Academy Award® Qualifying Short Shorts Film Festival (SSFF) & Asia 2023 announced the jury members of Live Action Competition (International, Asia International and Japan), Non-Fiction Competition and Smartphone Film Competition supported by Sony’s Xperia. Best short award winners of each Live Action and Non-Fiction competition will be eligible for the nomination of the following year’s Academy Award®.
Since last year, in order to take a wider view of international perspectives, the judges in the Asia International category will judge the Non-Fiction Competition, and the judges of the Japan Competition will judge the Smartphone Film Competition supported by Sony’s Xperia.
Live Action Competition/International Competition Judges:
34 nominated films among 2282 submissions form 97 countries and regions
Maki Sakai (Actor) / Masato Hagiwara (Actor) / Satoko Yokohama (Film director / Screenwriter)
Live Action Competition/Asia International Competition Judges:
23 nominated films among 593 submissions from 22 countries and regions
Live Action Competition/ Non-Fiction Competition Judges:
13 nominated films among 290 submissions from 59 countries and regions
Adam Torel (Producer/Distributor) / Daishi Matsunaga (Film director)/ MEGUMI (Actor/Producer)

Live Action Competition/Japan Competition Judges:
22 nominated films among 234 submissions
Smartphone Film Competition supported by Sony’s Xperia:
16 nominated films among 363 submissions from 53 countries and regions
Yayako Uchida (Essayist) / Douglass Montgomery (Global Media Executive) / Yūki Yamato (Film director)

The award ceremony will be held on June 26th (Mon) and the SSFF & ASIA 2023 Grand Prix = George Lucas Award will be selected from among Live Action Competition, Non-Fiction Competition, Animation Competition winners.




[Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2023 Outline]
- Festival President:Tetsuya Bessho
- Period :June 6 (TUE) ~ June 26th (MON)
Online Venue: April 27 (THU) ~ July 10 (MON) - Screening Venues:TORQUE SPICE & HERB, TABLE & COURT (Shibuya), Futakotamagawa Rise Studio & Hall, Euro Live, Omotesando Hills Space O, Akasaka Intercity Conference
Online Venue: Schedules are varied depending on each venue - Admission: Free *some events may be charged
Seats reservation from April 27 - Inquiry: [email protected]
- Official Site:https://shortshorts.org/2023/en/
- Organiser: Committee for Short Shorts / Committee for Short Shorts Asia