Announcement of SSFF & ASIA 2024 shortlist (4th)
We are proud to release the latest shortlist from among the entries for the Academy Award© eligible categories (Live-action Competition, Animation competition, and Non-fiction competition) for the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2024.
In November, we received a total of 627 entries. There were many submissions from the United States, Korea, France, China, Japan, United Kingdom, and Iran as well as Cameroon, Namibia, Rwanda, and Uganda. 40% of the submitted films were directed by female filmmakers, 31% by first time filmmakers, & 30 % were student projects. We received many family dramas in the international competition, more romance, friendship and horror films in the Asia international competition. We also have been receiving more comedy films from Iran compared to previous years and they are very unique and creative! Today is the final day to accept submissions for the 5 main competitions as well as the Cinematic Tokyo and the Smartphone Competition. We hope to see your submissions here!
〜SSFF & ASIA 2024 shortlist(4th)～
~ The name of the film, the director name, and the country name will be listed in alphabetical order by category ~
| Project Title | Directors | Country of Origin |
| ■International／Live-action Competition | ||
| A taxi in the middle of the night | ILKAY DEMIR | Turkey |
| Amplified | Dina Naser | Jordan |
| Blind Spots | Bayron Norman | Mexico |
| I promise you paradise | Morad Mostafa | Egypt |
| For real | Lévêque Malou | France |
| Let Sleeping Bears Lie | Oskar Willers | Sweden |
| Mamis Tvalebi | Tammy Mamistvalov | Israel |
| Paris 70 | Dani Feixas Roca | Spain |
| SAGE | Max Blustin | England |
| The Last Time | Przemysław Stankiewicz | Poland |
| This is not a character, this is betrayal | Romina Küper | Germany |
| Ultraveloci | Davide Morando, Paolo Bonfadini | Italy |
| What You Left in the Ditch | Tucker Bliss | United States |
| Wrecker | Martina McGlynn | Ireland |
| WATER COOLER WAR | SALLUSTIO LISA | Belgium |
| ■Asia International / Live-action Competition | ||
| Ballad of the mountain | Tarun Jain | India |
| Burul | Adilet Karzhoev | Kyrgyztan |
| EDITH | Clare Chong | Singapore |
| Free Wandering | LIU BEN | China |
| HUNTED OWL FAMILY | Jin ROH | Korea, Republic of |
| It’s Perfectly Okay to Lie | I-Hui Lee | Taiwan |
| Knitting My Heart | Jihyeon OH | Korea, Republic of |
| Nature Speaks | Nali Maronsi | Iraq |
| The last whining of a horse that had dreamt of becoming a butterfly | Mahdie Mohammadi | Iran, Islamic Republic of |
| Veni | Vishal Jejurkar | India |
| ■Japan / Live-action Competition | ||
| Blue and White | Hiroyuki Nishiyama | Japan |
| Hey… Mom… | Seiko Tano | Japan |
| Imaginary Friend | Takafumi Sakabe | Japan |
| Deep Bones | Tomoichiro Setsuda | Japan |
| now | Kaori Okita | Japan |
| 夏菜子、帰る | Hiroshi Takahashi | Japan |
| ■Animation Competition | ||
| E6-D7 | Eno Swinnen | Belgium |
| Grandpa’s Star Fireworks | Nijitaro | Japan |
| Happy New Year | Saki Muramoto | Japan |
| Humo (Smoke) | Rita Basulto | Mexico |
| kawauso | Akihito Izuhara | Japan |
| The Music Factory | Løvold Alf Martin, Espejord Cina | Norway |
| ■Non-Fiction Competition | ||
| Circle of Donuts | Toshikazu Hosoki | Japan |
| Efe | Shiori Ito | Japan |
| Frank | David Gauvey Herbert | United States |
| Our Neighbors, The Peacocks | Callie Barlow | United States |
| Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight | Kyle Provencio Reingold | United States |
| Once in a lifetime encounter | Masahiko Nakashima | Japan |
| The Border：What is family? | Hiroyuki Fukuyori | Japan |
| Now and Then: The Last Beatles Song | Oliver Murray | United Kingdom |
| LIVE, BREATHE, EAT EEL : YAMADA NO UNAGI | Daiki Nakagawa | Japan |
| Beige Scene | Izumi Yoshida | Japan |
Festival selections will be made from among the shortlisted films. The shortlist films will be selected monthly until the end of March, 2024 and will be uploaded on the festival’s official website by the end of April, 2024.This month’s shortlist is mainly for films submitted by the end of November, but the timing of the announcements may vary.