🎬 Call for Entries: SSFF & ASIA 2026 Is Now Open!Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia – Submissions Accepted from August 1, 2025

🎥 What’s New for 2026?

SSFF & ASIA welcomes submissions in a wide range of categories and themes, including:

• Vertical Format

• Horror

• Comedy

• Art

• Food

For the first time in Japan, all submitting creators will automatically receive a digital wallet, allowing them to participate in upcoming Web3-based services, such as:

• NFT-based audience voting

• Content trading

• Participation in a DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization)

This groundbreaking initiative aims to connect filmmakers, the festival, and audiences more directly, using blockchain technology to ensure transparency in voting, budgeting, and content management.

👉 Submit via LIFE LOG BOX

🏆 Academy Awards® Eligibility

Outstanding works submitted in the Live Action, Non-Fiction, and Animation categories may be considered for nomination in the Academy Awards® Short Film categories.

📣 BRANDED SHORTS – Submissions Now Open

BRANDED SHORTS, Japan’s only international competition dedicated to branded films, enters its 11th year with new categories:

• Personal Branding

• HR Category – focusing on human resources and recruitment perspectives

• Visual Tourism Award – featuring promotional tourism videos from across Japan

👉 Submit to BRANDED SHORTS

🎞️ Short Shorts Online Cinema Market

SSFF & ASIA has also launched the Short Shorts Online Cinema Market, a year-round initiative connecting filmmakers with:

• Distributors

• Streaming platforms

• Broadcasters

• Other film festivals

This platform helps foster business opportunities for creators beyond the festival period.

👉 Visit the Cinema Market

SSFF & ASIA invites creators worldwide to take part in this global celebration of short film storytelling.

Submissions are now open.