Award Ceremony

Outline

The ceremony to close the film festival.

At the Award Ceremony, which marks the culmination of the 2026 festival, awards will be presented in the Live Action (three categories), Non-Fiction, and Animation categories—each of which qualifies for submission to the following year’s Academy AwardsⓇ, where up to five works (tying for the highest number in the world) may be nominated. The ceremony will also feature announcements of short films produced by the festival, as well as new project reveals.

And which film will take home the festival’s highest honor, the George Lucas Award(Grand Prix)? Stay tuned to find out!

The Award Ceremony will also be streamed live worldwide. We hope you enjoy it.
*Please note that event details are subject to change.

Event

Schedule
2026.6.10 [ Wed ] 16:30 – 19:30
Venue

LINE CUBE SHIBUYA

Ticket Information

https://l-tike.com/cinema/mevent/?mid=782757

Live performance fee
Live performance fee (all seats reserved)
*Additional fees apply.		 5,000 yen
Online viewing
Free

Guests

International Competition & Non-Fiction Competition Jury

  • Yuya Ishii

    Yuya Ishii

  • Kristin JI

    Kristin JI

  • Miki Mizuno

    Miki Mizuno

Asia International Competition & Japan Competition Jury

  • Ryan Ashore

    Ryan Ashore

  • Kazuki Kitamura

    Kazuki Kitamura

  • Chieko Murata

    Chieko Murata

Animation Competition Jury

  • Ayaka Wada

    Ayaka Wada

  • Yusuke Hirota

    Yusuke Hirota

  • Tomoyuki Sugiyama

    Tomoyuki Sugiyama

Short Film “So Far Away, So Close”

  • Kohei Shoji

    Kohei Shoji

  • Yura Anno

    Yura Anno

  • Yohta Kawase

    Yohta Kawase

  • Yukio Ueno

    denis

    Yukio Ueno

  • Keiko Enoue

    nicche

    Keiko Enoue

Short Film “The Green Man”

  • Saori Kouzuki

    Director

    Saori Kouzuki

  • Yuki Morinaga

    Yuki Morinaga

Chimney Town

  • Akihiro Nishino

    Original work by

    Akihiro Nishino

  • Ko Mori

    Producer

    Ko Mori

  • Coco Nitta

    Producer

    Coco Nitta

Nara International Film Festival NARAtive jr.

  • Naomi Kawase

    Executive director

    Naomi Kawase

  • Yuka Umemoto

    Director

    Yuka Umemoto

  • Ruka Ishikawa

    Cast

    Ruka Ishikawa

  • Kai Harada

    Cast

    Kai Harada

Nihonchokuhan Inc. Project Announcement

  • Akitaka Mizutani

    Akitaka Mizutani

  • Kumi Sasaki

    Kumi Sasaki

  • Jun Aoyama

    SHOW-WA

    Jun Aoyama

  • Masaki Shiota

    SHOW-WA

    Masaki Shiota

Festival Navigators

  • Hina Nagahama

    Hina Nagahama

  • Ayaka Honmo

    Ayaka Honmo

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.

CyberAgent, Inc.

T.Y. Limited, Inc.

Hoppy Beverage co.

DeCurret DCP Inc.

ElevenLabs

Digital Hollywood Co., Ltd.

CRG Co.,Ltd.

The JIKEI COM Group of Colleges

Web3.0
Partner

Nihonchokuhan Inc.

Event
Partner

TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY

MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives

Creative Partner

TYO Inc.

Media Partners

J-WAVE

Tokyo Weekender

TOKYO HEADLINE

Media Supporters

cinemacafe.net

Kinema Junposha., Ltd

ORICON NEWS

Festival Supporter

MORI Building

Venue Supporter

NTT Urban Development Corporation

Tokyo Tokyo Festival

Organizer

Committee for Short Shorts

Patronage（Koen）

Award Project Support

Support

Screening Partner

Translation Support

Program Supporter

AIM UNIVERSE

Festival Friends

Authense Holdings

Website Support