Announcement of SSFF & ASIA 2023 shortlist (1st)
The Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia has released, beginning in August, 2022, a shortlist from among the entries for the five Academy Awards® categories (International, Asia International, Japan, Animation, & Non-fiction). In August, we received a total of about 900 entries. There were many entries from the United States, France, the United Kingdom, and from China, Iran, & Taiwan in Asia. 34% of the submitted films were directed by female filmmakers, 29 % from first time filmmakers and 28 % were student projects. Due to the spread of Covid on a global scale, we have received many films relating to family dramas with stories about getting along and spending more time with each other. In addition, due to the influence of changes in lifestyle, films shot in one location have been increasing. Although there were many submissions of family dramas, they were not necessarily all of heavy themes, and we have seen an increase in comedies and fantasy. A very good start for the 2023 festival, our 25th, to see the filmmakers’ passion and desire to deliver positive messages in our current world where sad and frightening news seem to dominate our everyday lives.
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〜SSFF & ASIS 2023 shortlist(1st)～
~ The name of the film, the director name, and the country name will be listed in alphabetical order by category ~
| Title | Director | Country of Origin |
| ■International／Live-action Competition | ||
| AirHostess-737 | Thanasis Neofotistos | Greece |
| Amala | Nivetha Balasubramaniam | Denmark |
| Break Hour (Hora Petrolera) | Emilio Braojos | Mexico |
| Brick Head (Tete de brique) | Alexis Manenti | France |
| Deloping | Jon Olav Stokke | United Kingdom |
| El Carrito | Zahida Pirani | United States |
| FAIRPLAY | Zoel Aeschbacher | Switzerland, France |
| Goodbye Persil (Goodbye Persil) | Ugo Savouillan | France |
| Green Fit | Maxime Pistorio | Belgium |
| Hikikomori | Borja Crespo | Spain |
| Killing Bagheera (بطلان) | Muschirf Shekh Zeyn | Syrian Arab Republic |
| Make Love | Alex Osmolovsky | Israel |
| Mud Crab | David Robinson-Smith | Australia |
| NO KEY | Walid MESSNAOUI | Morocco |
| Not My Skin | Balint Klopfstein-Laszlo | Hungary |
| NOT TOMORROW | AMERISSA BASTA | Greece |
| Off Side | Sophie Martin | France |
| Pivot Pals | Doron Drew Feldman | United States |
| Pro Pool (Piscine pro) | Alec Pronovost | Canada |
| Safe as Houses | Mia Mullarkey | Ireland |
| Sami’s Fugue | Vincent Tricon | France |
| Sorry No Vacancy (Der Inhalt eines Bünzlis) | Lars Alexander Wicki | Switzerland |
| Spotless | Emma Branderhorst | Netherlands |
| The Deportation of a Model Citizen | Jacob Thomas Pilgaard | Denmark |
| The Devil | Jan Bujnowski | Poland |
| the red suitcase (La valise rouge) | CYRUS NESHVAD | Luxembourg |
| The Silent ones (Les Silencieux) | Basile Vuillemin | France |
| vic | Schubert Luis | Germany |
| Victim | Robin SUMMONS | Australia |
| Where It’s Beautiful When It Rains | Harley Chamandy | United States |
| ■Asia International / Live-action Competition | ||
| A New Apartment | Szu-Wei Chen | Taiwan |
| Adjustment | Mehrdad Hasani | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Aunt Lotus & Her Dream Bicycle | Kew Lin | Singapore |
| Falling up | Maryam Bakhtiari | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Foreign Uncle | Sining Xiang | China, United States |
| Girls | Qiwen Zhang | China |
| Goo | Jack Li | China, Canada |
| GOODTIME | DONG-IN KANG | Korea, Republic of |
| Little Love | Aizhan Kassymbek | Kazakhstan |
| PHOENIX | Mohsen Nabavi | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Please Hold the Line | Tan Ce Ding | Malaysia |
| Red Funeral | Jane Zhang | China |
| Ringroad | Andrew Kose | Indonesia |
| The Company | Ilnaz Kheirkhah | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| The Silent Whistle | Yingtong Li | China |
| The train | pin luo | China |
| Truffle Trouble (Ye Choom_Ye Lang) | Yaser Barzegar | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Vania on Lima Street | Bayu Prihantoro Filemon | Indonesia |
| Young People, Old People & Nothing in Between (วายป็อบ) | Parida Tantiwasadakran | Thailand |
| ■Animation Competition | ||
| Boogerly Love | Kano Ikeda | Japan |
| Catisfaction | Andre Marques Almeida | Portugal |
| HYSTERESIS | Robert Seidel | Germany |
| Impurrfection | Chiang Yao | Taiwan |
| IRON PLEDGE | Kurumi Hakamata | Japan |
| Krasue | Ryo Hirano | Japan |
| Night | Ahmad Saleh | Palestine, State of |
| Parade | Akihiro Watabiki | Japan |
| On my Bicycle (A Bicyclette) | Océane Lavergne, Benjamin Langagne, Lucas Durot, Pierre Cilluffo, Marine Beuvain & Kerrian Detay | France |
| SCALE | Joseph Pierce | France |
| Slouch | Michael Bohnenstingl | United States |
| Synchrony (Synchronie Passagère) | Julia Le Bras-Juarez, Emmie Marriere, Marianne Fourmanoit, Laura Techer, Louise-Marie Rousselie & Jean Delamarre & Alexis Prost | France |
| The Island of Us | Yu Yu | Taiwan |
| The Record | Jonathan Laskar | Switzerland |
| The Thief | Arturo Brena | United States |
| ■Non-Fiction Competition | ||
| A different view | Camila Silva | Nicaragua |
| Blue Dots | Lorenzo Squarcia | Italy |
| End of the Road | Ivana Todorovic | Serbia |
| From Dreams to Dust | Stephanie Tangkilisan & Muhammad Fadli | United States |
| Live Till I Die | Gustav Ågerstrand, Åsa Ekman, Anders Teigen & Oscar Hedin Hetteberg | Sweden |
| ■Japan / Live-action Competition | ||
| Bird Woman | Tokio Ohara | Japan |
| CHANGE | William Sinclair | Japan |
| Scabiosa | Tsuyoshi Takamura | Japan |
| Shall we love you? | Haruna Tanaka | Japan |
| Sowing Love | Koichi Yamashina | Japan |
| Tofu | Hiroyuki Nishiyama | Japan |
| What do to do to be like you | Chris Rudz | Japan |