Date: Thursday, May 29 – Tuesday, June 10, 2025, ONLINE: Thursday, April 24 – Sunday, June 30, 2025

Award Ceremony

Outline

The ceremony to close the film festival.

At the awards ceremony, which will be the culmination of SSFF & Asia 2025, a total of five films will be selected, the most from any film festival, including three Live Action categories, a Non-fiction category, and the Animation categpry, that will lead the way to next year’s Academy Awards. We will also announce new short films and projects that will be produced by the festival.
There will also be an announcement and presentation of the George Lucas Award (Grand Prix), the film festival’s highest award. The award ceremony will be broadcast live around the world!

Event information

Schedule
2025.6.11 16:30~
Venue
LINE CUBE SHIBUYA 
Ticket Information
Live performance fee
5,000 yen
*Additional fees apply.
Online viewing
Free
  • *The event and film details may change.

Guests

International Competition & Non-Fiction Competition Jury

  • Adebowale “Debo” Adedayo

    Actor, Producer

    Debo Adedayo

  • Juri Ueno

    Actor

    Juri Ueno

  • Miyuki Fukuma

    Producer

    Miyuki Fukuma

Asia International Competition & Japan Competition Jury

  • Sandrine Faucher Cassidy

    USC’s Senior Director of Festival, Distribution & Talent Development

    Sandrine Faucher Cassidy

  • Shunji Iwai

    Director

    Shunji Iwai

  • Satoshi Jimbo

    Actor

    Satoshi Jimbo

Animation Competition Jury

  • Ryōhei Odai

    TV Personality / Actor

    Ryōhei Odai

  • Tomoyuki Sugiyama

    President, Digital Hollywood University (Ph.D. in Engineering)

    Tomoyuki Sugiyama

Short Film “Letter from Astronauts”

  • Kaito Hori

    Actor

    Kaito Hori

  • Gin Maeda

    Actor

    Gin Maeda

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Short Film “The place before daybreak”

  • Sara Masuda

    Director

    Sara Masuda

  • B.T.

    Actor

    B.T.

  • Manami Konishi

    Actor

    Manami Konishi

U-25 project Best Short Award presenter

  • Shosei Ohira(JO1)

    Artist

    Shosei Ohira(JO1)

Global Spotlight Award presenter

  • Moeka Hoshi

    Actor

    Moeka Hoshi

MC

  • Hasen Kuniyama

    Freelance announcer

    Hasen Kuniyama

  • Durian Lollobrigida

    Drag queen

    Durian Lollobrigida

Organizer

  • Tetsuya Bessho

    The President of Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

    Tetsuya Bessho

  • LiLico

    Festival Ambassador

    LiLico

and more

  • * Listed guests are subject to change

Ceremony breaking news

Sponsors

KODANSHA Ltd.

NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION

CyberAgent, Inc.

Milbon Co., Ltd.

Hoppy Beverage co.

Digital Hollywood Co., Ltd.

NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE CO.,LTD.

CRG Co.,Ltd.

The JIKEI COM Group of Colleges

Festival Partner

Little Universe OKINAWA produced by Aim Universe

Event Partner

TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY

Creative Partner

TYO Inc.

Japan Cultural Expo 2.0

Media Partners

J-WAVE, Inc.

CONDÉ NAST JAPAN

TOKYO HEADLINE

Media Supporters

cinemacafe.net

Kinema Junposha., Ltd

ORICON NEWS

English Media Supporter

Kyodo News Plus

Festival Supporters

MORI Building

War and the Power To Live Program Special Support

International Committee of the Red Cross(ICRC)

Venue Supporter

NTT Urban Development Corporation

Tokyo Tokyo Festival