Announcement of SSFF & ASIA 2022 shortlist (2nd)
Beginning last month, we have released a shortlist that will be nominated from among the entries for the Five Academy Awards® categories (International, Asia International, Japan, Animation, Non-fiction) at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2022.
In September, we received about 1,200 submissions. There were many shorts submitted from the United States, France, Spain, and especially from Asia, China, India, and South Korea. 5% of the total submissions were from Japan. In addition, about 40% of the students’ short films came as a result of the graduation season overseas.
As was the case last month, there were many films with stories about family, romantic relationships, and life and death. These were followed by films related to lifestyles and to the workplace. Among the submissions in the science fiction and fantasy genres, there were many films that used mysticism and dreams, as well as satirizing modern society. Congratulations to all the short listed filmmakers!!
We keep accepting the submission till Jan. 31, 2022. Looking forward to seeing you at the festival 2022!!
~ SSFF & ASIA 2022 Short List (2nd) ~
*The name of the film, the director name, and the country name will be listed in alphabetical order by category
| Title | Director | Country |
| Official Competition supported by Sony International Competition | ||
| Action | Benoît Monney | Switzerland |
| Amygdala (ΑΜΥΓΔΑΛΗ) | Maria Hatzakou | Greece |
| An Irish Goodbye | Ross White & Tom Berkeley | Ireland |
| Aurora and the House of Lights | Ángela Matiz & María Matiz | Colombia |
| Back to the West | Boris Hadzija | Germany |
| BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop | Jason Park | United States |
| Bleach (Bleacj) | Mattias Graham | Canada |
| Bleue | Ornella Pacchioni | France |
| BLIND SPOTS | Luis Schubert | Germany |
| Bystander (عن بُعد) | rachel aoun | Lebanon |
| Deaf (SORDA) | Nuria Muñoz-Ortín & Eva Libertad | Spain |
| Each Other (L’un l’autre) | Clara Prévost | Canada |
| Endless heat (CALOR INFINITO) | Joaquín León | Spain |
| Entre tú y Milagros | Mariana Saffon | Colombia |
| Fever (La Fièvre) | Matias Carlier | Switzerland |
| Hold Up | Alison Rodrigues | Australia |
| In Dreams (Uni) | Pete Riski | Finland |
| Unliveable (Inabitável ) | Matheus Farias & Enock Carvalho | Brazil |
| Iniquity | Oliver Goodrum | United Kingdom |
| It Feels Personal | Hugh Clegg | United Kingdom |
| Jupiter Rain | Imanol Ruiz de Lara | Spain |
| LEO BY NIGHT (Léo la nuit) | Nans Laborde-Jourdàa | France |
| Monkey-Love, Please Hold | Greg Fox | Canada |
| My friend (Mon Ami) | Michaël Bier & Hervé Piron | Belgium |
| Night Breakers | Campoy Gabriel, Lafoz Guillem | Spain |
| Our own land (Nous n’irons plus en haut) | Simon Helloco | France |
| Penthouse | Vegard Dahle & Line Klungseth Johansen | Norway |
| Primal Therapy (Suoterapia) | Santtu Salminen | Finland |
| Rachels Don’t Run | Joanny Causse | United States |
| SHARK | Nash Edgerton | Australia |
| Snooze | Adam Collins | Ireland |
| Stagnant | Konrad Kultys | Poland |
| Starched Collars (Cuellos Almidonados) | Daniel Rodríguez Risco | Peru |
| Sunnies | Ismail Khan | Australia |
| The Blanket (Lakana) | Teppo Airaksinen | Finland |
| The child and the night (L’Enfant et la nuit) | Pascale Hannoyer | France |
| The Mouse | Theo Baines | United Kingdom |
| The Red Sultan | Joachim Besançon | United States |
| Two Women (שתי נשים) | Yuval Kaminsky | Israel |
| Va dans les bois | Lucie Prost | France |
| Viral | Shriejan Paudel | Netherlands |
| Official Competition supported by Sony Asia International Competition | ||
| A Grandpa’s Uniform and the Other Things of Fear (Pedhut) | Christian Banisrael | Indonesia |
| A shared path | Negar Naghavi | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Black Rainbow | Zig Dulay | Philippines |
| Can’t go out tonight (집 밖은 위험해) | Chang-geun Cho | Korea, Republic of |
| Last Call (Panggilan Terakhir) | Eysham Ali | Singapore |
| Lili Alone | Zou Jing | China |
| Maturity | Nazanin Ghanbarimohammadi | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Moshari (মশারি) | Nuhash Humayun | Bangladesh |
| Murder Tongue | Ali Sohail Jaura | Pakistan |
| Nasi (最后的女猎人) | Xiaoting Tang | China |
| Please… See Us | Chaweng Chaiyawan | Thailand |
| Solar Eclipse | Alireza Ghasemi & Raha Amirfazli | Iran, France |
| SWALLOW | Mai Nakanishi | Taiwan, Japan |
| The daughter (유산) | Soon-a Nam | Korea, Republic of |
| The Note | Jen Nee Lim | Singapore |
| The Sea Calls for Me (Laut Memanggilku) | Tumpal Tampubolon | Indonesia |
| The Silent Echo | Suman Sen | India, Nepal |
| When you need 22% | Hanna Yoon | Korea, Republic of |
| Whispering Wind (风行草偃) | Tianli Liu | China |
| Official Competition supported by Sony Japan Competition | ||
| Alone & Clone | 葛西 勇也 (Yuya Kasai) | Japan |
| いちご好きにはたまらない！ チョベリベリベリストロベリー好き | 髙橋 栄一 (Eiichi Takahashi) | Japan |
| 充電人 (JUDENCHU) | 西 遼太郎 (Ryotarou Nishi) | Japan |
| 鋭いプロポーズ | 髙橋 栄一 (Eiichi Takahashi) | Japan |
| それでも幸福でいなさい | 定谷 美海 (Yoshimi Joya) | Japan |
| Chained | Takafumi Sakabe | Japan |
| 父ありき (Still is) | 市原 俊幸 (Toshiyuki Ichihara) | Japan |
| 灰色の散弾銃 | 五十嵐 仁 (Hitoshi Igarashi) | Japan |
| 人 (Hito) | 龍大朗 山口 (Ryutarou Yamaguchi) | Japan |
| PREPARE TO MARCH!! | 龍 健太 (Ryu Kenta) | Japan |
| マカロニサラダ (Makaronisarada) | 斉藤 かおり (Kaori Saito) | Japan |
| マニブスの種 (minibus seeds) | 芦原 健介 (Kensuke Aihara) | Japan |
| Animation Competition | ||
| A Guitar in the Bucket (버킷) | Boyoung Kim | Korea, Republic of |
| Airborne | Andrzej Jobczyk | Poland |
| Carnivorous Bean Sprout | SeO | Korea, Republic of |
| Cromosoma X | Lucia Bulgheroni | Italy |
| Florian | Gustav Bengtsson & David Bengtsson | Sweden |
| 怪獣デコード (KAIJU DECODE) | ©TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS, TOEI ANIMATION | Japan |
| Life’s a Bitch (Жизнь-паскуда) | Varya Yakovleva | Russian Federation |
| Lifeblood | Nicholas Tory | Australia |
| Liv&Bell ” Bell’s long thin friend “ | Natsuki Kida | Japan |
| Other Half | Lina Kalcheva | United Kingdom |
| Pistachio | Isabella Spadone | United States |
| Roberto | Carmen Córdoba González | Spain |
| サマーブルー | 澤田 杏奈 (Anna Sawada) | Japan |
| Swipe | Arafat Mazhar | Pakistan |
| 高野交差点 (Takano Intersection) | 伊藤 瑞希 (Mizuki Ito) | Japan |
| The awakening of the insects (Le réveil des insectes) | Stephanie Lansaque & Francois Leroy | France |
| The Clearing | Daniel Hope | United Kingdom |
| The Visit (Wizyta) | Mateusz Jarmulski | Poland |
| The Windshield Wiper | Alberto Mielgo | Spain |
| TIO | Juan Medina | Mexico |
| わたしのトーチカ (Our Little Pond) | 石舘 波子 (Namiko Ishidate) | Japan |
| Non-Fiction Competition | ||
| Acts For The Invisible | Kate Vinen | Australia |
| Barefoot Empress | Vikas Khanna | India |
| Belle River | Guillaume Fournier, Samuel Matteau & Yannick Nolin | United States |
| Beyond the Wire | Ted Griswold | United States |
| BLOOD for HORSES | Antonin Lechat | France |
| Extra (Figurante) | Nacho Fernández | Spain |
| Lalito 10 | Jordan Matthew Horowitz | United States |
| May•JEJU•Day (메이•제주•데이) | Jude KANG | Korea, Republic of |
| Merenberg | Daniel Negrete | Colombia |
| タイプーサム (THAIPUSAM) | 佐々木 光洋 (Koyo Sasaki) | Japan |
| TRUSTFALL | Stefan David Witts | Norway |
| Where Is My Darling? | Adam Finney | Australia |
| YOUR NAME IS | Paulo Patrício | Portugal |
Festival selections will be made from among the shortlisted films.
The shortlist films will be selected monthly until the end of March, 2022 and will be uploaded on the festival’s official website by the end of April, 2022.This month’s shortlist is mainly for films submitted by the end of September, but the timing of the announcements may vary.