{"id":13357,"date":"2023-01-31T12:29:01","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T03:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/?post_type=news_en&#038;p=13357"},"modified":"2023-01-31T12:29:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T03:29:34","slug":"sl-4","status":"publish","type":"news_en","link":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/news_en\/creators\/sl-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement of SSFF &#038; ASIA 2023 Shortlist (#4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13354\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SSFF2023shortlistvol4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SSFF2023shortlistvol4.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SSFF2023shortlistvol4-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SSFF2023shortlistvol4-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SSFF2023shortlistvol4-740x388.jpg 740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p>Since August, 2021, the Short Shorts Film Festival &amp; Asia began releasing a shortlist every month from among the entries for the five Academy Award\u00a9 eligible categories (International, Asia International, Japan, Animation, &amp; Non-fiction) for the following year\u2019s festival.<\/p>\r\n<p>For this year\u2019s 25<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary edition of the SSFF &amp; Asia 2023, in November this year, we received a total of 797 entries. In particular, there were many entries from the United States, Japan, France, China, and United Kingdom. 20% of the total submissions were from Japan. In addition, 34\uff05 of the submitted films were directed by female filmmakers and 28% from first-time filmmakers. There were many stories about the younger generation struggling between conforming to society or alternative ways of life, middle-age characters facing life changes and reconsidering what\u2019s more important to add value to their lives. As for genres, we are receiving more horror\/thriller films than last year but with added elements of comedy .<\/p>\r\n<p>Today is the final day to accept submissions in the 5 main competitions as well as the Cinematic Tokyo and the Smartphone Film Competition supported by Sony\u2019s Xperia. We hope to see your submissions here! \u00a0<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortshorts.org\/creators\/en\">https:\/\/www.shortshorts.org\/creators\/en<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong><em>\u301cSSFF &amp; ASIS 2023 shortlist(4th)\uff5e <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>~ The name of the film, the director name, and the country name will be listed in alphabetical order by category ~<\/p>\r\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"206\">\u00a0Title<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"167\">Director<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"175\">Country of Origin<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>\u25a0International\uff0fLive-action Competition<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Bean Feasa \/\/ Wise Woman<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Daniel Butler<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Ireland<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Beyond Teruel<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Manuel Omonte<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Spain<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Burden of proof<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Ivar Aase<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Norway<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">BURN IT ALL<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">JACK Hickey<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Ireland<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">CORA IN REFLECTION<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Ash Brandon<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">United States<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Daisy<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Torbj\u00f6rn Edwall<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Sweden<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Esperanza<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Shruti Parekh<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">United States<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Fracture<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Panagiotis Fafoutis<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Greece<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">FUNDI<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">REMI PARISSE<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">France<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Get Home Safe<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Tamara Deni\u0107<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Germany<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Headspace<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Aisling Byrne<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Ireland<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Hold Up<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Alex Rollins Berg<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">United States<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Lava<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Carmen Jimenez<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Spain<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Les D\u00e9sancr\u00e9.e.s<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Laura Lambert, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Manescau<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">France<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Piedra Dura<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Rommel Villa<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Bolivia, Plurinational State of<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Romeo<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Tynystan Temirzhan uulu<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Kyrgyzstan<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Sunset at the Sea<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Jina Miao<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">United States<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Tabanca<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Lauren Marsden<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Canada<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">The middle of the garage<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Lisa Bolduc<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Canada<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">The Other End of the Street<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">K\u00e1lm\u00e1n Nagy<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Austria<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Voice Activated<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Steve Anthopoulos<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Australia<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Volver Al Sur &#8211; Returning South<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Sofia Ayala<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Germany<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Your Guardian<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Mimi Vlaovic<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Serbia<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Lola vs Ed<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Brinkman Lars<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Netherlands<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>\u25a0Asia International \/ Live-action Competition<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>44<\/td>\r\n<td>Meera Krishnan<\/td>\r\n<td>India<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">48 Hours<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Azadeh Moussavi<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Iran, Islamic Republic of<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Evacuation of Mama Emola<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Priambodo Anggun<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Indonesia<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">ETERNAL SUNDAY<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Lyu Rhyme<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">China<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">File<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Sonia K. Hadad<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Iran, Islamic Republic of<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Floating on Water<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Su,Yi-Hui<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Taiwan<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Giddh (The Scavenger)<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Manish Saini<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">India<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">HEIRLOOMS<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Devina Sofiyanti<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Indonesia<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Nowhere else<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">LEE KYEONG WON<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Korea, Republic of<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Raised in Water<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Janus Victoria<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Philippines<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">The Suitcase<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Saman Hosseinpuor, Ako Zandkarimi<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Iran, Islamic Republic of<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>\u25a0Japan \/ Live-action Competition<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">CALM TIME<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Rino Tsuneishi<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Japan<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">LET&#8217;S MAKE BLUEBERRY JAM<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Yusuke Hayamizu<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Japan<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">One minute walk to love in cosplay<\/td>\r\n<td>Ryousuke Tanaka<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Japan<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Six of Sayoko<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Yuji Shiota<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Japan<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>\u25a0Animation Competition<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Amok<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Bal\u00e1zs Turai<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Hungary<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Candlelight<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Scott Newton<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">United Kingdom<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Crab<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Piotr Chmielewski<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Poland<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Distance<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Jung-Hsin Hu<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Taiwan<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Eclipse Diplomacy\u00a0<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">LUTON Cesar, PASQUIER Achille, LALLAOUI Selim, BAILLY Clemence, MECHIN Axel<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">France<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">FALLING<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Daniel Sousa, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">United States<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Kafka&#8217;s Doll<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Bruno Sim\u00f5es<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Spain<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>pinto<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Sei Ohara<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Japan<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Spoon<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">arthur chays<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">France<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Til We Meet Again<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">\u00dclo Pikkov<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Estonia<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td colspan=\"3\"><strong>\u25a0Non-Fiction Competition<\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Afterlives<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Michael Heindl<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Austria<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">Becoming Yamazushi<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">George Yamazawa<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">United States<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td width=\"205\">The Awakening of the Vietnamese Elephant<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"204\">Teresa Carante<\/td>\r\n<td width=\"116\">Viet Nam<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Festival selections will be made from among the shortlisted films. 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