Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market

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Years running: 19 (since 2006)

Sapporo International Short Film Festival and Market

International short film festival and film-market.

About

Sapporo Short Fest screens international and domestic films, provides a market for industry professionals and buyers to connect with Japanese and international filmmakers/directors/producers, and holds seminars, workshops, special screenings, forums, and parties during the one week festival.

The goals of the festival:

  • To create a market for short films
  • Fostering of young short film makers
  • International exchanges through cultural activities 
  • To promote film education.

Program

  • INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: ONE TITLE SECTION;
  • INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION: FILMMAKERS' SECTION;
  • FILM-MARKET.

Awards

Filmmakers’ Section: The Grand Prix.

One Title Section:

  • The Grand Prix.
  • Сategory awards: Best Director / Best Asian Short / Best National Short / Best Hokkaido Short / Best Contemporary & Experimental Short / Best Animation / Best Documentary / Best Mini Short (Under 5 min) / Best Non-Dialogue Short / Best Student Director / Best Original Score / Best Children Short (Children juries who are under 12 years old will choose the award).
  • SSF special awards.

Rules

  • A short film less than 30 min, completed after March 1, 2022
  • Genre: All (including music video)
  • Submit via Filmfreeway
  • Student fees

Subtitles language: English

Premiere Requirements

No premiere requirement

Documents

Place

Japan
Sapporo

Official Website

sapporoshortfest.jp

Contacts

Address:

2F H, 1-1, 5-jyo 1-chome, Higashi Sapporo
Shiroishi-ku
Sapporo, Hokkaido 003-0005
Japan

Phone: +81-11-817-8924

Email:
festival@sapporoshortfest.jp

Contact Emails

festival@sapporoshortfest.jp

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Dates & Deadlines
  • Opening Date
    January 23, 2023
  • Opening Deadline
    February 12, 2023
  • Earlybird Deadline
    March 19, 2023
  • Regular Deadline
    April 16, 2023
  • Notifications
    August 01, 2023
  • Event Dates
    6 — 9 October 2023
Categories & Fees

Genre: All (including music video). A short film less than 30 min.

  • Opening Deadline — $15
  • Earlybird Deadline — $28
  • Regular Deadline — $35
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