A program that screens short films from every corner of the world, with the exception of Asia and Japan.

A program that presents short films from throughout Asia including Japan.

The CG program, which began screening in 2011, offers the audience a chance to enjoy computer generated animation shorts. These top quality films are fun for adults as well as children.

In 2018, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of SSFF & ASIA, we established the brand new "Non-fiction Competition."Being an Academy Awards® accredited short film festival has allowed us to present this competition, which will let the audience experience the power of visual images.

This year's new competiton to gather short films from around the world that were shot on smartphones. The short films from all over signal the arrival of the era smartphone cinematography. Enjoy the new visual expression unique to shooting on smartphones.

Now that watching videos on smartphones has become the new normal, we have established a new competition looking to the future possibilities of vertical video production in the film industry. You can experience the impact of the short films created in the new "vertical" format in the vertical theater app "smash." *It will be necessary to dowmload the smash.app (free) to view this program. Click here to download.

Founded in 2017, the "Cinematic Tokyo” program showcases short films introducing the various charms of Tokyo.

Established in 2019. In order to support young filmmakers in Japan, we called for short films of less than 5 minutes, produced by directors under 25 years old.