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DeCurret DCP Inc. has become Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia's Web3.0 Partner

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Bessho, Map, Partnership

SHIBUYA WARD, Japan, April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA) 2024, the US Academy Awards® accredited and Asia's largest international short film festival, is pleased to announce that DeCurret DCP Inc., a digital currency business (Amic sign), will participate in the festival as a Web3.0 partner, and the establishment of the "Amic Sign Award" with the aim of creating a new sense of value not only in the financial world of digital currency, but also in the creator economy.

Key Points: 
  • First ever international short film festival!
  • The Amic Sign Award will be presented to a film from among the festival entries that expresses the concept of a 'prosperous society and community' of DeCurret DCP, which proposes a new form of connection among people through digital currency, and will be announced at the opening ceremony of the festival.
  • The prize money of DCJPY500,000 (Yen) will be awarded in digital currency.
  • Amic Sign is a platform that offers a new way of using bank deposit-type money (deposit tokens).

From the Office of Global Communications, Prime Minister's Office, Tohoku Recovery Support Video Released To The World

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Thursday, December 7, 2023
Creativity, Imagination, Culture, Skin, Bessho, Future, Prime Minister's Office, Happiness, Study of global communication, Old, Art, Film industry, Pokémon

SHIBUYA WARD, Japan, Dec. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Academy Award-accredited Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of the biggest short film festivals originating in Japan and Asia, cooperated a short movie TOHOKU Revival: "Passion, Mission, Action," in support of the reconstruction of Tohoku after the Great East Japan Earthquake, produced by the Office of Global Communications, Prime Minister's Office and introduced SSFF & ASIA's production projects of short films "Piece of the Future" and "The Old Woman Skin" which were both set in Tohoku and collaborated with the local community.

Key Points: 
  • The movie had been released to the world on November 20th.
  • Reconstruction of Tohoku cannot be achieved with economic support and infrastructure re-development alone.
  • The films contain the message, "It is only through art and culture that people can have a sense of purpose in living.
  • Passion leads to mission and then action, you can see the passionate thoughts of everyone aiming to rebuild Tohoku through art."

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia's President Makes a Courtesy Call to the Governor of Tokyo

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Thursday, June 1, 2023
Communication, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Smartphone, Emotion, Bessho, Pieces of You, COVID-19 pandemic, IBLA International Competition, Ï, Film industry, COVID-19

SHIBUYA WARD, Japan, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Actor Tetsuya Bessho, president of Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of Asia's biggest international short film festivals accredited by the Academy Awards®︎, paid a courtesy visit to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Monday, May 30th, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • SHIBUYA WARD, Japan, June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Actor Tetsuya Bessho, president of Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia (SSFF & ASIA), one of Asia's biggest international short film festivals accredited by the Academy Awards®︎, paid a courtesy visit to Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike on Monday, May 30th, 2023.
  • During the visit, SSFF & ASIA and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, in a continuing collaborated to convey the diverse elements of "Tokyo," the Governor of Tokyo announced this year's best short winner in this category.
  • In addition, the 6th co-production short film project by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and SSFF & ASIA was announced its completion.
  • From June 9th, it will be also be screened at a film festival venue in Tokyo.

SSFF ＆ ASIA 2022 -- Announcing the Best Short Award (Governor of Tokyo Award) for the Cinematic Tokyo Competition

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Continuity, Tourism, Seoul Music Awards, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Policy, Gold, Bessho, Visual communication, YouTube, Academy Awards, 2019 World Para Swimming Championships, Film, Entertainment

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.

Key Points: 
  • 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.

Online Talk Event Which Explores Upcoming Trends in the Creative Visual Industry with the New Generation of Creators

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Thursday, September 10, 2020
Japanese-language films, Film, Cinema of Japan, Naomi Kawase, Suzaku, Kawase, Sweet Bean, Bessho, Tetsuya

The event will be moderated by festival president Tetsuya Bessho along with filmmaker / photographer Naomi Kawase (Suzaku, Still Water, Sweet Bean).

Key Points: 
  • The event will be moderated by festival president Tetsuya Bessho along with filmmaker / photographer Naomi Kawase (Suzaku, Still Water, Sweet Bean).
  • The theme of the talk show will center on the rapid development of the use of Smartphone in film production.
  • Also planned for discussion will be the evolution & changes in film production & industry in the "new normal" of the Coronavirus era.
  • The talk event will be full of content aimed towards the future creators & trend-setters in visual entertainment.