Live Action Competition, International Category, &
Non-Fiction Competition: Hiromi Nagasaku, Ema Ryan Yamazaki, Tim
Redford
Live Action Competition Asia International Category &
Japan Category: Sharon
Badal, Hiroshi Fujioka, Katsuhide Motoki
Animation Competition: Tom
Kawada, ShiShi
Yamazaki, Tomoyuki Sugiyama
SHIBUYA WARD, Japan, May 13, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA) 2024, an Academy Awards® accredited and
one of the largest international short film festivals in
Asia and originating in
Japan, is pleased to announce the
official jury members for the festival. The best short films in
each category and section that will be nominated for the Academy
Awards® in the following year.
In addition to the festival directors and programmers who have
been involved in the selection process at international film
festivals, the jury will judge this year's short films from a
variety of perspectives, including filmmakers, actors, and cultural
figures.
- Live Action Competition/International Category
Judges
33 nominated films among 2104 submissions form 94
countries and regions
- Non-Fiction Competition Judges : 15 nominated films
among 313 submissions form 55 countries and regions
Hiromi Nagasaku(Actor)/Ema Ryan
Yamazaki(Documentary Film Director)
Tim Redford(Co-Director of the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film
Festival)/
- Live Action Competition/Asia International Category
Judges：
25 nominated films among 722 submissions from
36 countries and regions
- Live Action Competition/Japan Category
Judges：
Out of 241 submissions, 21 nominated films
were screened
Sharon Badal (Festival
Programmer, Distinguished Lecturer at NYU
Tisch School of the Arts)
Hiroshi Fujioka
(Actor, Martial
Artist)
Katsuhide
Motoki (Film Director, President, Directors Guild of
Japan)
- Animation Competition Judges：
23 nominated
films among 464 submissions from 57 countries and regions
Tom Kawada (Developer / Eldest
son of AR Three Brothers)ShiShi Yamazaki
(Artist)
Tomoyuki
Sugiyama (President of Digital Hollywood University /
Doctor of Engineering)
The International, Asia International, and Japan categories of the Live Action
Competition, as well as the Best Animation and Best Non-Fiction
categories, will be announced at the Awards Ceremony Monday, June 17, 2024. The George Lucas Award (Grand Prix) will be
presented by Cunard with an extra prize of a cruise on the Queen
Elizabeth.
Contact:
Fuyumi Tanaka
0354748201
377618@email4pr.com
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