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  Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of Asia’s biggest international short film festivals & accredited by the Academy Awards® Once again this year, “BRANDED SHORTS 2023,” a　competition of short films (branded movies) produced by companies and advertising companies for branding purposes. Today, along with the announcement of 8 jurors, 27 nominated films from 11 countries, selected from 695 are now being streamed on our online festival venue. The nominated films will be screened at Akasaka Intercity on June 13 (Tues), and at the BRANDED SHORTS ceremony on June 14 (Wed), the Deloitte Digital Award, with the theme “Fusion of Uniqueness,” the Tourism Video Award, Japan Tourism Agency Commissioner’s Award, and HR (Human Resources)  Competition supported by Indeed, HR Best Short Award. In addition, at the ceremony, a talk event by the judges  will be held to discuss the films.　

URL：　 https://shortshorts.org/2023/branded-shorts/

Go Morita, star of “I can’t stay next to you forever.” (Nomura Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.) and “Love Chamisul 2” (Jinro Co., Ltd.) starring Yui Sakuma and Yuta Koseki. This year’s lineup includes many impressive works such as “Me, My Autism & I” (Vanish & Ambitious About Autism). Regarding the tendencies of the submitted films, in the National Category, there were many stories in search of ways to express, such as breaking up long films into a series for web distribution. In addition, in the International category, there were many works that conveyed powerful messages on easy-to-understand topics such as family ties. Furthermore, from the 12th edition of the Visual Tourism Award, 5 finalists will be announced today. Kendo Kobayashi’s comedy reincarnated in “Miso Goro Don” in Minami Shimabara City, Nagasaki Prefecture, where he advocates the eradication of the digital world, and Mark Panther’s music video navigates a trip in Oita, an onsen prefecture. In addition to enjoying the lineup, we will also specially stream the musical comedy “Fossil of Miracles” from Mizunami City, Gifu Prefecture, the city of fossils. 4 films were nominated for the HR (Human Resources) Competition supported by Indeed. With nominations from a wide variety of industries, such as financial service company and sake manufacturing company, the lineup strongly feels the potential of branded movies in the context of HR.