Announcement of SSFF & ASIA 2022 shortlist (1st)

2021/10/30

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. In particular, there were many entries from the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, and from China, Iran, & India in Asia. 30% of the submitted films were directed by female filmmakers. Due to the spread of Covid on a global scale, there have been many dramas dealing with people’s separation and loneliness, but this year there has been an increase in short films in genres such as fantasy, comedy, and horror. Instead of depicting tragic, sorrowful events happening in the real world, we have seen submissions from filmmakers who are creating new & entertaining stories in their films!

Congratulations for all the filmmakers whose works are entered in the short list!!

We keep accepting the submission till Jan. 31, 2022. Looking forward to seeing you at the festival 2022!!

 ~ SSFF & ASIA 2022 Short List (1st) *The name of the film, the director name, and the country name will be listed in alphabetical order by category ~

 Title
Director
Country
Official Competition supported by Sony  International  Competition 
A Summer PlaceAlexandra MatheouCyprus, France
An EncounterKelly CampbellIreland
AUGUST SKY  (Céu De Agosto)Jasmin Tenucci
Brazil
Beautiful TheyCloudy RhodesAustralia
BurrosJefferson Stein
United States
CENSOR OF DREAMS. (LE CENSEUR DES RÊVES)Leo Berne &  Raphaël Rodriguez
France
Did you hear the trees?Lena Jaworska
Poland
EnjoySaul Abraham
United Kingdom
First Last SummerNastazja GoneraPoland
FRONTIER  (FRONTIÈRE)Daouda KanoutéFrance
IF IT AIN’T BROKEElinor Nechemya
Israel
In The SoilCasper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen
Denmark
JEFFWalter Joesph Woodman
Canada
Little BerlinKate McMullen
France
¡Llámame Chinita!Stacy ChuUnited States
Neon Phantom  (Fantasma Neon)Leonardo Martinelli
Brazil
OUT OF TIME  (A CONTRE TEMPS)Delphine Montaigne
France
RoyTom Berkeley & Ross WhiteUnited Kingdom
ShieldedJan Verdijk
Netherlands
SideralCarlos SegundoBrazil
Still Awake?David Payne
Czech Republic
Techno, MamaSaulius Baradinskas
Lithuania
The Departure (Le Départ)Said Hamich
France
The Guard. (El Guardián)Héctor Fernández Cachón
Spain
THE RIGHT WORDS  (HAUT LES COEURS)Adrian Moyse Dullin
France
TitanValéry Carnoy
Belgium
Vivaldi: Stabat MaterSebastian Panczyk
Poland
WednesdayEeva Mägi
Estonia
Yellow Cross My Heart. (Flaggan)Inga Kempe &  Elina Sahlin
Sweden
Official Competition supported by Sony  Asia International  Competition 
All the Crows in the World. (天下烏鴉)Yi Tang
Hong Kong
AngelDicky Chalmers
Taiwan
CicadaDaewoen YOONKorea, Republic of
Crow Island. (Kakathuruth)Mohammed Ali Faisal
India
Fire Room. (菲與火)Ka Ki Wong
Hong Kong
Her and I. (軟弱的梨)Chen Shao Chun
Taiwan
Left  HandedNasrin Mohammadpour
Iran
LiveBaggio Jiang
China
MAKASSAR IS A CITY FOR FOOTBALL FANSKhozy Rizal
Indonesia
my sister  (姊姊)Ke Yin Pan
Taiwan
Sandstorm. (Mulaqaat)Seemab GULPakistan
Slight Fever. (微热)Hongzhi LIU
China
Sound of the Night. (Somleng reatrey)Chanrado SOK & Kongkea VANN
Cambodia
Visiting TimeVahid SedaghatIran
West Love  (Kisah Cinta Dari Barat)M. Reza FahriyansyahIndonesia
When I Fell from the Tree (當我從樹上掉落時)Hsieh Li-Ling
Taiwan
Winter by the River  (冬日河)Shuyao Chen
China
YếnJulia Feige
Vietnam
Official Competition supported by Sony  Japan  Competition 
いってきます (Ittekimasu)高山 隆一 (Ryuichi Takayama)Japan
家族の灯 (Family Lights)山本 尚志 (Takashi Yamamoto)Japan
蜘蛛 (Spider)後藤 美波 (Minami Gotou)Japan
ビューティフルワールド ペタロの時代の愛        (BEAUTIFUL WORLD – LOVE IN THE TIME OF PETALO-)横堀 光範  (Mitsunori Yokobori)Japan
ぼくはぜろにみたない (I am less than zero )外山 文治  (Bunji Sotoyama)Japan
理想の妻 (Ideal wife)谷口 譲   (Joe Taniguchi)Japan
忘れられない (Unforgettable)Junki Tachibana
Japan
The Voice ActressAnna J. TakayamaJapan
ten板橋 基之 (Motoyuki Itabashi)Japan
 Animation Competition
A Descent into the MaelströmDavid Daenemark
Czech Republic
アノナツココナツ (ANONATSU COCONUT)多田 文彦     (Fumihiko Tada)Japan
Blink in the Desert副島 しのぶ (Shinobu Soejima )Japan
FALL OF THE IBIS KINGMikai Geronimo & Josh O’CaoimhIreland
HomebirdEwa Smyk
United Kingdom
House of memory (La casa de la memoria)Sofía Rosales Arreola
Mexico
How Small!Charlene Xu
United States
In Nature (Dans la Nature)Marcel Barelli
Switzerland
Local Middle SchoolerSanjna Bharadwaj
United States
マンガガールズ (MANGA girls)祁答院 雄貴 (Yuuki Kedouin )Japan
目玉 (MEDAMA – eyeball )Anna YamamotoJapan
SistersAndrea SzelesováCzech Republic
SkindeepEdi , YUCA, Youth
United States
The Seine’s tears (Les larmes de la Seine)Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer & Alice LetailleurFrance
Under the skin, the bark. (Sous la peau, l’écorce)Franck Dion
France
Vegetable RisingShreyom Ghosh
India
Non-Fiction Competition
A Day’s WorkMax KerkhoffGermany, Myanmar
A Man in ChainAlireza MirasadollahUnited Kingdom
I Walk小谷野 五王 (Gou Koyano)Japan
NAYASebastian Mulder
Netherlands
Shadows in the DarkMaren Hahnfeld
Germany
最終頁 (The Last Page)中村 洸太 (Kota Nakamura)Japan
The road bad and the place darkBorja Larrondo
Spain
thing. (Ding)Pascale Egli & Aurelio Ghirardelli
Switzerland
VONicolas Gourault
France
WATER AND ROCKBertrand Rocourt
France
Yoshino Ringyo: The Lumberjacks of JapanDavid Caprara
United States
You Can’t Automate MeKatarina Jazbec
Netherlands

Festival selections will be made from among the shortlisted films. The shortlist films will be selected monthly until the end of March, 2022 and will be uploaded on the festival’s official website by the end of April, 2022.This month’s shortlist is mainly for films submitted by the end of August, but the timing of the announcements may vary.