{"id":14967,"date":"2024-02-20T21:43:16","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T12:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/?post_type=news_en&#038;p=14967"},"modified":"2024-03-14T23:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:07:41","slug":"gsa2024-2","status":"publish","type":"news_en","link":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/news_en\/creators\/gsa2024-2\/","title":{"rendered":"SSFF &#038; ASIA 2024 Global Spotlight Award <br> Shortlist Vol.2 was announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"273\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-Coming-soon-Simple-Instagram-750-x-422-px-1500-x-554-px-1-740x273.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-Coming-soon-Simple-Instagram-750-x-422-px-1500-x-554-px-1-740x273.png 740w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-Coming-soon-Simple-Instagram-750-x-422-px-1500-x-554-px-1-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-Coming-soon-Simple-Instagram-750-x-422-px-1500-x-554-px-1-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Black-Coming-soon-Simple-Instagram-750-x-422-px-1500-x-554-px-1.png 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SSFF &amp; ASIA 2024 annonced the shortlist vol.2 for this year\u2019s Global Spotlight Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 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\n\n\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) as the Global Spotlight Award. In 2023, Korean star Seo In Guk\u2019s directorial short film \u201cTrap by Seo In Guk\u201d was selected in June and the directors greeted the audience with a video acceptance message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shortlist will be announced monthly from January to May and award will be given in the SSFF &amp; ASIA 2024 in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For the 2nd shortlist, a human drama &#8220;Good Boy&#8221; directed by Tom Stuart and starred by Ben Wishaw, which was selected as a shortlist nominee of the Oscar 2024 as well and trilling short drama &#8220;The Heist&#8221; in which Emmy Award winner Michael Imperioli  and 7 NBA stared were selected. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>\u300eGood Boy\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GOOD BOY | Official Trailer HD | Ben Whishaw | Academy Awards\u00ae Shortlist  &amp; BAFTA Qualifying\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZQj-1yHmWNw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Out of money and out of luck, Danny is determined to turn his life around, but the interventions of his anarchic mum and the reappearance of figures from his past threaten to derail him at every turn.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Director\uff1aTom Stuart<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Casts\uff1aBen Wishaw, Marion Bailey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>\u300eThe Heist\u300f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/pgbcOcA4PSQ?si=pbhA5JNTv7XA2Vxk\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Set in a Las Vegas casino, the film begins with Michael Imperioli hatching a plan for \u201csomething that\u2019s never been done before \u2013 all 30 teams, one NBA Cup. Such high stakes will require a team with special skills and a calculated strategy. As he unfurls the plan, he introduces the NBA stars, each with their own technique to grab the Cup for their squad.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Director\uff1aKarim Huu Do<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Casts\uff1aMichael Imperioli,  Anthony Davis, DeMar DeRozan, Trae Young, Julius Ran<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14962,"parent":0,"template":"","e_news_cat":[550,641,549],"class_list":["post-14967","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\/14967","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\/14962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"e_news_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/e_news_cat?post=14967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}