The winners of Best Short Awards including Live-Action,
Non-Fiction, Animation and Hoppy Happy Award were announced
SHIBUYA WARD, Japan, June 19,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Short Shorts Film Festival &
Asia, one of the largest
international short film festivals in Asia, accredited by the US Academy Awards®
held its Award Ceremony which was the closing of the 26th year.
The 2024 film festival featured short films that illuminate
"life, living and the world we live in," with the theme "Illuminate
Your Life ~ Illuminate living, illuminate the world." The
filmmakers gathered from 114 countries and regions around the world
with the aim of spreading this message by shining a light on the
viewers' own lives through their creations, and by providing a
place where empathy, discovery, and emotion are born, along with an
opportunity to open their eyes to the world. SSFF &
ASIA 2024 screened and held events
for approximately 270 shorts selected from a total 4,936 submitted
films.
At the awards ceremony, addition to the Hoppy Happy Award and
Kodansha Cinema Creators' Lab, Best Short Awards of Live Action
Competition (International, Asia International, Japan), Non-Fiction Competition and Animation
Competition as well as the Grand-Prix = George Lucas Award, which will lead the way to
next year's Academy Awards were announced.
Jury members presented each awards and finally, the George Lucas Award went to "Sen" by Win
Morisaki. The winner of the Grand Prix was also given a balcony
stateroom for two sailing on Queen
Elizabeth's 2025 Japan season as a supplementary prize.
"Short films require an effort to convey one's innermost
thoughts honestly and in detail. I was moved by the group of works
created by gently wrapping up such treasures" (Jury member:
Hiromi Nagasaku) "Death, which is an eternal theme and which we
face all the time, and the things we want to leave behind for the
future in our daily activities. Many of the works depicted things
we human beings must not forget." (Jury member: Tomoyuki Sugiyama) "Exciting, stimulating,
thought-provoking and moving, with stories from diverse countries
and an awareness of the issues. Through the images, I felt hope
that the world would move towards peace." (Jury member:
Hiroshi Fujioka).
Jury members gave comments and all the awards results announced
at the Award Ceremony are as follows. The Official Competition
nominated films, including the award-winning films, will be
available at SSFF & ASIA
2024's Online Grand Theatre until June
30 (Sunday). https://www.shortshortsonline.org
Contact:
Fuyumi Tanaka
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