{"id":13261,"date":"2022-12-23T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T00:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/?post_type=news_en&#038;p=13261"},"modified":"2022-12-23T08:22:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T23:22:34","slug":"gsa-shortlist1","status":"publish","type":"news_en","link":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/news_en\/creators\/gsa-shortlist1\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortlist #1 for the 2023 Global Spotligt Award is announced!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Short Shorts Film Festival &amp; Asia (SSFF &amp; ASIA) , one of\u00a0 the largest international short film festivals in Asia, accredited by the Academy Awards(R) has announced\u00a0 #1 Shortlist for the 2023 Global Spotlight Award.<\/p>\n<p>The Global Spotlight Award is given to a work that 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.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Travon Free\u2019s 2020 Black Lives Matter themed, Oscar(R) winning short film \u201cTwo Distant Strangers\u201d was selected and in 2022, we were proud to announce the selection of NFT animation \u201cRoborovski\u201d (Australia) by Tilda Kobham-Harvey and Dev Petal (\u201cHotel Mumbai\u201d) was announced as the Global Spotlight Award in June and the directors greeted the audience with a video acceptance message.<\/p>\n<p>For the 2023 Global Spotlight Award, we&#8217;ll announce the shortlist every month from December and the finalisy will be told on June 4th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SSFF &amp; ASIA has annuonced the #1 Shortlist today as: The Critics Company&#8217;s &#8220;Ogun Ola : War is Coming&#8221; which was produced &amp; narrated by Morgan Freeman and Indesia&#8217;s R&amp;B singer NIKI&#8217;s &#8220;But I&#8217;m Letting Go&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13258 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/b88c16615b3d4b84d2c152a65814955a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"670\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/b88c16615b3d4b84d2c152a65814955a.jpg 670w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/b88c16615b3d4b84d2c152a65814955a-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2605Critics Company\u00a0 \u00a0&#8220;Ogun Ola : War is Coming&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Directed by\u00a0Godwin Gaza Josiah<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0Produced by\u00a0Morgan Freeman<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kpxXmK4TC04\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Ogun Ola: War is Coming is a short film by The Critics &#8211; a filmmaking collective based in Kaduna, Nigeria. WAR IS COMING follows the story of \u00d3la, a brash teenager who discovers he is the reincarnation of a demigod, spiraling into destiny unprepared for the events that come as a result of this discovery.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">\u2605NIKI\u00a0 &#8220;But I&#8217;m Letting Go&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Directed by\u00a0Isaac Ravishankara<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xlo_G-YlQEM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Nicole &#8216;NIKI&#8217; Zefanya delivers a poignant performance as a young woman experiencing the ache and elation of first love. Set to the music of NIKI&#8217;s album &#8220;Nicole,&#8221; this touching story captures the immediacy of love and loss and the ability of music and memory to transport us to another time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13258,"parent":0,"template":"","e_news_cat":[550,641,549],"class_list":["post-13261","news_en","type-news_en","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","e_news_cat-creators","e_news_cat-filmfestival","e_news_cat-project"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_en\/13261","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\/13258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"e_news_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/e_news_cat?post=13261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}