Entrance	Audiences	MC: Ms. Carol Hisasue and Mr. Satoshi Matsuda
EXPO DOME	Dir. Hiroyuki Nakano	Jurors
Every Juror	Mr. Gavelle	Ms. Narahashi
Mr. Hamano	Mr. Bloom	Mr. Yanai
Ms. Sakamoto	Mr. Miyamoto	“My Head” Dir. K. P. Ryan
Substitute for the Director of Blue and Orange	Ms. Ayumi Ishida	Announcement of Grand Prix
Substitute for the Director of The God	Mentioned the general comment	Chage’s Live

The EXPO PLAZA was all abuzz for the second night in a row as Tetsuya Bessho, with feature film director Kazuyuki Izutsu, took the stage for another talk event on the world of short films. 
A light rain began to fall as the talk got underway.  While some of the guests scampered for cover and called it a night, a large number stayed on to enjoy the talk and the short films.
The rain provided a great starting topic for Izutsu who launched into an anecdote from one of his films.  His cast and crew were assembled and all had been fed and were ready to shoot when a heavy rain began and ruined everything.  Nature is hard to predict and not always agreeable--the shoot was canceled for the day!
When asked about his involvement with short films, Izutsu said he got his start in filmmaking with a short he directed in high school.  It was 20 minutes long and with no resources he had to sneak into locations and use a friend as an actor.  The film was shot on an old Single 8mm camera that was “stolen” from a friend’s father.  One reel of 8mm is about 3minutes long and costs around 1300 yen.  Since he didn’t want to spend much money on film, nearly every take had to be used in the final cut!
Next, Bessho and Izutsu agreed that becoming an actor or director in Japan is a difficult and cryptic task.  As there are few outlets for students pursuing directing in Japan , finding a path is very tough.  Izutsu went on to state that directors need the opportunity to screen their films.  It is critical for all directors to screen their films with an audience.
The two also agreed that, contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to have much money to make a film.  Just five thousand yen ($50 US) is enough.  Izutsu made his first short film for 5,000 yen in high school.  He went on to give an example of a Belgian director who took on every job on his own film to save money.  The auteur worked as his own producer, dp, actor, editor, etc.  
Following this example, the Belgian short film “VINCENT” was screened next.
After the short, Izutsu went on to ponder the definition of short film.  He said the shortest films must be commercials as they are less than a minute in length and give a big message to audiences such as “Save the world, Stop AIDS, etc. “  Izutsu concluded that brining a message to your audience is an important aspect of filmmaking.
Izutsu also told a story about a short film he saw on local television many years ago.  In the film, a group of people were wading in the factory-polluted waters of Nagoya Bay pulling up handfuls of sludge from the bottom.  After five or ten minutes, at the end of the film, the camera pulled out to an aerial shot revealing that the words “Shit Dump” were cut out of the sludge from the bottom of the sea!  Yet another example of the fragile balance between man and nature.
The ever popular German short film “Dangle” screened next.  The film was very well received by tonight’s audience.
Tetsuya commented on “Dangle” and it’s easy to follow, non-dialogue storytelling.  Izutsu agreed this was nice and said the film has to be non dialogue?if someone tried to write dialogue about what happens it would make no sense.  It is all visual.  We have to feel something from the visual.  Movies can tell something to people, things we cannot always say by words or writing, but through the visual.  This is why Izutsu keeps making films.
Izutsu then invited the audience to work as extras on his next feature film. 
Shortly after these comments, Tetsuya wrapped up the talk event with the promise of more excitement to come on Saturday with Chage’s live performance and our grand Awards Ceremony at EXPO DOME!

SSFF EXPO 2005 Producer Tetsuya Bessho	Cinema Talk with Dir. Izutsu	Talking about Short Film
During Screening	Audiences

The EXPO PLAZA was packed with over 5,000 people sprawled out on the lawn and standing room only for folks gathered on the perimeter.  The massive Panasonic screen illuminated the summer night as millions of bugs, birds and even some bats fluttered around great example of the presence of mother nature at EXPO2005.
The six-piece, a cappella J-Pop group Rag Fair took the stage for a sound check.  This lengthy procedure didn’t put a damper on the night, in fact it fired the audience up and got them ready for the big event.
After the microphones were checked the sound made perfect, Tetsuya Bessho, producer of the Short Shorts Film Festival, took the stage for a talk event on short films.  With a brief description on this genre of filmmaking he reminded the audience that nearly all of the great film directors in history started out making short films.  With that, Tetsuya introduced Dangle, an award winning short that screened at Short Shorts Film Festival 2004.  This German film is a great example of a modern, silent short film and always impresses and pleases audiences!
Rag Fair joined Tetsuya on stage next to discuss films.  Unfortunately the talk diverted away from short films and seemed to stick to Rag Fairs production of music videos and their own home movie short film, parts of　which were screened at EXPO PLAZA.  The piece features finger puppets (actually, line drawings painted on the real index fingers of the guys in the band) singing and dancing.  This little film was a good example that ANYONE can make a short film!  All you need is a story and motivation.  Tetsuya used the opportunity to highlight the fact that Short Shorts has screened films made for less than $25 ( US )!
Rag Fair performed a concert for just over an hour that really pumped the audience up.    It seems that many Rag Fair fans planned their trip to EXPO just for this event!
Tetsuya returned to the stage to thank the audience for coming and to remind everyone about Short Shorts 2005 EXPOs big event on Saturday at EXPO DOME.  A program of short films followed this concluding the night at EXPO 2005.  There is nothing like screening films out in the grand theatre of Mother Nature!

Cinema Talk with RAG FAIR	Talking about Short Film	Audiences
Dangle	RAG FAIR's Concert	at Back Stage after the Event