About SSFF & ASIA 2021 COVID-19 implementation of measures to prevent the spread of infection
At the SSFF & ASIA 2021, the following measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus will be implemented during the event. We apologize for any inconvenience. However, we ask for your understanding and cooperation to ensure safe implementation.

Requests to our customers

[1] Prior to visiting: Please check your physical condition and measure body temperature prior to visiting. (Persons with a fever of 37.5℃ or higher will not be permitted entry)
If you are within 2 weeks of recovering from the coronavirus, please contact the festival office regarding participation in the festival.

[2] Your body temperature will be measured upon reception, waiting, entry/exit, and arrival at the reception area.
Those who are confirmed to have a fever of 37.5°C or higher will not be permitted entry. Please be sure to wear a mask. (For those who do not have a mask, one will be distributed at the reception area.)
Please cooperate in hand washing and hand disinfection. Upon reception and entry, the staff will request all visitors for hand sanitization.
Observe the cough etiquette while waiting. *When coughing or sneezing, please use a mask, tissue, handkerchief, or sleeves to hold your mouth and nose down.
Please refrain from conversations and speaking out loudly while waiting.
Please cooperate in maintaining a distance among customers while waiting. (Please follow the foot guidance display and wait accordingly)
To ease congestion when leaving the venue, we will limit customers in the back from leaving the venue. Please wait where you are until the staff guides you.

[3] Inside the venue
If you feel ill during screening, or become sick, please do not hesitate to contact a staff member near you. Please wear a mask during screening.
Seats are spaced out to ensure social distance. It is prohibited to move the seats on your own.
As part of the Coronavirus preventative measures, eating and drinking in the venue is prohibited.

Measures by the organizer and staff

The staff will subject to checking their body temperature and physical condition in advance. All staff shall wear masks.
Aerosol prevention sheets will be installed at the reception desk.
Regular disinfection will be conducted with in the venue, such as for doors and reception desks.
In the waiting line, a guidance display will be installed on the floor near the feet to maintain social distancing.
In the venue, we will install a coronavirus infectious disease countermeasure and information board for customers.
Seats within the venue will be separated from each other.
*Please note in advance that the above measures may be subject to change.

Short film is a cinematic piece of work that ranges from lengths as short as 1 minute to as long as approximately 30 minutes. For the Official Competition of SSFF & ASIA, submitted works are restricted to less than 25 minutes. Despite its short length, there is a wide variety in these works such as drama, animation, and documentary and many of the stories are rich in wit and cinematic expression that can only be possible given the short length of the piece.
There are quite a few directors who started out their careers making short films such as George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, and Steven Spielberg, and there are many short films that have famous actors appear in them as well. Furthermore, short films provide a format that cultivates the talent of up and coming filmmakers, and film festivals are a gateway for their success.
How would you like to witness the possibilities of future filmmakers at this film festival?

Actor and member of the US Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Tetsuya Bessho founded the festival in 1999, with the aim of introducing Japanese audiences to short films – a format that many people in Japan were unfamiliar with. In 2001, the festival became officially known as Short Shorts Film Festival (SSFF), and was officially recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences®. In the same year, Short Shorts Film Festival Asia (SSFF ASIA) was established with support from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 2004, to introduce new Asian video culture and to nurture young filmmaking talents from the region.
Today the festival is know as SSFF & ASIA. In 2018, commemorating the 20th Annual festival, the Grand Prix prize was renamed, the George Lucas Award. In January 2019, we held our first “SSFF in Hollywood” as part of our 20th anniversary celebrations and winner of the SSFF Audience Award in 2001, director Jason Reitman was sent an Honorary Award.
Also from 2019, a total of 4 winners from the Official Competition (International Category, International Asia Category, Japan Category) and the Non-Fiction Category, would be eligible for nomination to the Academy Awards. Since 2020, the Official Competitions have been supported by the SONY Corp.
SSFF & ASIA continue to support young filmmakers through this festival.