Best Short Awards winners of Live Action, Non-Fiction and Animation Competition are eligible to be shortlisted for next year’s OSCARS®!
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of the biggest international short film festivals in Asia, has been accepting submissions for the 2024 edition.
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For SSFF & ASIA, which celebrated their 25th anniversary in June this year, 5196 short films from 120 countries and regions around the world were submitted and approximately 200 were screened during the festival.
In 2004, SSFF & ASIA, became an ACADEMY AWARD® accredited film festival and has submitted the festival’s Grand Prix film as eligible for nomination at the OSCARS® the following year. In 2019, this was expanded to include the Best Short Award winners from the Live Action Competitions in the International, Asia International, and Japan categories, as well as the best short from the Non-Fiction category. In 2021, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that the SSFF & ASIA would be able to submit for nomination from the Animation category for a total of five Best Short Award-winning short films that will be given a chance to possibly win an OSCAR® next year!
SSFF & ASIA are the only international short film festival in Japan that is accredited by the ACADEMY AWARDS®. Along with other OSCAR®-qualifying film festivals that can submit 5 films like the Sundance Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and the Aspen Shortsfest, SSFF & ASIA have taken another step forward as a top tier international film festival.
In addition to the Live Action Competitions, the Non-Fiction Competition and Animation Competition, there are the Cinematic Tokyo Competition, films with Tokyo as the central theme and the Smartphone Competition to expand the range of visual expression and opportunities for creators with the aim to encourage new visual creativity unique to smartphones. SSFF & ASIA have also started calling for entries for the BRANDED SHORTS, which feature branded movies by companies and organizations.
We're really looking forward to seeing your short films!!