Judges for SSFF & ASIA 2025 Competition Have Been Announced

Live Action Competition, International Category, & Non-Fiction Competition: Adebowale "Debo" Adedayo, Juri Ueno, Miyuki Fukuma

Live Action Competition Asia International Category & Japan Category: Shunji Iwai, Sandrine Faucher Cassidy, Satoshi Jimbo

Animation Competition: Tao Okamoto, Ryohei Odai, Tomoyuki Sugiyama

TOKYO, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA) 2025, 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. https://www.shortshorts.org/2025/en/jury/

■Live Action Competition / International Category Judges

29 nominated films among 1980 submissions form 91

   countries and regions

■Non-Fiction Competition Judges：

14 nominated films among 295 submissions form 35

    countries and regions
  Debo Adedayo (Actor, Producer),
  Juri Ueno (Actor), Miyuki Fukuma (Producer)

■Live Action Competition/Asia International Category Judges：

    21 nominated films among 738 submissions from 21

    countries and regions

■Live Action Competition/Japan Category Judges：

 Out of 218 submissions, 21 nominated films were screened
 Shunji Iwai (Director), Sandrine Faucher Cassidy (USC's Senior Director of Festival, Distribution & Talent Development), Satoshi Jimbo (Actor)

■Animation Competition Judges：

    25 nominated films among 417 submissions from 52

countries and regions

    Tao Okamoto (Actor, Model, Director),

    Ryohei Odai (TV Personality, Actor)
    Tomoyuki Sugiyama

(President of Digital Hollywood University / Doctor of Engineering)

＜Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2025＞

• Online Grand Theater     Thursday, April 24th – Monday, June 30th
• Opening Ceremony        Wednesday, May 28
• Venues in Tokyo            Thursday, May 29th – Tuesday, June 10th
• Awards Ceremony          Wednesday, June 11th
• Screening Venues

TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY, Omotesando Hills, Akasaka Intercity Conference, WITH HARAJUKU, and more

*Schedules varies by venue.

◆Organizer

Committee for Short Shorts / Committee for Short Shorts Film Festival Asia

*All events, films and schedules are subject to change.

https://www.shortshorts.org/2025/en/

Contact:

Fuyumi Tanaka

0354748201

[email protected]

SOURCE SSFF & ASIA