The Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2021 opening ceremony will be held at the LINE CUBE SHIBUYA venue. Festival President Tetsuya Bessho and Festival Ambassador LiLiCo, along & with a variety of guests will make an appearance. As a prelude to the award ceremony where this year's Grand Prix will be awarded on the last day of festival, awards will be announced as well as presenting & screening short films from a variety of projects. The opening ceremony at the venue, which has been closed to the public until now, will be made open to the public this year and will also be shown live online worldwide.