Announcement of SSFF & ASIA 2022 shortlist (1st)
Starting this month, we will announce a shortlist from among the submitted films that will be nominated for the five Academy Awards® eligible categories, (Official Competition supported by Sony:International, Asia International, Japan and Animation & Non-fiction) at the Short Shorts Film Festival and Asia 2022. In August, we received a total of about 1,000 entries. […]

2nd Edition for the Branded Shorts 2022 Short List!
We have announced the second batch of shortlisted works for Branded Shorts of the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2022.Branded Shorts started accepting entries from August. We will be listing the shortlist every month till next February, announcing the nominees in April.We had selected shortlists from domestic companies this month. Most of them were […]

Screening in Autumn: Day 3
Many people came to see the screening at Tokyo Photographic Museum on Sunny autumn Saturday. It’s always good to hear that the audience clapped for each works and discuss their thoughts after the screening. We had Online Seminar about NFT and Filmmaking with Shinichiro Ishikawa, CEO of animation production GONZO at night (This seminar was […]

Screening in Autumn : Day 2
It was rainy day, Tokyo (10/23), but many audience enjoyed the screening of SSFF 2021 award winning short films on the big screen of Tokyo Photographic Museum. For the Award Program 2, Rina Hoshino who stared in “And Then” came and for the “Discover Beauty Program”, Miyuki Matsuda who directed “People of Prayer” came to […]

SSFF & ASIA Screening in Autumn has officially stated screening today!!
SSFF & ASIA Screening in Autumn has officially stated screening today!! We have screened program Award 5 at Tokyo Photographic Art Museum. Even though it was a weekday, people came to see our programs. Trumpet by Kevin HaefelinUnder the Heavens by Gustavo MilanShakespeare in Tokyo by Genevieve Clay-SmithShut Up by Noa Aharoni Maor It’s always […]

Programming Director of SSFF & ASIA has become a Jury Member of Tehran International Short Film Festival
Tehran International Short Film Festival has announced Jury members for its 38th festival and our programming director Shoko Takegasa has assumed office. The festival has become an Oscar(R) qualifying film festival from this year and more than 6400 short films had been submitted from over 120 countries & regions. The screening schedule will be announced […]

SSFF ＆ASIA Special Screening in Malaysia 2021!
SSFF ＆ASIA Special Screening in Malaysia! This will be our 12th event held in Sarawak, Malaysia. Date: November 6th, 2021 Venue:  MAJLIS BANDARAYA KUCHING SELATAN (MBKS Auditorium) Jalan Padungan 93675 Kuching, Sarawak We will be screening 12 of our SSFF&ASIA 2021 nominated films and a Q&A session with filmmaker, Nadira Ilana, who directed “Were the Sun and […]

SSFF Films will be Screened at the Japan Film Festival in Singapore!
From October 7th till October 17th two films from SSFF will be screened at the Japan Film Festival in Singapore. On October 16th, “STORY OF SHAHRYAR” directed by Daishi Kato, which was produced as Book Shorts Project Special Short Film in 2020, and “IDOL” directed by Ryushi Lindsay, which was a nominee of the SSFF & […]

This Year’s Award-Winning Films Will Be Available Online, At the SSFF & ASIA 2021 Screening in Autumn From October 1st!
The Academy Awards® accredited Asia’s one of the largest international short film festivals, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA) starts Screening in Autumn on October 1st . Online Venue :  https://www.shortshorts.org/2021autumn/en/online/ The SSFF & ASIA 2021 George Lucas Award (Grand Prix) and Official Competition supported by Sony Best Short Awards winning films, […]

First look at the Branded Shorts’ Short List!
Today, Branded Shorts, the festival’s feature program for corporate branding movies, announced the first 5 films on its shortlist of nominees for the 2022 festival. The shortlist will be announced every month until the deadline in February 2022, and the final nominees will be selected and announced in April 2022. There are many films submitted […]

Check Out the Highlights of SSFF & ASIA 2021 Official Competition / Smartphone Film Competition supported by Sony
In SSFF & ASIA 2021, we were happy to collaborate with Sony as a supporter of the Official Competition, a chance to the Academy Awards® Short Film category. Sony has long supported the dreams of creators as an entertainment company. The Smartphone Film Competition was also supported by Xperia™. With the technology that Sony used […]

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia will be hosting a Screening in Autumn at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum from Oct. 21 (Thu) to Oct. 24 (Sun). We will also start streaming online from October 1st till October 31st.
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia will be hosting a Screening in Autumn at the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum from Oct. 21 (Thu) to Oct. 24 (Sun). We will also start streaming online from October 1st till October 31st. Screening in Autumn: https://www.shortshorts.org/2021autumn/en/ In the midst of the pandemic we organized the 23rd SSFF & […]