{"id":12692,"date":"2022-04-28T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T05:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/?post_type=news_en&p=12692"},"modified":"2022-04-29T12:37:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T03:37:17","slug":"short-shorts-film-festival-asia-2022-official-web-site-open","status":"publish","type":"news_en","link":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/news_en\/creators\/short-shorts-film-festival-asia-2022-official-web-site-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Shorts Film Festival & ASIA 2022 Official Web Site OPEN!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Accredited by the Academy Awards\u00ae
\nShort Shorts Film Festival & ASIA 2022
\nIntroducing over 200 films that were nominated from more than 5,500 submissions<\/h1>\n

Opening of the Online Venue of SSFF & ASIA 2022!
\nSpecial Programs include – \u201c13 Japanese Directors on the Rise\u201d
\n& the release of \u201cBoy Sprouted,\u201d a short film written by A.I.
\nWorldwide screenings of the Online Venue begin today!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

Academy Awards\u00ae qualifying Short Shorts Film Festival & ASIA (SSFF&ASIA)\u00a0 has launched the official website for the 2022 nominees! https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/2022\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n

This year’s film festival will be held at multiple venues in Tokyo, starting with the opening ceremony on June 7th (Tuesday) and ending with the award ceremony on June 20th (Monday).The online theater starts global streaming from April 28th, today.<\/p>\n

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To embody this year\u2018s theme \u201cMeta Cinema: Transcend, Discover, Begin~\u201d, one of the opening short films of the online venue is \u201cBoy Sprouted, the script written by AI, a first in Japan. Also kicking off is the virtual movie theater in the virtual venue, \u201dDOOR.”<\/p>\n

Announced on the official website of the festival, over 200 films were selected from out of 5,720 films that were submitted from 126 countries and regions around the world.<\/b><\/p>\n

Nominees of the Official Competition supported by Sony, the Animation Competition, the Non-Fiction Competition and the Smartphone Film Competition supported by Sony\u2019s Xperia will be streamed online starting June 4th on the online venue as well as at Tokyo venues from June 7th to 20th.<\/p>\n

As special screenings of this year\u2018s film festival, \u201cHigh School Girls\u201d by director Park Ji-Wan (\u201cThe Day I Died: Unclosed Case\u201d), \u201cGood Morning Midnight\u201d starring \u00a0Fanny Ardant and \u201cThe Vandal”, an animated short that depicts \u201clobotomy\u201d produced by Darren Aronofsky (\u201cBlack Swan\u201d) will be streamed worldwide starting June 4th.<\/p>\n

In addition to \u201cBoy Sprouted,\u201d as the opening film of the festival, a special program, “Japanese Filmmakers on the Rise” will start worldwide streaming on the online venue today. Short films by 13 Japanese filmmakers who will follow in the footsteps director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, who is currently enjoying increased recognition around the world.<\/p>\n

Some awards will be announced in advance and at the Opening Ceremony on Thursday, June 7. Awards that will be sent for consideration at the Academy Awards\u00ae 2023 and the George Lucas Award (Grand Prix) will be announced on June 20, at the Award Ceremony.<\/p>\n

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2022<\/b><\/h3>\n
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\u25a0SSFF & ASIA President: Tetsuya Bessho<\/p>\n

\u25a0Dates: Festival – Tuesday, June 7th to Monday, June 20th\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u3000\u3000\u3000\uff0aOnline venue: Thursday, April 28th – Thursday, June 30th<\/p>\n

\u25a0Screening venues: Online venues and multiple venues in Tokyo
\n*Screening period differs for each venue.<\/p>\n

\u25a0Entry fee:
\nFree of charge with the exception of special events
\n(Reservation bookings scheduled to begin April 28th)<\/p>\n

\u25a0Homepage: https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/2022\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u25a0 Organizer: Committee for Short Shorts \/ Committee for Short Shorts Film Festival Asia<\/p>\n

*Program details are subject to change.
\n*The times or content may be subject to change based on the status of the spread of the new coronavirus infection.<\/p>\n

\u3010SSFF & ASIA 2022 SDGs Initiatives\u3011<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

SSFF & ASIA has digitalized distribution of printed materials since 2020. We will develop as a film festival by implementing SDGs step by step. We will also continue to develop programs with themes of “Diversity” and “War and the Power to Live,” as well as “Save the Earth! The festival will encourage the awareness of filmmakers and participants about SDGs through our programs like the \u201cLadies for Cinema Project\u201d and various awards for these SDG programs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12683,"parent":0,"template":"","e_news_cat":[550,548,641],"class_list":["post-12692","news_en","type-news_en","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","e_news_cat-creators","e_news_cat-event","e_news_cat-filmfestival"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_en\/12692","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_en"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_en"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"e_news_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/e_news_cat?post=12692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}