We just started taking new entries from our Spotrights,jp please submit a short film.
Requirements:
1) Films completed after: March 1, 2013
2) Maximum duration: "One Title Section"-30 min, "Filmmakers' Section"-40 min
3) Country of production: All countries
4) Screening format: AppleProRes422 HQ/LT, NTSC HDCAM
5) Accepted genres: All genres, including music video
6) Music rights: cleared
7) Dialogues: If the dialogue language is not English, preview copy and screening film must be subtitled in English
Submission Deadline: March 31, 2014
SSF2014 Regulations.pdf Please read it carefully.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: ONE TITLE SECTION
International competition with Grand Prix and category awards, including "Best Asian Short Award", "Best Children Short Award" and "Sapporo Peace Award".
- BEST ASIAN SHORT AWARD
Nominated film will be chosen from submissions of "One Title Section" and invited films.
Eligible Asian countries are
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China (Rep. of China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan), East Timor, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippine, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.
- BEST CHILDREN SHORT AWARD
Nominated film will be chosen from submissions of "One Title Section". The films should be produced for child audience under 12 years old. Children juries who are under 12 years old will choose the award.
If you have an account at shortfilmdepot.com you can also submit a film, but submission Deadline is February 28, 2014.
We just started taking new entries for SSF2014 international competition "One Title Selection" at Shortfilmdepot.com
Submission deadline for the Shortfilmdepot.com is February 28, 2014.
We will start accepting new entries from Spotright.jp very soon.
Submission deadline for the Spotright.jp is March 31, 2014.
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SAPPORO Short Fest Committee's festival office proudly announces SSF2013 Official Selection short list, International Programme
Official Selection: International Competition
99 Films from 30 Countries
SSF2013 Official Selection short list International Programme.pdf
Filmmakers' Section: 27 Films 6 Filmmakers from 6 Countries
Mr. Rino Stefano Tagliafierro, Italy
Mr. Georgis Grigorakis, Greece
Mr. Frederick Trembla, Canada
Mr. YOO Dae-eol, South Korea
Mr. James Cunningha, New zealand
Mr. KOUKI TANGE, Japan
One Title Section: 72 Films from 28 Countries
International Programme: 49 Films
Thanks for all the submissions and congratulations to 49 filmmakers!
SAPPORO Short Fest Committee's festival office proudly announces SSF2013 Official Selection short list.
Filmmakers Section
National programme
Hokkaido selection
Family & Children programme : Japanese Films
International programme will be announced very soon.
Filmmakers' Section
Mr. Rino Stefano Tagliafierro, Italy
Mr. Georgis Grigorakis, Greece
Mr. Frederick Trembla, Canada
Mr. YOO Dae-eol, South Korea
Mr. James Cunningha, New zealand
Mr. KOUKI TANGE, Japan
One Title Section: National programme and Hokkaido Selection
SSF2013 National programme and Hokkaido selection
Family & Children programme : Japanese Films
Doron Coron by Mr. Yuichi Ito
PLAYGROUND by Mr. Ryosuke Oshiro
Komaneko, Home Alone by Mr. Tsuneo Goda
We have received so many submissions. It reached more than 3,200 submissions so far. It is a record number of films since we changed regulations in 2010 that only accept 1 year production period.
The submissions are still growing and we have received many e-mail messages asking if we received their dvd on time.
We have received so many dvds and it takes time to check all the entry forms and dvds.
Those who submitted from shortfilmsdepot.com please login to shortfilmsdepot.com and check your submission status. We change each submission status to < Reception confirmed > when we finish checking entry forms. The submission from Spotrights.jp also capable to check each submission status. But checking entry forms and dvds take time, it might take 3 to 5 days.
Before you send a message asking if your dvd has arrived, please check your submission status.
SAPPORO Short Fest, festival office will move to new place.
If you are sending your dvd please send to new address below. And We are not able to reply emails promptly from 29 March to 2 April.
And please do not send DL URL link we are not capable of DL each files.
New Address
SAPPORO Short Fest, Festival Office
Inter x cross Creative Center, 1F
1-1, 5-1 Higashi-Sapporo Shiroishi-ku
Sapporo, 003-0005 Japan
We have started preview films but so many good films...
We are hoping to announce official selections in late June.
Thank you for your submission.
For our 8th edition of Sapporo International Short Film festival & Market we start taking new submissions from today Dec 6 until March 31. please submit your short film from Spotright.jp
Requirements
- Filmmakers of all nationalities are welcome to submit.
- All films submitting One Title section must be less than 30 minutes (including credit rolls and others) .
- For submitting Filmmakers' section all the films must be less than 40 minutes.
- All films must have English title. The Festival only uses and announces English title.
- All films submitted to the "One Title section" must be completed after January 1st, 2012.
- For the "Filmmaker section," older films (finished before January 2012) can be included.
- Fill in all required fields of the entry form using English.
- Films submitted online will be given original ID and Password from SAPPORO Shot Fest's Entry Management System "Spotrights.jp". For managing and modifying your entry information, please login to the "Spotrights".
- For the entry, please send evaluation preview copy of your film.
- For producing Japanese subtitles please send also English dialogue list on CD-R along with entry form and preview DVD or upload it on Spotrights.jp
SAPPORO Short Fest 2013 Submission Regulations
Please submit your film from Spotrights.jp
OR if you have account please submit from shortfilmdepot.com
プレスリリース 2012.0622
SSF2012 Official Selections, International Competition Short List
第7回 札幌国際短編映画祭 / SAPPOROショートフェスト2012、オフィシャル・セレクション
SSF 2012 Official Selections PDF, English version
SSF 2012 オフィシャル・セレクション日本語版 PDF
FILMMAKERS' SECTION
Mr. Mohammadreza Hajipour: Portugal
Mr. Don Hertzfeldt: USA
Ms. Aya Brown, Mr. Jason Brown: USA
Mr. Johannes Nyholm: Sweden
SAPPORO Short Fest Committee is pleased to announce "CGM Award" for Hatsune Miku's 5th anniversary.
Hatsune Miku, the symbol of CGM, is celebrating her 5th anniversary soon so we hold "CGM Award presented by SAPPORO Short Fest" to highlight "DOGA-SHI" (video creators).