Japan House Los Angeles and Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia have partnered to showcase Short Shorts Film Festival in Hollywood on January 17, 2019.
The free one-day film festival will bring together premier film talent from Japan.
Master Class with Naomi Kawase: The Possibilities of Film
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, Hollywood & Highland, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Level 3
Short Shorts Film Festival in Hollywood
6:30 – 8:00 p.m. TCL Chinese 6 Theatres, Hollywood & Highland, 6801 Hollywood Blvd., Level 3
“Canaria” (2018) by Daishi Matsunaga
“Benjamin’s Last Day at Katong Swimming Complex” (2017) by Yee-Wei Chai
“The Human Face” (2017) by Aline Pimentel
“Lies” (2015) by Naomi Kawase
Free admission. Reserve tickets at https://www.japanhouse.jp/losangeles/events/short-shorts-film-festival-in-hollywood.html
Co-presented by Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia was founded in 1999 by actor and director Tetsuya Bessho, with the aim of introducing Japanese audiences to short films.
In 2004 it became an Academy of Motion Picture Art and Sciences-accredited festival. The festival has received over 10,000 short film submissions from over 130 countries since inception, and has attracted 400,000 participants the last 20 years.
For more information, visit http://shortshorts.org/20th/en/index.html.