{"id":17381,"date":"2026-02-14T02:57:03","date_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/?post_type=news_en&#038;p=17381"},"modified":"2026-02-14T02:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:57:04","slug":"caverticalsl1","status":"publish","type":"news_en","link":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/news_en\/biz\/caverticalsl1\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcement of Shortlist Vol.1 of the SSFF \uff06 ASIA 2026 CyberAgent Vertical Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/34eeef9ad11d89fd1433c48ee18b4047-740x416.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/34eeef9ad11d89fd1433c48ee18b4047-740x416.png 740w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/34eeef9ad11d89fd1433c48ee18b4047-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/34eeef9ad11d89fd1433c48ee18b4047-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/34eeef9ad11d89fd1433c48ee18b4047-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/34eeef9ad11d89fd1433c48ee18b4047.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The shortlist (Vol. 1) has been announced for the <strong>&#8220;CyberAgent Vertical Award,&#8221;<\/strong> which is accepting vertical video submissions for SSFF &amp; ASIA 2026 until March 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The entries spanned a wide range of genres, from realistic conversational dramas to Sci-Fi concepts. While nearly half of the submissions came from overseas, the Vol. 1 shortlist features a strong selection of Japanese works. Notably, an AI-generated vertical short film from South Korea was also selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Shortlist Vol.1 for the SSFF \uff06ASIA 2026 CyberAgent Vertical Award<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td>Title \uff08English\uff09<\/td><td>Production Country<\/td><td>Director<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>change jobs<\/td><td>JAPAN<\/td><td>Katsutoshi Kayano<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>TIMELINE-23<\/td><td>JAPAN<\/td><td>Yuta Tanno<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>To the You Beyond<\/td><td>JAPAN<\/td><td>Iori Nomizu<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Little Light<\/td><td>JAPAN<\/td><td>Kasumi Hiraoka<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Eumbok Restaurant: MSG<\/td><td>KOREA<\/td><td>Ho-seung Son<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Zetsumeshi<\/td><td>JAPAN<\/td><td>Takayuki Hosonuma<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Samejima the Shark Hunter<\/td><td>JAPAN<\/td><td>Hikaru Tsukuda<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Future Vision<\/td><td>JAPAN<\/td><td>Yukiko Ishida<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Farewell Temperature<\/td><td>JAPAN<\/td><td>Koichi Yamashina<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The award continues to accept submissions until March 31. Shortlists will be announced monthly through April, with the final nominees to be revealed by May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#x1f536; <strong>Click here for the submission page:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/app.lifelogbox.com\/festival\/shortshorts\/cyberagent\">https:\/\/app.lifelogbox.com\/festival\/shortshorts\/cyberagent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":17379,"parent":0,"template":"","e_news_cat":[551,550,641,549],"class_list":["post-17381","news_en","type-news_en","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","e_news_cat-biz","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\/17381","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\/17379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"e_news_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/e_news_cat?post=17381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}