{"id":15299,"date":"2024-04-25T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/?post_type=news_en&#038;p=15299"},"modified":"2024-04-25T10:26:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T01:26:06","slug":"academy-awards","status":"publish","type":"news_en","link":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/news_en\/creators\/academy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Academy Awards\u00ae accredited One of the largest<br>International Film Festivals in Asia Short Shorts Film Festival &amp; Asia 2024 About 270 films selected from more than 4,936 submissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>\u3010The festival&#8217;s special website and online venue opened today, and tickets are now on sale\u3011<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Official Competition Nominated films leading up to the Academy Awards\u00ae are also announced!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Short films produced entirely with live AI images, and Special screenings include films<br>starring Ben Whishaw, L\u00e9a Seydoux and Adiren Brody<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortshorts.org\/2024\/en\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4661450548e7cee0372f35c542398054-740x416.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15294\" style=\"width:740px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4661450548e7cee0372f35c542398054-740x416.jpg 740w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4661450548e7cee0372f35c542398054-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4661450548e7cee0372f35c542398054-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4661450548e7cee0372f35c542398054-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/4661450548e7cee0372f35c542398054.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Short Shorts Film Festival &amp; Asia (SSFF &amp; ASIA) 2024, one of Asia&#8217;s largest international short film festivals accredited by the US Academy Awards\u00ae, today announced the nominees and special screenings for various categories on the official festival website. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortshorts.org\/2024\/en\/\">https:\/\/www.shortshorts.org\/2024\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year&#8217;s festival will be held at multiple venues in Tokyo, starting with the Opening Ceremony on Tuesday June 4th and ending with the Awards Ceremony on Monday June 17th. The festival will be preceded by an online venue starting today, Thursday April 25th and running until Sunday June 30th under the theme &#8220;Illuminate your life &#8220;, with a selection of short films (including special non-competition screenings) curated by the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u25c6Announcement of around 270 nominated works, selected from 4,936 entries from<\/strong> <strong>114 countries and regions around the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Japan category of the Live Action competition, which leads to the Academy Awards, short films by actors and directors such as Yudai Chiba, Risa Naka, Sota Fukushi, Win Morisaki and others are nominated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u25c6Special screenings include a fully-produced AI images, \u201cNow and Then: The Last<\/strong> <strong>Beatles Song\u201d, \u201cGood Boy\u201d starring Ben Whishaw, \u201cOnce Outside\u201d starring L\u00e9a<\/strong> <strong>Seydoux and \u201cMascot\u201d starring Adrien Brody, all of which premiered in Japan.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Asia International category features an array of films, including themes such as LGBTQ and featuring actors with disabilities. Special screenings include &#8220;The Hong Kong Within Me&#8221; starring Helim, formerly of the Wonder Girls and &#8220;Zu Mui&#8221; directed by Nattawut Poonpiriya, winner of 12 awards at the 27th Thai Academy Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u25c6SSFF &amp; ASIA 2024 features All must-see Rainbow\/Korea\/Sports Programs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of dramas depicting the LGBTQ perspective of \u201cliving life as you are\u201d; a feature on the growing Korean wave, including \u201cStray Kids &lt;\u6a02-STAR&gt; SKZFLIX\u201d, \u201cSeoul Switch\u201d starring former U-Kiss member Kevin Woo and \u201cSTUDIO KOOHYESUN\u201d, and a touching film about people pursuing their dreams with a sports motif, inspired by an international sporting event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u25c6Starts today! Four programs are available in advance at online venues, including the<\/strong> <strong>AI, U-25 and Very Short Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some awards will be presented in advance of the Festival and at the Opening Ceremony on Tuesday June 4th, while the Official Competition Awards for Excellence in the International, Asia International, Japan, Animation and Non-Fiction will be presented at the Awards Ceremony on Monday June 17th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"331\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/07ea71b903abe96891131f318ef5b65a-740x331.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/07ea71b903abe96891131f318ef5b65a-740x331.png 740w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/07ea71b903abe96891131f318ef5b65a-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/07ea71b903abe96891131f318ef5b65a-768x343.png 768w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/07ea71b903abe96891131f318ef5b65a-1536x687.png 1536w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/07ea71b903abe96891131f318ef5b65a.png 1624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on Short Shorts Film Festival &amp; Asia 2024, please visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Official Site\uff1a<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortshorts.org\/2024\/en\/\">https:\/\/www.shortshorts.org\/2024\/en\/<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15294,"parent":0,"template":"","e_news_cat":[550,548,641],"class_list":["post-15299","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\/15299","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\/15294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"e_news_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/e_news_cat?post=15299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}