{"id":16368,"date":"2025-04-21T14:05:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/?post_type=news_en&#038;p=16368"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:05:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:05:12","slug":"ssff-asia-2025-global-spotlight-award-shortlist-vol-4-is-announced","status":"publish","type":"news_en","link":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/news_en\/creators\/ssff-asia-2025-global-spotlight-award-shortlist-vol-4-is-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"SSFF &#038; ASIA 2025 Global Spotlight Award Shortlist Vol.4 is announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"670\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SSFF-ASIA-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SSFF-ASIA-2025.jpg 670w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/SSFF-ASIA-2025-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 670px) 100vw, 670px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>SSFF &amp; ASIA 2025 annonced the shortlist vol. 4 for this year\u2019s Global Spotlight Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Award is given to a work outside Japan which 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, in 2022, NFT animation \u201cRoborovski\u201d (Australia) by Tilda Kobham-Harvey and Dev Petal (\u201cHotel Mumbai\u201d) , and in 2023, Korean star Seo In Guk\u2019s directorial short film \u201cTrap by Seo In Guk\u201d had been selected as the Global Spotlight Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, Music Drama by Korean pop star Stray Kids \u201cStray Kids \uff1c\u6a02-STAR\uff1e SKZFLIX\u201d won the award and showed high attention to the Korean music short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shortlist will be announced monthly from and the final award will be announced in the SSFF &amp; ASIA 2025 in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 4th shortlist for the Globasl Spotlight Award 2025, Following 2 short films are nominated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;<strong><strong>Brighter Days Ahead<\/strong><\/strong>&#8221; written and directed by singer Ariana Grande, which tells the story of re-experiencing life&#8217;s past through advanced memory restoration techniques, and \u201d<strong>MLB x Demon Slayer: Anime Movie<\/strong>\u201c from the anime \u201dDemon Slayer\u201c to celebrate the \u201dMLB Tokyo Series presented by Guggenheim&#8221; are also entered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>\u2605\u300e<strong>Brighter Days Ahead<\/strong>\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=\"\u3010\u5b57\u5e55\u5165\u308a\/\u30b7\u30e7\u30fc\u30c8\u30d5\u30a3\u30eb\u30e0\u3011Ariana Grande - brighter days ahead \/ \u30a2\u30ea\u30a2\u30ca\u30fb\u30b0\u30e9\u30f3\u30c7\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tsSyOvV0jQg?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><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Director\uff1aChristian BreslauerAriana Grande\/ U.S.A \/ 26:00 \/ 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A short film directed by Ariana Grande, released with &#8220;Brighter Days &#8211; Eternal Sunshine (Deluxe)&#8221;. It&#8217;s an introspective continuation of the album&#8217;s narrative, exploring love, loss, and the power of memory with poetic cinematography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>\u2605\u300eMLB x Demon Slayer: Anime Movie\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=\"MLB x Demon Slayer: Anime Movie (feat. 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