＜Press Invitation＞
For release after the Openiing Ceremonyon Tue, June ４ only.

May 21Committee for
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

Academy Award® accredited international short film festival,SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2024 OPENING CEREMONY June 4th

Yudai Chiba、Sota Fukushi、Win Morisaki、LiLiCoappear on stage
Special Guests as Kevin Woo, Chen Shu-Fang,
Shiori Ito will also participate
for the Opening Ceremony
World Premier by TUBE × GACKT and Stray Kids’ message
7 Awards including 「Shibuya Diversity Award」、「U-25 Project」 will be announced
Date：Tue. June 4th 15:40 ～ 18:00（press reception 14:00）
Venue：LINE CUBE SHIBUYA（Utagawa cho 1-1 Shibuya, Tokyo）
Academy Award® accredited international short film festival, SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA
2024 （SSFF & ASIA）will have an Opening Ceremony on Tue. June 4, at LINE CUBE SHIBUYA.
This year, under the theme ‘Illuminate Your Life’, the festival will present the first ever short film
entirely produced by AI, a story set in a Palestinian refugee camp, a documentary produced fromsmartphone footage of people who survived a missile attack and many others. The festival brings
together a number of short films that shed light on contemporary ‘life’, ‘life’, ‘living’ and the ‘world’ thatsurrounds it, including documentaries and diversity films depicted against the backdrop of religious andcultural differences. The festival will screen approximately 270 films selected from more than 4,936
shorts from 114 countries and regions around the world, starting with the opening ceremony on 4 June(Tue) and continuing until 17 June (Mon) at five Tokyo venues. At the opening ceremony of the 26thedition of the festival, festival ambassador LiLiCo will appear with festival representative Tetsuya Bessho
to introduce each project and announce the winners of 7 awards, including the Shibuya Diversity Awardand the U-25 Project. In WOWOW Actors Short Film 4, the film was successfully nominated in the Japan
category of the Live Action competition, which leads to the Academy Awards.
As the festival's opening film, the world premiere of the short film ‘Sayonara no kawari ni’ by TUBE x
GACKT, a unit that has recently released a collaborative song that has become a hot topic. After thescreening, a video message from TUBE's Nobuteru Maeda and GACKT will be shown, in which they willtalk about their thoughts on the film, including how they expressed the world view of the song.
Furthermore, at the Global Spotlight Award, which is given to overseas projects that promote the appealof short films, the short film ‘Stray Kids ＜樂-STAR (ROCK-STAR) ＞ SKZFLIX’ will be screened along witha comment video.
The Creators' Meet-up Lounge will be held for the first time at the venue lobby, where short film fans,directors and companies supporting film culture can exchange information and weave the seeds for new
projects, contributing to the development of the short film industry. We hope you will consider covering
this ever-evolving festival.
Although there will be no speakers at the event, Shiori Ito, whose short film is nominated in the NonFiction Competition, Taiwanese actress Chen Shu-Fang who is starring in the Asia International
Competition nominated short film and Kevin Woo (former U-Kiss member) from the Korean Short Film
program will be present and will conduct official filming and provide materials for the media.
*Please refrain from filming during the event.

Schedule：
14：00
14：20
14：45
15：40

Press Reception ※Press seats for still camera and movies are both first come first served
Briefing for media
Public Door Open
Opening Ceremony Starts
Greeting
15：45 Awards Announcement
・Shibuya Diversity Award ・J-WAVE SOUND OF CINEMA AWARD ・U-25 Project・Smartphone Competition Best Short Award ・Amic Sign Award
15：53 Introduction about MILBON BEAUTY Program
15：54 WOWOW Actors Short Film Project Filmmakers on stage(Yudai Chiba, Sota Fukushi, Win Morisaki)
15：56 Introduction of Japan Cultural Expo
16：01 Photo Session（WOWOW Actors Short Film 4、Awards presenters & winners 、Japan Cultural Expo)
16：06 WOWOW Actors Short Film 4 teaser screening & talk session)
16：21 Break（15 min.）16：36 Screening of Short Film
16：45 Announcement （TYO Students Movie Award、BRANDED SHORTS ）16：45 Shibuya Diversity Award Talk Session
16：53 Introduction of LIFE LOG BOX
16：55 Amic Sign Award talk session
17：00 NFT Movie Contest Award Announcement
17：02 U-25 Project talk session
17：07 Screening「TUBE×GACKT」 World Premier Short Film “Goodbye for now.” ＆ Message Video
17：22 J-WAVE SOUND OF CINEMA AWARD talk session
17：27 MILBON BEAUTY Program
17：32 Global Spotlight Award Announcement,
Screening of Stray Kids’ short film ” Stray Kids ＜樂-STAR＞ SKZFLIX” & Message Video
18：00 Closing＜OUTLINE＞「Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2024」 Opening Ceremony
Date Tue. June 4, 15:40 ～ 18:00（press reception 14:00～）
Venue LINE CUBE SHIBUYA（Utagawa cho 1-1 Shibuya-ku Tokyo）※Seats are first come first served※The schedule may be changed due to various circumstances※Stills and movies shot in this event are only allowed to be used as introduction of SSFF &※For who are interested in privated interview for the guest and participants, please contact below.
【Press Inquiry】

Committee for Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia PR : Fuyumi Tanaka
press@shortshorts.org

Academy Award® accredited international short film festival,SHORT SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL & ASIA 2024 OPENING CEREMONY June 4th

Yudai Chiba、Sota Fukushi、Win Morisaki、LiLiCo appear on stage
Special Guests as Kevin Woo, Chen Shu-Fang, Shiori Itowill also participate for the Opening Ceremony
World Premier by TUBE × GACKT and Stray Kids’ message
7 Awards including 「Shibuya Diversity Award」&「U-25 Project」
will be announced

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E-MAIL＠LINE CUBE SHIBUYA＜Access＞
LINE CUBE SHIBUYA（渋谷公会堂）（Utdgawa cho 1-1, Shibuya, Tokyo）
・JR Yamanoto Line Shibuya ／Harajuku Station
13min by walk・Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line ＆ Fuku Toshin LineMeiji Jingumae Station 13min by walk＊parking is not available, please use the public
transportation