SSFF & ASIA 2022 -- Announcing the Best Short Award (Governor of Tokyo Award) for the Cinematic Tokyo Competition
TOKYO, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Tetsuya Bessho, president of Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of Asia's largest international short film festivals accredited by the Academy Awards®︎, paid a courtesy visit to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on May 23, 2022.
- TOKYO, May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Tetsuya Bessho, president of Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of Asia's largest international short film festivals accredited by the Academy Awards, paid a courtesy visit to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on May 23, 2022.
- During the courtesy call, Governor Koike announced the outstanding short films in the Cinematic Tokyo Competition, a collaboration between SSFF & ASIA and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to promote the diverse attractions of Tokyo by inviting short films from around the world with the theme "Tokyo."
- This year, 257 submissions were received from the world, and the winner of the Cinematic Tokyo Best Short Award (Governor of Tokyo Award) was "Tokyo Rain," directed by Michel Wilde & Robert Schneider of Switzerland.
- SSFF & ASIA has co-sponsored the Cinematic Tokyo Competition since 2016 with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government as a competition to promote the " Tokyo Brand, " a tourism policy of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.