Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (formerly known as the American Short Shorts Film Festival) was established in Harajuku, Tokyo in 1999, with an aim to introduce Japanese audiences to the world of short films. The Festival organizes national tours around Japan, gathering more than 150,000 people in the audience. In addition to these national tours, the Short Shorts Film Festival (SSFF) is also being shown in LA, Singapore, Myanmar, and Mexico, establishing itself as a unique, Japanese-born film festival showcased worldwide.

The Short Shorts Film Festival strives not only to introduce the cutting edge short films of today, but also to highlight the evolution of this genre through special programs. It also aims at establishing a network of filmmakers and film industry related professionals.

Call for Entry 2009 NOW OPEN!

Number of times

10

Dates

June 6 - June 14, 2008 (2009 opening dates to be announced!)

Categories

• Japan Competition
• Asia International Competition
• International Compettiopm
• STOP! Global Warming Competition

Awards

• Grand Prix: Selected from the 3 Official Competition categories: Japan, International, and Asia International. Eligible for the Academy Award® nomination for the following year.
• Best Short Award: 600000 yen (appx. US$5000)
• One Best Short Award will be chosen for each category.
• Audience Award: 400000 yen (appx. US$3000). One Audience Award will be chosen for each category.
• Various sponsor's awards will be also available. (TBA)

Requirements

Japan Premiers Only
All genres of shorts accepted, except Music Video Clips
Nationality: All. Submissions are considered in four categories: Japan, Asia International, International and STOP! Global Warming. Eligibility for each category will be determined by the festival based on the following criteria: Director's nationality, film location, language of the film, nationality of casts' and source of funding.
Running time: 25min including closing credits. No exceptions made.
(For STOP! Global Warming Competition, please see here)

Format

All (Submissions to be made on DVD and if selected, filmmakers are required to provide an NTSC Digi-Betacam, NTSC Betacam SP or DV-Cam).

Subtitles

Required for submissions with language other than English or Japanese

Entry Fee

No entry fee. The applicant is responsible for the costs of sending the DVD screener.

Open Entry Deadline

November 15th, 2008

Contact details

Visit the following website: http://www.shortshorts.org