May 16th 2024
Paciﬁc Voice Inc.
Committee for Short Shorts

PRESS RELEASE

Asiaʼs Largest International Film Festival : Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2024

A Festival of Short Film for branding purposesthat is attracting the attention of global video marketers

BRANDED SHORTS 2024
5 Jurors are announced:

Chief Jury Takuma Takasaki, Masaya Asai,
Mayuko Amanashi, Kentaro Kimura and Yuko Hakota

Nomination includes branded movie directed ｂy &starring Martin Scorcese, one starring Ryan Gosling
Academy Awards® qualifying Asiaʼs one of the largest international ﬁlm festivals, Short Shorts Film
Festival & Asia 2024 is going to showcase branded movies produced by corporations andorganizations as BRANEDS SHORTS 2024 at Akasaka Intercity Conference.
28 nominated branded movies are judged by the 5 jurors who are announced today.
This year's International category includes “Marty & Francesca Make a Website”, directed by andstarring Martin Scorsese (Squarespace), and “The Chase for Carrera”, starring Ryan Gosling (TAGHeuer).
Screenings will take place on 10 (Mon), 11 (Tue) and 12 at Akasaka Intercity as well as SSFF & ASIA
2024 Online Grand Theater from June 1. Each award will be announced at the BRANDED SHORTS
Ceremony on Wed, June 12th.
URL︓ https://www.shortshorts.org/2024/branded-ceremony/

BRANDED SHORTS 2024 Jurors
From left:
Chief Jury︓Takasaki Takuma（CreativeDirector）
Masaya Asai（Droga5 Tokyo, Part of Accenture
Song Chief Creative Oﬃcer）
Mayuko Amanashi（Studio neco Co., Ltd.
Representative Director/Movie Producer）
Kentaro Kimura（Hakuhodo, International
Chief Creative Oﬃcer and Corporate Oﬃcer
Hakuhodo Kettle, Founder）
Yuko Hakota (Film director）

Pick Up from nominations『Marty & Francesca
Make a Website』
USA / 3:51 /2024/Squarespace『The Chase forCarrera』
Australia/5:16/2024/
TAG Heuer

【BRANDED SHORTS 2024 Jurors】
Chief Jury︓Takuma Takasaki（Creative Director）
Growth Oﬃcer/Executive Creative Director of Dentsu Inc..
Has won many domestic and international advertising awards, including his
three time Creator of the Year award in 2023. Main projects include Suntory
All Free, Orangina, Acerola, JR East, and Tohoku,P&G Bold Washing Daimyo,
Iris Ohyama Kaname Honest, etc. In charge of planning, scriptwriting, andproduction for the movie “PERFECT DAYS” (directed by Wim Wenders),it has
been released in 87 countries around the world and was nominated for Best
Actor at the Cannes Film Festival and the Academy Award for InternationalFeature. His books include "Auto Reverse," about young boys who are ardent
fans of actress Kyoko Koizumi and the novel "Haruka Kakera.“ Other books
include “Techniques of Expression”, a collection of advertising skills, and thepicture book "Makkuro.“ At J-WAVE radio, he is the DJ for "BITS & BOBS
TOKYO" every Friday night.
Masya Asai (Droga5 Tokyo, Part of Accenture Song Chief Creative Oﬃcer）Problem-solving through creativity and innovation has always been the focusof Masayaʼs career and passion. His bi-cultural perspective–drawn from hisroots in Japan and the US–has been praised and recognized internationally.
He has won over 100 international awards, including Cannes Lions Grand Prixand Grand Clio. In 2018, he was featured on a “39 Designers who will change
the world“ list by Forbes Magazine Japan, in 2019 he appeared on the “40under 40: Young Leaders in APAC“ list and in 2020 he was named “Creative
Person of the Year” by Campaign Asia.
Mayuko Amanashi（Studio neco Co., Ltd. Representative Director/Movie Producer）
Born in Tokyo in 1994. After supervising a ﬁlm festival, she became involvedin producing dramas and movies at LDS Co., Ltd.'s video division. Afterleaving the company, started Studio neco Co., Ltd., and produced the ﬁlm"Beautiful Dreamer'' directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro, which was released inNovember 2020. Since then, has worked on many movies and TV dramas.
Served as a PFF selection member in 2021. In recent years, has produced
many original ﬁlms including Netﬂix's "Talk Survivor,'' TX drama "MassProduced Rico,'' "Traveling Sandwich,'' "Japanese Style,'' and "dependence''
Last year was selected for the Japanese people who change the world, "30
UNDER 30 JAPAN 2023" by Forbes magazine.
Kentaro Kimura （Hakuhodo, International Chief Creative Oﬃcer andCorporate Oﬃcer Hakuhodo Kettle, Founde）
At Hakuhodo, he developed a style that integrates everything from strategy
to execution, and established Hakuhodo Kettle in 2006. Producing innovative
campaigns and branded content as Co-CEO and ECD. Since 2017, he has
been traveling around the world as Chief Creative Oﬃcer leading the global
business of Hakuhodo Headquarters. He has won more than 150 domestic
and international advertising awards, including 10 grand prizes, and has over
30 years of experience judging international advertising awards including
Cannes. Most recently, he served as chairman of the jury for ﬁlm at theLondon International Advertising Awards and chairman for branded content
at the Asia-Paciﬁc Advertising Festival. Co-authored "BreakthroughInspiration is Born from Logic."In 2024, He serves as Jury President of Digital
Craft Lion at Cannes Lions.
Yuko Hakota （Film Director）
Born in Ibaraki Prefecture. Graduated from the Department of Painting,
Faculty of Fine Arts, Tokyo University of the Arts. After leaving AOI Pro.,
joined CluB_A. Worked on numerous commercials as a commercial director,
including Kubotaʼs ``Kubota Supportsʼʼ series, McDonaldʼs Japanʼs “Tsukimi
Burger, I Know,” Suntory Kinmugi series, and Concorde series. Her featureﬁlm debut came in 2019 with “Blue Hour.” Also directed Netﬂix Series “HeʻsExpecting” and NHK night drama “Yumin Stories: End of Winter.ʼʼ Awards
include ʼ21 ACC Film Category Craft Award (Director), 22nd Shanghai
International Film Festival Asian Newcomer Category Best Director AwardWinner.

＜BRANDED SHORTS 2024 Outline＞
Schedule︓Mon, June 10 to Wed, June 12Time varies depends on the screening program / Seminar.
Venue︓Akasaka Intercity ConferenceContents︓①Screening of nominated titles ︓ Mon, June 10 to Wed, June 12②Seminars︓ Mon, June 10 & Tue, June 12 *only in Japanese③BRANDED SHORTS Ceremony︓ Wed, June 12（Screening, Talk events with Jurors, Awards Announcement and Presentation)
Tickets︓①Screening 1500JPY②Seminars 1500JPY③Ceremonythe 1st part 2,000JPY ／the 2nd part 2,000JPY／ combination 3,000JPY
https://shortshorts2024branded0612.peatix.com/【Short Shorts Film Festival ＆ Asia 2024 Outline】■Dates：Tuesday, June 4th Opening Ceremony, Monday June 17th Award Ceremony
Online Venue starts from Thursday, April 25th to Sunday June 30th
Screening in Tokyo starts from Thursday June 6th to Sunday June 16th
■Venues：Omotesando Hills, Euro Live, Akasaka Intercity Conference, Futakotamagawa Studio Rise & Hall,MIKAN SHIMOKITA, Online Venue ※Schedules are varied depends on each venue■Tickets：●1 program Scket＜Advance Sckets＞ General admission: 1,500 yen
Students / Seniors (over 60 years old) / Disability discount: 1,200 yen
Free admission for below primary schools age and younger＜Same-day Sckets＞ General Admission: 1,800 yen
Students / Seniors (over 60 years old) /Disabled discount: 1,500 yen
Free admission for below primary schools age and younger⚫ One-day Pass
＜Advance Sckets＞ General admission: 3,500 yen
Students / Seniors (over 60 years old) /Disability discount: 2,800 yen
Free admission for below primary schools age＜Same-day Sckets＞ General admission: 3,800 yen
Students / Seniors (over 60 years old) /Disabled discount: 3,000 yen
Free admission for below primary schools age and under⚫Passport( Special passport that allows you to enjoy the programs at
all the venues except MIKAN SHIMOKITA during
the fesSval period)*Applicable to all venues except MIKAN SHIMOKITA.
＜SSFF & ASIA 2024 Poster Visual＞
General admission: 7,000 yen
Based on this yearʼs theme
Students / Seniors (over 60 years old) / Disabled discount: 5,500 yen*Passport'Illuminate Your Life”,( Special passport that allows you to enjoy the programs at
AI-generated visuals was created
all the venues except MIKAN SHIMOKITA during the fesSval period& OPENING CEREMONY) : 11,500 yen
Students / Seniors (over 60 years old) /Disabled discount: 10,000 yen●Other MIKAN SHIMOKITA ＜Advance Sckets＞ 1,000 yen ＜Same-day Sckets＞ 1,200JPY●Online Venue 4/25 - 5/24 U-25 program、AI program、Very Short program
Japan 1,000 yen Outside Japan US$ 5.00
6/1 - 6/30 Oﬃcial CompeSSons and other programs
Japan 2,500 yen Outside Japan US$ 15.00■General Inquiry：03-5474-8844■Oﬃcial Site： hfps://www.shortshorts.org/2024【Press Inquiry】
Committee for Short Shorts︓ Fuyumi Tanaka E-mail︓ press@shortshorts.org
Stills are here:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18jwSNA6tKXi1xl-R0o0ljGgHKUTmb3Sk?usp=sharing