SSFF & ASIA 2025 Global Spotlight Award Shortlist Vol.3 is announced
SSFF & ASIA 2025 annonced the shortlist vol. 3 for this year’s Global Spotlight Award.
This Award is given to a work outside Japan which conveys the present of the world in a changing world and opens up new possibilities for a filmmaker and supports short films that unites the world.
In 2021, Travon Free’s 2020 Black Lives Matter themed, Oscar(R) winning short film “Two Distant Strangers”, in 2022, NFT animation “Roborovski” (Australia) by Tilda Kobham-Harvey and Dev Petal (“Hotel Mumbai”) , and in 2023, Korean star Seo In Guk’s directorial short film “Trap by Seo In Guk” had been selected as the Global Spotlight Award.
In 2024, Music Drama by Korean pop star Stray Kids “Stray Kids ＜樂-STAR＞ SKZFLIX” won the award and showed high attention to the Korean music short.
The shortlist will be announced monthly from and the final award will be announced in the SSFF & ASIA 2025 in June.
For the 3rd shortlist for the Globasl Spotlight Award 2025, Following 2 short films are nominated:
“The Boy & The Octopus” , a fantasy short film produced by Walt Disney Company and directed by Oscar winning director Taika Waititi.
“In October”, a music short film in which immensely popular Korean trot singer Lim Young Woong starred.
★”The Boy & The Octopus”
Director：Taika Waititi / U.S.A / 4min. / 2024
Follows the journey of a child who discovers a curious octopus has attached to his head during a seaside vacation. After returning home, the boy forms a true friendship with the octopus by introducing his new companion to his life on land.
★”In October”
Director : Ojun Kwon / Korea / 30min. / 2024
“In October” tells the story of a “hero” who lives alone with his only friend “Sewol-i” in a world devastated by the spread of an unidentified epidemic, and is a 31-minute short film that is a full version of Lim Young-woong’s music video that has exceeded 6 million views and a new aspect of actor Lim Young-woong.