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On June 16^th, Shibuya University hosted a special lecture collaborating with SSFF&ASIA. Our festival director, Seigo Tono was invited as a guest lecturer for this event to talk about various topics regarding short films.  Six short films were also screened during the lecture.  

Approximately 180 people attended the lecture and enjoyed the short films.  We gave away 10 festival tickets to the audience to show our appreciation for attending the lecture and getting to know the world of short films. 

We would like to thank those of you who came to the lecture and hope to see you again at the festival!

Shibuya University Network:
http://www.shibuya-univ.net/

Special 2: Special Talk Event with Jitae Yoo, presented by HARTZ LINK Co., LTD

SSFF & ASIA 2007 is proud to announce a special talk event with popular Korean actor/director, Jitae Yoo ("How Does the Blind Dream," "The Bike Boy," "Old Boy"). This special event presented by one of our top festival sponsors, HARTZ LINK Co., LTD will take place on June 30th from 19:50 to 21:40 (Special 2) at Laforet Museum in Harajuku.  The event will include screenings of Jitae Yoo's short films and a discussion with him on topics of his theory on short films and current trends in Korean short films.　The Festival's Founder, Tetsuya Bessho will also join the event to discuss short films with Jitae Yoo.

Mr. Masanori Furuya will be the MC for this event, who will also host the KMC program.

Tickets can be obtained from Ticket Pia, so don't miss out!

Ticket information:
http://www.shortshorts.org/2007/en/ticket.html

 

SSFF & ASIA Announces New Competition Category for 2008

Welcoming its 10th anniversary in 2008, Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA) will introduce a new competition category that represents the theme of global warming: "Stop! The Global Warming Competition."

For more information:

http://www.shortshorts.org/2007/en/kankyo.html

We will start accepting submission on August 1st, 2007 for the 2008 edition. The submission guideline will also be available on our website around the same time.

Team -6% HP:
http://www.team-6.jp/

We will have a special festival coverage in “CUT”, “TOKYO WALKER”, and “TOKYO HEADLINE”! In “CUT” and “TOKYO WALKER”, we will have a mini-version of our catalogue that you can take out and bring to the festival.

In addition, a 200-yen discount coupon will also be included in these mini-catalogues, so you can spend an hour and a half watching short films for only 800 yen!

“CUT” and “TOKYO WALKER” will be available at bookstores from June 19^th and “TOKYO HEADLINE” everywhere in Tokyo from June 18^th.

Please check them out!

Our festival sponsor, HARTZ LINK CO., LTD will host a special seminar for young emerging creators! As a lecturer, we will be inviting Mr. Hiroyuki Nakao, who is the Best Short Award winner of SSFF & ASIA 2004 in Japan competition and has just produced the newest film "Line" to be shown at this year's festival as a Japan premier. The event is titled "Director Seminar vol. 2" and will take place on June 23rd. For more information, please check the website at www.hartzlink.com.

The pre-reservation period is over and we have officially opened ticket pre-sales for all programs including International, Asia International, and Japan programs. Special Program tickets may be purchased as well, but hurry…they will run out fast! To purchase tickets please contact Ticket Pia at 0570-02-9999 or visit their website at
http://www.pia.co.jp/cinema/tokusyu/070607_shortshorts/
shortshorts.html

For more information on ticket sales:
http://www.shortshorts.org/2007/ja/ticket.html

For more information on the screening schedule:
http://www.shortshorts.org/2007/ja/schedule.html

Regular tickets will be sold at Ticket Pia’s ticket counter and HP from June 15th.

«Pre-Sales»

starting from June 15th, Fri.

P-Code

Laforet Museum, Harajuku	1 Program : 552-985
CINEMAVERA SHIBUYA	1 Program : 552-986
Passport	477-604

• - Telephone Booking : 0570-02-9999
• - Tickets can also purchased at Family Mart and Circle K Sunkus.
• - Ticket Pia Online Booking：
  http://www.pia.co.jp/cinema/tokusyu/
  070607_shortshorts/shortshorts.html

For the All-Night Screening, the tickets will be sold at TOHO CINEMAS Roppongi Hills’ticket counter and HP.

«All-Night Screening»

Admission Fee

1 Program	Advance / Door \1,500
1 Day Pass (valid for 3 programs)	\3,000

Ticket Sales

starting from June 8th, Fri.
TOHO CINEMAS Roppongi Hills
http://www.tohotheater.jp/theater/roppongi/
* Single Program tickets are available both at the box office and online.
* 1 Day Passes are only available at the box office.
* Seats are all reserved and no extra seats will be available after the tickets are sold out

Do you know Shibuya University Network?
It is an organization which provides various unique lectures all over the city of Shibuya.

For more information:
http://www.shibuya-univ.net/

One of the lectures hosted by Shibuya University Network will be a seminar on short films and our festival director, Seigo Tono will be the lecturer for the first time.

For more information on the seminar:
http://www.shibuya-univ.net/class/detail.php?id=93
(Japanese)

Our aim is to allow Japanese people to release the beauty of short films by hosting various events like this one with Shibuya University Network. We will keep you updated on coming-up events in our news and newsletters, so don’t miss it!

Our Festival Flyer is now available on our website!

For your convenience, you can now download the festival flyer from our official website!

Flyer Download:
http://www.shortshorts.org/2007/en/press-2.html (PDF)

You can either print it out or look it up on your PC. We hope this will help make your festival visit more enjoyable !

This year, we are inviting 100 public audience　members to the Opening Event that will announce the Spotlight Award winner, Jury members, this year’s line-up and much more!

If you are interested in attending the event, please read the guideline below to apply.

Opening Event

Date: June 13th @ 14:35 - (TBA)
Venue: Laforet Museum, Harajuku

How to apply

Please send us an e-mail with all the information below.
1.Name
2.Mailing address
3.E-mail address (PC)
4.Age
5.Gender
6.Occupation
7.How did you hear about our festival?

Send to: present@shortshorts.org

• *If any of the information above is missing, your application will be disqualified, so please make sure to state all in your e-mail.
• *Please note that you will be added automatically to our newsletter mailing list just by applying for the event. (You will also have an option to cancel the registration later.)
• *The event will be operated entirely in Japanese.

Deadline: June 21st @ noon

We will send out the invitation e-mail on June 22nd to those who are chosen.
*We will not be able to answer any inquiry regarding the selection process.