Announcement of SSFF & ASIA 2023 Shortlist (#5)
Beginning in August, 2021, the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia began releasing a shortlist monthly from among the entries for the five Academy Award© eligible categories (International, Asia International, Japan, Animation, & Non-fiction) for the following year’s festival. For this year’s 25th Anniversary edition of the SSFF & Asia 2023, in December this year, we received a total of 327 entries. In particular, there were many entries from Japan, the United States, France, China, and Germany. About 20% of the total submissions were from Japan. In addition, 30％ of the submitted films were directed by female filmmakers and 36% from first-time filmmakers, and 28 % from student filmmakers. In the submitted Japanese films, there were many films set outside of reality such as sci-fi, period dramas, and horror or surreal stories. From the International films, there were more stories about daily life and simple situations in the everyday lives of the characters. Also, for Smartphone films, we have been receiving more unique films full of originality, even more so than previous years! Today is the final day for accepting submissions in the U-25 & Branded Shorts. We look forward to your submissions!!
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〜SSFF & ASIS 2023 shortlist(5th)～
~ 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 | ||
| A milky way | Quentin Moll-Van Roye | Belgium |
| ABATTÉE | Gilard pierre andré | France |
| Agathe | Israël Jonathan | France |
| An Avocado Pit | Ary Zara | Portugal |
| Cherubs | Anne-Sophie Bine | United States |
| Ciela | Mauricio Sierra | Mexico |
| Eisspin, the oh so Terrible | Doll Adrian | Germany |
| Erik | David Kodheli | Albania |
| Flores del otro Patio | Jorge Cadena | Switzerland |
| Harta | J√∫lia de Paz | Spain |
| Lǎo Lao Lǎo Le | Julie Zhu | New Zealand |
| Last weekend with Jenny and John | Jimmy Olsson | Sweden |
| Lost in the Sky | Simon Öster | Sweden |
| Lot’s Wife | Ori Birger | Israel |
| Mary | Aaron Lucas | Australia |
| nothing, except everything. | Wesley Wang | United States |
| SACE | Ose Oyamendan | Nigeria |
| Safe Word | Christopher Cunetto | United States |
| Self | Konrad Kultys | Poland |
| SÈT LAM | Vincent Fontano | France |
| Shinigami | Lina Laraki | France |
| SONAR | James Hughes | United Kingdom |
| Sweet Refuge | Maryam Mir | United States |
| Tears of Love | Oliver Würffell | United States |
| The Olympic Flame | Sela Guil | France |
| The Pool | Erica Yen Chin Long & Cristobal Olguin | Australia |
| The Riley Sisters | Julia Jackman | United Kingdom |
| Variations on a Theme | Peter Collins Campbell | United States |
| Warning | Axel ZEILIGER | France |
| ■Asia International / Live-action Competition | ||
| LAILA | Wulandari Wucha | Indonesia |
| Marsiti & Sapi-sapi | Pratama Wisnu Surya | Indonesia |
| MiMi | Lam Vissay | Vietnam |
| The three men | Gunhee LEE | Korea, Republic of |
| When There Were Trees | Shahin Gorgani | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Winter’s Passing | Yang Fei | China, United States |
| ■Animation Competition | ||
| Black Wing | Tim Main | Australia |
| Dede is dead | Philippe Kastner | Czech Republic |
| Frontier | Xiaopeng Zhu | China |
| Hermit Island | Gábor Mariai | Hungary |
| Lighthouse | Filip Kraus | Czech Republic |
| The House of Loss | Jinkyu Jeon | Japan |
| ■Non-Fiction Competition | ||
| Kemonito: The Final Fall | Teresa de Miguel | Mexico |
| Lahooti | Sebastian Feehan & Matthieu Paley | United Kingdom |
| Liturgy of anti-tank obstacles | Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk Dmytro | Ukraine |
| Women in Architecture | Boris Noir | Switzerland |
| Teleporting | クォン・オヨン,ナム・アルム, 苗加奈那,丹沢千文 | Korea, Japan |
| ■Japan / Live-action Competition | ||
| 時をスベる男 | Naoki Furukawa | Japan |
| fu | Seki Hiroyuki | Japan |
| The Hole | Goushi Suzuki | Japan |
| Waiting for a Wave | Kaori Danjo | 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 drawn from films submitted by the end of December, however the timing of the announcements may vary.