (International, Asia International, Japan, Animation, & Non-fiction). The shortlisted films will  be eligible for selection for the following year’s festival. For this year’s edition of the SSFF & Asia 2024, in January, we received a total of 373 entries. Among these submissions were many films from Japan, China, Korea, Iran, and Taiwan. About 60% of the total submissions were from Japan. In addition ..read more

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA) 2024, one of Asia‘s largest international short film festivals accredited by the US Academy Awards®, will be held from June 4 (Tuesday) to June 17 (Monday) at multiple venues in Tokyo and online. The online venue will start streaming a part of the program from April 25 (Thursday). 4,936 submissions from 114 countries and regions!　 112 AI-based short film submissions Because of their time scale, short films can nimbly reflect the “now’’ of the world as witnessed by the filmmaker on topics such as war, disaster, migration and gender.　 Thi ..read more

SSFF & ASIA 2024 annonced the shortlist vol.3 for this year’s Global Spotlight Award. This Award is given to a work that conveys the present of the world in a changing world and opens up new possibilities for a filmmaker and supports short films that unites the world. In 2021, Travon Free’s 2020 Black Lives Matter themed, Oscar(R) winning short film “Two Distant Strangers” was selected and in 2022, we were proud to announce the selection of NFT animation “Roborovski” (Australia) by Tilda Kobham-Harvey and Dev Petal (“Hotel Mumbai”) as the Global Spotlight Award. In 2023, Korean star Seo ..read more

We are proud to announce the latest shortlist from among the submissions for the Academy Awards© eligible categories (Live-action Competition, Animation competition, and Non-fiction competition) for the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2024. In December, we received a total of 246 entries. The most submissions were from the United States, Japan, China, United Kingdom, and Sweden followed by Angola, Kosovo, and Malta. 44% of the submitted films were directed by female filmmakers, 26% by first-time filmmakers, & 27 % were student projects. Regarding durations, 30 % were under 10min, a ..read more

SSFF & ASIA 2024 annonced the shortlist vol.1 for this year’s Global Spotlight Award. This Award is given to a work that conveys the present of the world in a changing world and opens up new possibilities for a filmmaker and supports short films that unites the world. In 2021, Travon Free’s 2020 Black Lives Matter themed, Oscar(R) winning short film “Two Distant Strangers” was selected and in 2022, we were proud to announce the selection of NFT animation “Roborovski” (Australia) by Tilda Kobham-Harvey and Dev Petal (“Hotel Mumbai”) as the Global Spotlight Award. In 2023, Korean star Seo ..read more

 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA) proudly announces Cunard as a new sponsor for our 2024 edition of the festival. SSFF & ASIA is one of the biggest international short film festivals in Asia and recognized by the Academy Awards®. This will be the first partnership with film festival in Japan for Cunard.  Cunard is a luxury British cruise line, renowned for creating unforgettable experiences around the world since 1840 and the Cunard experience is built on fine dining, hand-selected entertainment, and outstanding service. They continue to work in partners ..read more

The 160th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Japan and Switzerland the Japanese Embassy in Switzerland and　Asia’s biggest international short film festival will screen　11 short films depicting the appeal of Tokyo and Japan for 3 nights Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA) proudly announces the short film screening in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan in Switzerland to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Switzerland. A total of 11 short films will be screened for three consecutive nights from F ..read more