{"id":16144,"date":"2025-02-19T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/?post_type=news_en&#038;p=16144"},"modified":"2025-02-18T22:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:36:00","slug":"short-shorts-film-festival-asias-u-30-japanese-filmmakers-are-focused-at-the-49th-jugend-film-tage%ef%bc%88swiss-youth-film-days%ef%bc%89%e3%80%80","status":"publish","type":"news_en","link":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/news_en\/creators\/short-shorts-film-festival-asias-u-30-japanese-filmmakers-are-focused-at-the-49th-jugend-film-tage%ef%bc%88swiss-youth-film-days%ef%bc%89%e3%80%80\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Shorts Film Festival &#038; Asia\u2019s U-30 Japanese Filmmakers are Focused at The 49th Jugend Film Tage\uff08Swiss Youth Film Days\uff09\u3000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Talent Camp will invite SSFF &amp; ASIA 2024 U-25 Competition Best Short Award Winner, Izumo Kawabe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"369\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/17a0426ce3762cd59f49bf23ee14eafd-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/17a0426ce3762cd59f49bf23ee14eafd-1.png 369w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/17a0426ce3762cd59f49bf23ee14eafd-1-300x185.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 369px) 100vw, 369px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p> <p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">\u00a0Short Shorts Film Festival &amp; Asia (SSFF &amp; ASIA), one of Asia\u2018s largest international short film festivals accredited by the US Academy Awards\u00ae, is pleased to announce that SSFF &amp; ASIA<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">\u2019<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">s Japanese directors are featured at the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">Jugend<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> Film Tage, the 49th edition of the international film festival in Zurich, Switzerland, which is dedicated to films by young filmmakers under 30 years old. <\/span><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jugendfilmtage.ch\/events\/cafune\/?book=1&amp;s_id=1ebdd239-423e-455f-ac8d-e65bb7ee2771\">https:\/\/jugendfilmtage.ch\/events\/cafune\/?book=1&amp;s_id=1ebdd239-423e-455f-ac8d-e65bb7ee2771<\/a><\/span><\/p> <p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;\"><\/p><p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">\u00a0 The <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">Jugend<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> Film Tage\u2019s focus program, the festival puts the spotlight on the young filmmaking of a selected country and work together with internationally renowned film festivals.<\/span><\/p> <p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">T<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">his 2025, Japan is the focus country with a program of short films curated by SSFF &amp; ASIA and the Pia Film Festival. <\/span><\/p> <p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;\"><\/p> <p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">\u00a0 SSFF &amp; ASIA\u2018s special feature program titled \u201cHeartbeat of Japan\u201d, will include \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">c<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">afune<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">\u201d (dir. Sar<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">a<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> Masuda), winner of the Audience Award in 2024, \u201cDOCOOK\u201d (dir. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">Solami<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> Habu), winner of the 2023 U-25 Excellence Award, \u201dOrigami\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">\u00a0(Director: Kei Kanamori), which won the Silver Award at the Student Academy Awards and made this year\u2019s Oscar shortlist, \u201cTeleporting\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">(<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">dir. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">Arum Nam, Chifumi Tanzawa, Nana Noka &amp; Ohyeon Kwon<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">), as well as \u201cwhat YOU eat<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> (Director: Ryo Sena) and \u201cWarmth in a Puddle\u201d (Director: <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">Sorao<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">Sakimura<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">), which were born from the Kodansha Cinema Creators Lab project, and the 2024 U-25 Best Short Award winner \u201cMother\u2019s Recipe\u201d\u00a0 (dir. Izumo Kawabe).<\/span><\/p> <p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">\u00a0 The program \u00abHeartbeat of Japan\u00bb presents seven remarkable short films by emerging Japanese filmmakers. From deeply emotional dramas to nostalgic animations, as well as thought-provoking and unconventional works, you will feel the strong heartbeat of each filmmaker and be captivated by their talents.<\/span><\/p> <p style=\"margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">In addition, the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">Jugend<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> Film Tage will invite a<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">director Izumo Kawabe as<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">a<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">recommended filmmaker<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">by<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">SSFF<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">&amp;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">ASIA<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Meiryo UI&quot;;\">to the four-day \u2018Talent Camp\u2019 during the festival, where he will learn about filmmaking with filmmakers from around the world.<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Focus Japan I: Heartbeat of Japan<\/strong><strong>\u3000<\/strong><strong>(SSFF &amp; ASIA <\/strong><strong>Feature<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>Program<\/strong><strong>\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Thu, March 13,<\/strong><strong> 18.00<\/strong><strong>&#8211;<\/strong><strong>&nbsp; <\/strong><strong>@<\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>blue Cinema Abaton 4<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>\uff1cScreening Titles\uff1e<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/603991674e3298abd20fa9a666f6e30f.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/603991674e3298abd20fa9a666f6e30f.png 630w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/603991674e3298abd20fa9a666f6e30f-227x300.png 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"627\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16025cb0ab84b937214d0bc676ae664d.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16146\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16025cb0ab84b937214d0bc676ae664d.png 627w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/16025cb0ab84b937214d0bc676ae664d-262x300.png 262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 627px) 100vw, 627px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fa258d0d9eda930447b7d8000e8e008e.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16147\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fa258d0d9eda930447b7d8000e8e008e.png 607w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fa258d0d9eda930447b7d8000e8e008e-300x101.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JFT_2024_Logo_Mail_2-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JFT_2024_Logo_Mail_2-1.png 320w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JFT_2024_Logo_Mail_2-1-300x112.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jugend Film Tage<\/strong><strong>\uff08<\/strong><strong>Swiss Youth Film Days<\/strong><strong>\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Swiss Youth Film Days are the oldest and largest national festival, which mainly shows films by young filmmakers. The heart of the festival is the short film competition, to which over 3,000 young participants submit their films every year. The competition is complemented by a diverse program that celebrates young filmmakers from all over the world and at the same time intensively promotes young Swiss filmmakers. The main goal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>of the Swiss Youth Film Days is to get as many young people as possible to actively and reflectively engage with the medium of the moving image. 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