Announcement of SSFF & ASIA 2022 shortlist (3rd)
Beginning in August, 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 October, we received about 300 submissions. There were many shorts submitted from the United States, France, and Canada. About 1/3 were shorts from first time directors and another 1/3 were directed by female filmmakers. As in the submissions in August and September, we received shorts about life & family, and also work/workplace. Notable were shorts that placed emphasis and focus in the sound or audio elements of the films. Perhaps this was a by-product of limits placed on the shooting and production process by Covid.
There is now about one month remaining until the submission deadline. We’re looking forward to many more submissions for you!
https://www.shortshorts.org/en/creators/
~ SSFF & ASIA 2022 Short List (3rd) ~
*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 | ||
| 10:45 | George Gogichaishvili | Georgia |
| A NEW PERSPECTIVE | Emanuela Ponzano | Italy |
| Borekas (بوريكاس) | Saleh Saadi | Palestine |
| Good Morning Midnight (Bonjour Minuit) | Elisabeth Silveiro | France |
| Hantu | Kim Kokosky Deforchaux | Netherlands |
| Harry The Hamster | Lewis Reeves | United Kingdom |
| Noctuidae | Alexandra (Ali) Mauritz | Germany |
| PISS-POOR WEATHER (SCHEISSWETTER) | Jens Kevin Georg | Germany |
| The Bridge | Rodrigue Hammal | Canada |
| The Life Underground | Loïc Hobi | Switzerland |
| The Night I Left America | Laki Karavias | United States |
| The Oysters (Les Huîtres) | Maia Descamps | Belgium |
| Zafar | Aqsa Altaf & John X Carey | United States |
| Official Competition supported by Sony Asia International Competition | ||
| Auntie Oh Lives In Your Memories | Kathleen Bu | Singapore |
| Hourglass House | Yinghai Hu | China |
| Tank Fairy (桶妝仙女) | Erich Rettstadt (雷利) | Taiwan |
| The Moment of Heera | Jin-young LEE | Korea, Republic of |
| We have to love each other. | LEE Ru-ri | Korea, Republic of |
| Official Competition supported by Sony Japan Competition | ||
| 1.2% | 齋藤 栄美 (Emi Saito) | Japan |
| 風を聴く(Listen to the wind) | 高原 修一 (Shuichi Takahara) | Japan |
| 滑板拳〜KUNG-FU SKATEBOARDER (KAPPAN KEN〜KUNG-FU SKATEBOARDER) | 宮尾 昇陽 (Shoyo Miyao) | Japan |
| 再演 (Replay) | 土屋 哲彦 (Tetsuhiko Tsuchiya) | Japan |
| 時雨さんの渡世 (Shigure’s Choice) | 晴日 カシュ (Kash Haruhi) | Japan |
| 誰も言わない (Nobody says) | 霞 翔太 (Shota Kasumi) | Japan |
| つめたいあかり(Cold Light) | 永岡 俊幸 (Toshiyuki Nagaoka) | Japan |
| 街の声が聞きたい | 高島 優毅 (Yuki Takashima) | Japan |
| 笑いのリズム (Rhythm) | 安楽 将士 (Masashi Anraku) | Japan |
| Animation Competition | ||
| Alternate Mesozoic | Swann Boby, Lucie Laudrin, Marion Métivier, Léna Miguet, Sixtine Sanrame & Marie Schaeffer | France |
| Death and the Winemaker | Victor Jaquier | Switzerland |
| LUNCHEON MAD | 羽部 空海 (Sorami Habu) | Japan |
| Merry Big Mess | Sacha Gosselin, Ambre Bohin, Timothé ballan, Amaury Emond, Hugo Joron, Arthur Morle, Antoine Tomasi & Clémence Van Gout | France |
| Mr. Spam Gets a New Hat | William Joyce | United Kingdom |
| New《Divergence》 | Lijun Sun & Yongliang Shen | China |
| Punctured Sky | Jon Rafman | United States |
| Non-Fiction Competition | ||
| At Eye Level | Mauro Mueller | Mexico |
| Gina | Kathryn Prescott | United States |
| Nsenene | Michelle Coomber | United Kingdom |
| Nuisance Bear | Jack Weisman & Gabriela Osio Vanden | Canada |
| TWO FATHERS (MEINE VÄTER) | Julia von Heinz | Germany |
| When We Were Them | Danis Tanović & Damir Šagolj | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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 October, but the timing of the announcements may vary.