The Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA) is one of the Asia’s biggest short film festivals and a qualifying film festival for the annual Academy Awards®. The festival was started by Japanese actor Tetsuya Bessho, and was initially called the American Short Shorts Film Festival.
The first festival in 1999 screened a variety of short films, including six from director George Lucas, whose support of the festival continues to this day. In 2001, the festival underwent a name change to become the Short Shorts Film Festival (SSFF), becoming a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards® just a few years later in 2004. This designation allowed the winner of the festival’s Grand Prix to become eligible for nomination in the short film categories at the Academy Awards®. This also meant that the Short Shorts Film Festival became a gateway to an Oscar for young Japanese filmmakers.
The same year, the festival became a qualifying film festival for the Academy Award®, Governor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara requested the festival to further showcase up and coming Asian filmmakers and their short films, leading to the formation of the Short Shorts Film Festival Asia. Organized in conjunction with the original Short Shorts Film Festival the combined festivals now form the annual Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, introducing short films from all over the world.
Theme(s)
CG animation

For more information:
https://www.shortshorts.org/2013_call_for_entry/
http://www.shortshorts.org/index-en.php

Submission deadline: Ongoing

Entry fee: FREE! There is no charge for this festival

Films must be made after: 1 June 2011

Requirements:
For short films completed in 2011 (after June 1, 2011): October 15, 2012
For short films completed in 2012 (after January 1, 2012): December 20, 2012
Submissions must be postmarked by the applicable deadline based on the production year of your film, and late submissions will not be considered and screener DVDs cannot be returned under any circumstances.

Additional notes :
1. FULL CG Animation (full computer generated animation only): Any short films with animated
images using only computer- generated graphics.
2. Nationality: All. Submissions from all over the world are accepted.
3. Formats: All. Please note, however, that a DVD screener must be sent to the festival committee and, if
selected, you are required to provide a NTSC HDCAM, HDV, Digital Betacam, Betacam SP, DVCAM, or
MiniDV.
4. Running Time: 25 minutes or under. No exceptions. Running time includes end credits.
5. Production Year: The film must have been produced after June 1, 2011 for all competitions. The festival
committee will determine the production date of your film based on the copyright year listed in the end credits.
6. English subtitles required for submissions with language other than English or Japanese

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
１) Please complete the online submission on Short Film Depot (www.shortfilmdepot.com) or Withoutabox
(www.withoutabox.com/).
To submit your film, you’ll be requested to create an account and register your film.
For more details, please refer to the instructions of either online system (Short Film Depot/Withoutabox) after
you read thoroughly through the submission guideline.
２) Send your Submission Receipt and NTSC or PAL DVD of your completed film.
# DVD must be playable with DVD players. No movie file accepted.
# DVD screeners will not be returned.
# Works in progress will not be accepted.
# If you are submitting more than one film, you may include them all in one DVD, but please write each title
clearly on the surface of the DVD, and remember to complete separate submission forms for each film.
*Please DO NOT send press kits or any other materials with your submission. Any extra materials will be
discarded.

MAILING ADDRESS
Please send your submission receipt and DVD to:
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
MBE 708 2F Meiji-dori Bldg.,
2-3-21 Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160-0021 JAPAN

* The applicant is responsible for the costs of sending the DVD/s.
* Preferred regular mail or EMS for the shipping.
* All international deliveries must be marked as below:
No commercial value / Non-pornographic / For cultural purposes only