Announcement of SSFF & ASIA 2023 shortlist (1st)

Announcement of SSFF & ASIA 2023 shortlist (1st)

The Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia has released, beginning in August, 2022, a shortlist from among the entries for the five Academy Awards® categories (International, Asia International, Japan, Animation, & Non-fiction). In August, we received a total of about 900 entries. There were many entries from the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and from China, Iran, & Taiwan in Asia. 34% of the submitted films were directed by female filmmakers, 29 % from first time filmmakers and 28 % were student projects. Due to the spread of Covid on a global scale, we have received many films relating to family dramas with stories about getting along and spending more time with each other. In addition, due to the influence of changes in lifestyle, films shot in one location have been increasing. Although there were many submissions of family dramas, they were not necessarily all of heavy themes, and we have seen an increase in comedies and fantasy. A very good start for the 2023 festival, our 25th, to see the filmmakers’ passion and desire to deliver positive messages in our current world where sad and frightening news seem to dominate our everyday lives.

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〜SSFF & ASIS 2023 shortlist(1st)~
~ The name of the film, the director name, and the country name will be listed in alphabetical order by category ~

 Title Director Country of Origin
■International/Live-action Competition
AirHostess-737 Thanasis Neofotistos Greece
Amala Nivetha Balasubramaniam Denmark
Break Hour (Hora Petrolera) Emilio Braojos Mexico
Brick Head (Tete de brique) Alexis Manenti France
Deloping Jon Olav Stokke United Kingdom
El Carrito Zahida Pirani United States
FAIRPLAY Zoel Aeschbacher Switzerland, France
Goodbye Persil (Goodbye Persil) Ugo Savouillan France
Green Fit Maxime Pistorio Belgium
Hikikomori Borja Crespo Spain
Killing Bagheera (بطلان) Muschirf Shekh Zeyn Syrian Arab Republic
Make Love Alex Osmolovsky Israel
Mud Crab David Robinson-Smith Australia
NO KEY Walid MESSNAOUI Morocco
Not My Skin Balint Klopfstein-Laszlo Hungary
NOT TOMORROW AMERISSA BASTA Greece
Off Side Sophie Martin France
Pivot Pals Doron Drew Feldman United States
Pro Pool (Piscine pro) Alec Pronovost Canada
Safe as Houses Mia Mullarkey Ireland
Sami’s Fugue Vincent Tricon France
Sorry No Vacancy (Der Inhalt eines Bünzlis) Lars Alexander Wicki Switzerland
Spotless Emma Branderhorst Netherlands
The Deportation of a Model Citizen Jacob Thomas Pilgaard Denmark
The Devil Jan Bujnowski Poland
the red suitcase (La valise rouge) CYRUS NESHVAD Luxembourg
The Silent ones (Les Silencieux) Basile Vuillemin France
vic Schubert Luis Germany
Victim Robin SUMMONS Australia
Where It’s Beautiful When It Rains Harley Chamandy United States
■Asia International / Live-action Competition
A New Apartment Szu-Wei Chen Taiwan
Adjustment Mehrdad Hasani Iran, Islamic Republic of
Aunt Lotus & Her Dream Bicycle Kew Lin Singapore
Falling up Maryam Bakhtiari Iran, Islamic Republic of
Foreign Uncle  Sining Xiang China, United States
Girls Qiwen Zhang China
Goo Jack Li China, Canada
GOODTIME DONG-IN KANG Korea, Republic of
Little Love Aizhan Kassymbek Kazakhstan
PHOENIX Mohsen Nabavi Iran, Islamic Republic of
Please Hold the Line Tan Ce Ding Malaysia
Red Funeral Jane Zhang China
Ringroad Andrew Kose Indonesia
The Company Ilnaz Kheirkhah Iran, Islamic Republic of
The Silent Whistle Yingtong Li China
The train pin luo China
Truffle Trouble (Ye Choom_Ye Lang) Yaser Barzegar Iran, Islamic Republic of
Vania on Lima Street Bayu Prihantoro Filemon Indonesia
Young People, Old People & Nothing in Between (วายป็อบ) Parida Tantiwasadakran Thailand
■Animation Competition
Boogerly Love Kano Ikeda Japan
Catisfaction Andre Marques Almeida Portugal
HYSTERESIS Robert Seidel Germany
Impurrfection Chiang Yao Taiwan
IRON PLEDGE Kurumi Hakamata Japan
Krasue Ryo Hirano Japan
Night Ahmad Saleh Palestine, State of
Parade Akihiro Watabiki Japan
On my Bicycle (A Bicyclette) Océane Lavergne, Benjamin Langagne, Lucas Durot, Pierre Cilluffo, Marine Beuvain & Kerrian Detay France
SCALE Joseph Pierce France
Slouch Michael Bohnenstingl United States
Synchrony (Synchronie Passagère) Julia Le Bras-Juarez, Emmie Marriere, Marianne Fourmanoit, Laura Techer, Louise-Marie Rousselie & Jean Delamarre & Alexis Prost France
The Island of Us Yu Yu Taiwan
The Record Jonathan Laskar Switzerland
The Thief Arturo Brena United States
■Non-Fiction Competition
A different view Camila Silva Nicaragua
Blue Dots Lorenzo Squarcia Italy
End of the Road Ivana Todorovic Serbia
From Dreams to Dust Stephanie Tangkilisan & Muhammad Fadli United States
Live Till I Die Gustav Ågerstrand, Åsa Ekman, Anders Teigen & Oscar Hedin Hetteberg Sweden
■Japan / Live-action Competition
Bird Woman Tokio Ohara Japan
CHANGE William Sinclair Japan
Scabiosa Tsuyoshi Takamura Japan
Shall we love you? Haruna Tanaka Japan
Sowing Love Koichi Yamashina Japan
Tofu Hiroyuki Nishiyama Japan
What do to do to be like you Chris Rudz Japan
Festival selections will be made from among the shortlisted films. The shortlist films will be selected monthly until the end of March, 2023 and will be uploaded on the festival’s official website by the end of April, 2023.This month’s shortlist is mainly for films submitted by the end of August, but the timing of the announcements may vary.