The submission period has ended. The results will be sent by e-mail in March, 2010.
We will not accept any inquiries regarding the selection process. Thank you.

1. Japanese Premieres Only: Your film must not screen in Japan on any media, either commercially or in a festival or otherwise, before the festival in 2010. If your film is selected, you must agree to withhold it from exploitation on all media in Japan until after the festival. Films that have screened on the internet still will be considered Japanese Premieres, unless they have appeared on a Japanese-language site or a site based in Japan.
   
2. Genre: All genres of shorts are accepted, except Music Video Clips
   
3. Nationality: All. Submissions will be considered in four categories: Japan, Asia International, International.Eligibility for each category will be determined by the festival based on the following criteria: Director’s nationality, film location, language of the film, nationality of casts’ and source of funding.
   
   *Asian countries are defined as: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China (Rep. of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan), East Timor, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippine, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
   
   
4. Formats: All (Please note, however, that submissions must be sent on DVD and, if selected, filmmakers are required to provide an NTSC Digi-Betacam, NTSC Betacam SP or DV-Cam.)
   
5. Running Time: 25 minutes and under. No exceptions. Running time includes closing credits.
   
6. Produced Since: January 2008 for all competitions (We will determine the production date of your film based on the copyright year listed in the closing credits.)
   
7. English subtitles: required for submissions with language other than English or Japanese .

The Festival presents awards in four categories: Japan, Asia International, International.

The Grand Prix is selected from the three Best Short Award-winners of Japan, Asia International and International competitions.

The winner of the Grand Prix will qualify for consideration in the Short Films Category of the Annual Academy Awards®

Best Short Award -- International Competition: 600,000 Yen
Best Short Award - Asia International Competition: 600,000 Yen
Best Short Award - Japan Competition: 600,000 Yen

Audience Award - International Competition: 200,000 Yen
Audience Award - Asia International Competition: 200,000 Yen
Audience Award - Japan Competition: 200,000 Yen

1. Please complete online submission on shortfilmdepot. To submit a film, you’ll be requested to create an account and register the film. For details and to submit a film, please refer to the bottom of the page after you have read through our guideline.
2. Send your Submission Receipt and NTSC or PAL DVD of your completed film.
   # Screeners will not be returned.
   # Works in progress will not be considered.
   # If you are submitting more than one film, you may include them all on one DVD, but please label the tape clearly and remember to complete separate submission forms for each film.
   
   *Please do NOT send press kits or any other materials with your submission. Any extra materials will be discarded.

Please send your Submission Receipt and screener to:
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
MBE 705, 2-10-2 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-0001 JAPAN

*The applicant is responsible for the costs of sending the DVD screener.
*Preferred regular mail or EMS for the shipping.
*All international deliveries must be marked as below:

No commercial value
Non-pornographic
For cultural purposes only

Selected films will be announced by March 2010. At that time, all filmmakers will be notified via e-mail as to whether their films have been accepted.

A festival comes alive with its guests. Every year, the Festival offers roundtrip travel to 10-15 filmmakers to Tokyo from our sponsor airline's gateway cities in Europe, Asia, and North America. Filmmakers are responsible for all other expenses, including the cost of travel from their homes to the sponsor airline's gateway cities. The Festival negotiates a special reduced rate at an excellent hotel for any filmmakers who are able to make the trip to Tokyo, whether as invited guests or on their own.

The Festival Committee selects at least one filmmaker from each program of films with an effort to represent as diverse a group of filmmakers as possible. Invited filmmakers will be notified in late March 2010. The Festival Committee encourages any filmmaker who can make the trip to join us in Tokyo. Filmmakers may also want to contact cultural and government agencies in their home countries which might be able to provide them with sponsorship for travel. All filmmakers in attendance are invited to participate in festival events.

The Short Shorts Film Festival's national tour of Japan kicks off in Tokyo. Japanese tour cities will be announced in spring 2010 and are subject to change. All selected films will screen in Tokyo, but programs in other tour cities may vary.

As our festival continues to grow, we are working to expand the tour beyond Japan. Not all selected films will screen at all locations, and filmmakers will be notified via email if their films will screen outside Japan.