SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2020
9.16 Wed - 9.27 Sun/Admission FREE (Except some events.)

SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2020
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Be on Time

Haruto Futamara/0:04:59/Japan/Drama/2019

Mamoru meets with his grandfather at the lottery venue to win the first prize, a pair of space travel tickets. But Mamoru oversleeps and gets late. His grandfather is angry at Mamoru and blows gas from inside his body. Then the Antarctic glaciers start melting...

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Save the Earth! J-WAVE Award

Rewild

Nicholas Chin & Ernest Zacharevic/0:04:03/Indonesia/Non-Fiction/2019

This film shows a new forest restoration site on the borders of the Leuser Ecosystem and reveals a Rewind symbol carved into a palm oil plantation in Sumatra. The narrative runs in reverse, rewinding the clock on deforestation to undo the damage caused by the unsustainable production of one of the world’s most versatile commodities.

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Rewild

Nicholas Chin & Ernest Zacharevic/0:04:03/Indonesia/Non-Fiction/2019

This film shows a new forest restoration site on the borders of the Leuser Ecosystem and reveals a Rewind symbol carved into a palm oil plantation in Sumatra. The narrative runs in reverse, rewinding the clock on deforestation to undo the damage caused by the unsustainable production of one of the world’s most versatile commodities.

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A STAR WARS EXPERIENCE FOR ALL

Globe Telecom/2:30/Philippines/2019/

Director: Lyle Sacris Agency: Wunderman Thompson Philippines

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mature Mature Content: These films may include sexual and/or violent content.

The Invasion

Dante Rustav/0:14:53/Uzbekistan/Experimental/2020

Each society has its own rhythm of life, which is set by time - by observing orderliness and traditions, but even the smallest intervention in this routine rhythm can change this society

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mature Mature Content: These films may include sexual and/or violent content.

AIÒ ZITELLI

Jean Marie Antonini/0:20:43/France/Drama/2019

In the midst of the trench warfare, the Corsican soldier Lucien Casalta is called urgently at the back of the lines by a court of the country as a translator. Upon his arrival, he is surprised to see that the young soldier tried for desertion is none other than his compatriot and friend, Joseph...

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Idol

Ryushi Lindsay/0:20:12/Japan/Drama/2020

Single mother Miyabi relies on her child idol daughter Kasumi as her only source of income and ticket to future financial stability. When Kasumi is replaced in the group by a more popular girl, Miyabi must ensure she gets her daughter back in the lineup or face destitution.

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Fly to the Dream - JTB Wheelchair Tennis Global Challenge

Takahisa Shiraishi/0:16:53/Japan, USA/Documentary/2018

Four junior wheelchair-tennis players leave for Los Angeles, USA. The challenge of leaving home to play away overseas makes them grow. And through the competition, they experience the cultures of different countries and meet new friends.

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For a Fistful of Toffees

Nikita Gavard Noyer, Clara Dulaut, Nghia Bui Trung, Berenger Guilbault, Martin Fettuciari, Timothee Maron & Ugo Masutti/0:06:00/France/Animation/2019

Grandma and Grandpa, a couple of old people are about to hold up their retirement home's cafeteria for a fistful of toffees.

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Story

Jola Bańkowska/0:05:08/Poland/Jola Bańkowska/2019

A reflection about modern man in an age of omnipresent technology.Looking through stories - a popular function in many social media platforms - we see people who are lonely, lost or already indifferent about reality surrounding them.Action takes place during one day and it's told by short, often (auto)ironic scenes,where virtual world sinks to reality

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Non-Fiction Competition Best Short Award

Kamali

Sasha Rainbow/0:23:47/UK/Non-Fiction/2019

Kamali is the only girl skateboarder in a fishing village. Her timorous mother, Suganthi takes a pilgrimage in a quest for self discovery. Separated for the first time, they must find freedom in a man’s world.

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Kapaemahu

Dean Hamer, Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu & Joe WIlson/0:08:30/USA/Animation/2020

The hidden history of four mysterious boulders on Waikiki Beach—and the mystical transgender healing spirits within them.

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mature Mature Content: These films may include sexual and/or violent content.

The Burden

Nico van den Brink/0:16:49/Netherlands/Horror/2019

THE BURDEN (2019) is a horror short about a young woman visiting her boyfriend’s family home and learning about a sinister history with his creepy neighbor.

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Cut Cut

Leila Macaire/0:08:44/France/Comedy/2020

Cut Cut is a quirky tale about the emancipation of a women in a codified world. Rousse works for three conventional hairdressers and she feels excluded. Tired of fantasizing a world that doesn’t exist, she will try to become like them to feel more alive.

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Friends

Florian Grolig/0:07:45/Germany/Animation/2019

The ‘small’ one is, well, small, and the ‘big’ one definitely very very big. They are friends.

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Lian

Darren Teo/0:15:00/Singapore/Drama/2019

LIA?N (12) and her family are stowaways on a ship, hiding inside one of the containers. One day Lia?n is caught and her family is accidentally locked in a container. Now, Lia?n must try and communicate the danger her family is in to try and save their lives.

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The perfect equation

Lola Degove/0:02:35/France/Animation/2019

Paul is the 4th of his family. He needs to put on 4 sweaters to get warm enough, to walk on 4 tiles to reach his dining room, to drink in 4 different glasses ... Paul needs the 4. He loves her, and he obsesses her. He will be confronted with 5.

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Official Competition supported by Sony
Japan Competition Audience Award

West End Girls

Hiroki Kataoka/0:25:00/Japan/drama/2020

Sally, who is determined to make money by live-streaming, comes to Tokyo and meets a foreign student, Kanja, in Nishi-Shinjuku. One day, Kanja starts saying that she wants to work like Sally.

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Son of Memory

Hayato Ando/0:18:27/Japan/Drama/2019

A mother who cannot accept her son’s death. One day, she gets to know that there is a service of the undertaker which can recover her deceased son as a humanoid robot for only 49 days. She is in torment whether using the service or not…

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Cinematic Tokyo Competition Best Short Award

Guppy

Charles Richardson/0:13:12/Australia/drama/2017

Set against the backdrop of the foreign world of Tokyo, two young lovers are separated when one accidentally boards the last train without the other. With a dead phone battery, and unaired tension, Lucas and Lindsay's relationship is tested as they learn that communication is the only thing that can bring them back together.

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Content, perspective and expression in each film are strictly of the filmmakers and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia and its related parties.