Award Winning Shorts Program 3

Selected short films which won awards at SSFF & ASIA 2018. "Award Program 3" introduces 6 works including the winners of the Best Short Award in the Japan Competition, as well as the newly established Non-Fiction Competition and Student Film Competition.

 

8/18 Sat 13:00-14:30
8/19 Sun 15:00-16:30
Student Competition supported by FELLOWS Best Short Award

COCKROACH

Kim Hyeon Gyu/0:04:28/Japan/Comedy/2018

A sudden call arrives from his girlfriend in the middle of the night.
“Hey sweet Mika”
Contrary to his sweet voice, the girl seems very busy.
She hangs up the phone leaving only the words: “Come right away!”

Non-Fiction Competition supported by Yahoo Japan CorporationBest Short Award
mature

Meryem

Reber Dosky/0:16:00/Netherlands/Non-Fiction/2017

Filmed during the battle of Kobani, this film reveals the women at the heart of the
fight against IS. With stoical perseverance and the aid of American airstrikes,
these women are leading the fight for freedom.

Japan CompetitionBest Short Award / Governor of Tokyo Award

THE ANCESTOR

Seiji O'Hara/0:17:45/Japan/Animation/2017

A man wakes up because he hears a voice calling for him. When he opens his eyes, he finds a troubled young man in front of him. The young man says he is his child. He wakes up in 3022, which is 1000 years later.

Branded Shorts of the YearInternational Category

Three Minutes

Client: AppleDir: Peter Chan CD: Stephen Kong Agency: TBWA/Media Arts LabProduction: The Eye/0:07:06/China//2018
International CompetitionAudience Award

Silence Please

Carlos Villafaina/0:17:03/Spain/Drama/2017

Dani is a young neighborhood guy from a humble house. He lives with his mother and brother,  Javier, who suffers from cerebral palsy. Javier is working on an internship in the neighborhood library, but a little incident disrupts the family
routine.

The 3rd BOOK SHORTS AWARD Winner

The Mayor's New Clothes

Hiroyuki Shintani/0:20:52/Japan/Drama/2018

Ohno jokingly ran for mayor of the town and he actually won. He is invited to a conference organized by the city to announce an official coat by a famous designer. But nobody can see the coat... A tale that w shows how politeness can cover shame, vanity a

8/18 Sat 13:00-14:30
8/19 Sun 15:00-16:30