SSFF 2005 National Tour - MATSUMOTO (Aug 26 - 29)
This venue was held at hotel and they had dinner screening. They also had Short Shorts cafe. This festival was so luxurious! We have not had this type of screening in Tokyo. It could be a great event for adult film lovers!


Dinner Screening

Short Shorts Cafe

SSFF 2005 National Tour - NAGOYA (Aug 10 - 14)
Nagoya hosted a talk event during the festival. Invited directors gave speeches to the audience which was full of young filmmakers. This year we screened "A Path To The Sea" from a Nagoya based director. He was present at our Tokyo venue and also enjoyed screening shorts in Nagoya.


Talk Event with Directors

Director of A Path To The Sea

SSFF 2005 National Tour - HAKODATE (Aug 5 - 7)
Hakodate is surrounded the sea, and our venue was just beside it. Many tourists visit this area and attended our screenings. Hakodate has some special programs and screened films till 3:30am! Young audiences came to these late-late shows! Hakodate had three days of successful screenings and we hope to have more next year.


This Year's Programs

After the Screening

SSFF 2005 National Tour - OSAKA (July 29 - 31, Aug 6 - 28)
Our National Tour in Osaka was very unusual due to its original programming. Over 60 unique programs were created by our team in Osaka!! Audiences could watch lots of short films--you could not even imagine the number of shorts. One of the special programs carried the theme of baseball and was attended by many children.


Long Line of the Audiences

Kids Audiences

SSFF 2005 National Tour - FUKUOKA (July 28 - Aug 11)
The Fukuoka venue had 14 days of screenings and a special 8:00pm screening each Thursday. This enabled audiences, who could not come during the daytime, to watch the shorts at the late screenings. Many creative indiviudals visited the festival and we hope SSFF inspires them further.
The staff in Fukuoka had an interview by Korean television. Hopefully our festival will gain greater exposure in Korea!


Filmmaker

Interviewee with Korean TV

SSFF 2005 National Tour - HIROSHIMA (July 15 - 22)
2005 was our first time to hold screenings in Hiroshima and what an event! The festival was held at a museum, but outdoors. This was the first time SSFF had an outdoor screening-it was like a summer festival. Everyone in the audience had a good time and we hope to have another outdoor screening next year.


Opening Event

The audiences

SSFF 2005 National Tour - SAPPORO (July 3 - 9)
Three of our invited filmmakers were able to travel to our venue in Sapporo this year: Francois Choquet ("Tango Overlord"), Runar Runarsson ("The Last Farm") and Mahdi Fleifel ("Shadi in the Beautiful Well").
The Sapporo screening also had a special program of films by Royston Tan who was invited from Singapore. All filmmakers had a talk event after their screenings.


Talk Event

Invited Filmmakers

"Short Shorts Film Festival 2006" Online Submission has started as of August 1st!
The Short Shorts Film Festival Asia's largest festival for short film is accepting submissions for Short Shorts 2006 from today August 1st.

We are looking for films:
-of ALL GENRES
-from ALL COUNTRIES (English subtitles required for non-English language films)
-25 minutes or less
-produced since January 2004
-Japanese premieres only

※Submission Deadline：November 1, 2005
For full guidelines and regulations and to complete the online submission form click the URL below.
http://www.shortshortsla.org/submit2005.html

GOOD LUCK! We look forward to seeing your work!


SSFF 2005 & SSFFA Awarded Films!!
The Tokyo screenings of the Short Shorts Film Festival 2005 ended on Thursday July 4th. Thank you all who visited Laforet Museum Harajuku and VIRGIN TOHO CINEMAS Roppongi Hills.

The award-winning films announced at the closing ceremony on July 3rd are listed below.

Grand Prix
   "RIEN DE GRAVE" Renaud Philipps

Grand Prize Winner: Renaud Philipps

Best Short Award
   International Competition
      "RIEN DE GRAVE" Renaud Philipps

"Rien de Grave"

   Asia International Competition
      "Amal" Richie Mehta

"Amal"

   National Competition
      "SHIROTAKU" Toshiro Sonoda

Toshiro Sonoda

Jury Special Mention
   International Competition
      "Sidasti barinn (The Last Farm)" Runar Runarsson

Runar Runarsson

   Asia International Competition
"Silent Companion"
Elham Hosseinzadeh

"Silent Companion"
"Miracle Mile"
Dong Hyeuk Hwang

"Miracle Mile"

   National Competition
      "Heart on Fire" Yorico Murakami
      "Color of Passion" Mihoko Nakano

Mihoko Nakano(Left) Yorico Murakami(Right)

Super Dry Award
   National Competition
      "SHIROTAKU" Toshiro Sonoda
      *The award is given by Jury to the Best Short Award Winner in the National Competition Category.


Audience Award
   International Competition
      "Les Derniers Jours (The Remaining Days) " Simon Olivier Fecteau

"Les Derniers Jours (The Remaining Days) "

   Asia International Competition
      "Sangam" Prashant Bhargava

"Sangam"

   National Competition
      "UMAMI"   Genjiro Mizuhashi

"UMAMI"

Governor of Tokyo Award
   Asia International Competition
      "Amal" Richie Mehta


   National Competition
      "SHIROTAKU" Toshiro Sonoda

   *This awards go to the films awarded Best Short in the National and Asian categories.

TSF Student Jury Award
   International Competition
      "HJARTSLAG (HEARTBEAT)" Anette Skalberg Martin Lima de Faria

"HJARTSLAG (HEARTBEAT)"

Spotlight Award
   "HOLA"Kaori Momoi

Dir Kaori Momoi

1 more day until the Short Shorts Film Festival 2005!
The Short Shorts Film Festival 2005 opens on June 29th!!.
Come see this spectacular selection of shorts gathered from all over the world.

Dates: June 29 through July 4, 2005
Location: Laforet Museum Harajuku

Look forward to meeting all of you at Short Shorts Film Festival 2005!!