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Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2012

15 June 2012 - 30 June 2012

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2012 opening soon in Harajuku and Omotesando

The fourteenth annual Short Shorts Film Festival – founded by actor Tetsuya Bessho – will be held in June.  Over 4,400 entries have been submitted from 112 countries, with the best 100 selected for screening during the festival.  One winner will be chosen from each of the Official Competition categories – the International Competition, the Asia International Competition and the Japan Competition – with the Grand Prix being selected from among these winners.  The Grand Prix winning entry at this festival will be eligible to be nominated in the Short Film category of next year’s Academy Awards.

Five Australian films will be showing in the International Competition, including special screenings of I Love Sara Jane and Summer Break, both directed by Mia Wasikowska.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

I Love Sarah Jane 
Spencer Susser / Australia / 14:16 / Drama / 2008
Jimbo is 13. All he can think about is one girl, Sarah Jane. And no matter what stands in his way - bullies, violence, chaos, zombies - nothing is going to stop him from finding a way into her world.
(I-A Program)
June 22 18:00-19:50 Omotesando Hills
June 19 15:00-16:50 Brillia Short Shorts Theater
June 29 19:20-21:10 Brillia Short Shorts Theater

Summer Break　
Sean Kruck / Australia / 12:30 / Drama / 2009
A day in the life of two teenage boys hanging out in the suburbs on a summer's day.
(I-B Program)
June 18 17:40-19:30 Laforet Harajuku
June 22 15:00-16:50 Brillia Short Shorts Theater
June 25 19:20-21:10 Brillia Short Shorts Theater

At the Formal
Andrew Kavanagh / Australia / 7:44 / Experimental / 2011
Graduating students, parents and teachers mill around a hall grounds. It looks like a normal school formal. Parents take photos, clusters of 18 year olds chat excitedly, a boy is hoisted on the shoulders of friends. But as time goes on, uncanny moments hint at something else.
(I-C Program)
June 18 13:20-15:10 Laforet Harajuku
June 21 19:20-21:10 Brillia Short Shorts Theater
June 26 15:00-16:50 Brillia Short Shorts Theater

Seamstress
Gracie Otto / Australia / 17:34 / Drama / 2010
Clive, an ailing bird watcher, becomes obsessed with Penny, a seamstress living next door who is luring birds into her home. When he finally meets Penny, he discovers that she needs the birds to survive and that Clive holds the key to furthering the species.
(I-D Program)
June 22 13:30-15:20 Omotesando Hills
June 16 17:10-19:00 Brillia Short Shorts Theater
June 18 15:00-16:50 Brillia Short Shorts Theater

The Stranger
Rodd Rathjen / Australia / 10:20 / Comedy / 2011
A brazen young man cruises the streets, searching for connection.
(I-G Program)
June 23 18:00-19:50 Omotesando Hills
June 18 17:10-19:00 Brillia Short Shorts Theater
June 28 15:00-16:50 Brillia Short Shorts Theater

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