Short films

Women-Led Films

Screening

Screening Venue

VenueScheduleReservation
TOKYO PHOTOGRAPHIC ART MUSEUM2026.11.05 [Thu] 10:40-12:10

Online Screening

OnlineScheduleOnline Screening
Online Screening2026.11.09 [Mon] - 2026.11.22 [Sun]
  • Online

    ZOU Jing (Director of A Girl Unknown, 2026 TIFF Premiering Feature)

    Lili Alone

    • Special Screening

    Lili, a young mother, lives with her gambler husband in a remote part of Sichuan. Lonely and poor, she heads for the city in abid to earn enough money to save her dying father.

    ZOU Jing / 0:22:00 / China, Hong Kong, Singapore / Drama / 2021

  • Online

    Red Heels

    Jamal is a five-year-old girl who lives with her grandmother in a village. One day, she notices a woman's red heels as she enters their house. Jamal understands that this beautiful woman is her mother. Jamal gradually gets closer to her. Morning comes, and Jamal realises that the red heels have disappeared.

    Alina Baitokova / 0:13:20 / Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan / Drama / 2025

  • Online

    Drifting Tides

    Over a weekend celebrating their mother’s birthday, two sisters reunite while one secretly decides whether to leave Puerto Rico for a life-changing opportunity abroad.

    Camila Rodríguez López / 0:21:01 / Puerto Rico / Drama / 2025

  • Online

    You Cannot Be Serious!

    After returning from NY, single ad executive Natsumi discovers she’s unexpectedly pregnant! She chooses motherhood despite career fears, but her life turns upside down after confessing the father is American. Navigating her mother's bizarre and overwhelming support, Natsumi desperately tries to survive until delivery day...

    Satsuki Okawa / 0:24:18 / Japan / Comedy / 2025

Organizer

Committee for Short Shorts Film Festival Asia

Co-organizer

Tokyo

Sponsor

Nihonchokuhan Inc.

株式会社 TYO

CapCut

TOPVIEW JAPAN株式会社

Patronage

J-WAVE, Inc.

Venue Supporter

kino cinéma Shinjuku

Partner

39th Tokyo International Film Festival

ARTE TOKYO

Support

Direct. Network systems.

Japan Arts Council, Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan