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Tokyo Shorts
Now accepting submissions — Season open TOKYO SHORTFEST An online festival dedicated to celebrating international independent short films and showcasing creative storytelling from around the world. 🎬 Submit via FilmFreeway10+Award CategoriesIMDbVerified Festival50+CountriesOnlineExclusive Screenings About the Festival Where Independent Cinema Meets the World Tokyo ShortFest is an online event built to harness the transformative power of […]
General information
- Dates
- Not available
- Location
- Not available
- Submission deadline
- Not available
- Eligibility
- StudentsInternational
- Subtitles
- Subtitles required in EN
- Submit your film
- Submit your film — via FilmFreeway
- Official website
- https://tokyoshorts.com/
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026
News
Winners – June 2026
Best Japanese Short Film Mirror / certificateBest Foreign Short Film Ridge to River:The Arkansas Traverse / certificateBest Documentary Short Fly Fisherman Larry / certificateBest Animated Short I Didn’t Sign Up For This! / certificateBest Experimental Short The Support Sake Tour / certificateBest Student Short Coming Home / certificateBest First-T
Winners – December 2025
Best Japanese Short Film / “A Voiceless Summer Day” | certificateBest Foreign Short Film / Ganush: The Pursuit of 5 Stars | certificateBest Documentary Short / Tumaini Festival | certificateBest Animated Short / ToWer | certificateBest Experimental Short / Alpha Macro | certificateBest Student Short / The Golden Dragonfly | certificateBest First-Ti
Winners – September 2025
Best Japanese Short Film / “Sing with me” | certificateBest Foreign Short Film / Potpourri | certificateBest Documentary Short / “The Phoenix of Gaza” | certificateBest Animated Short / Stoned for Christmas | certificateBest Experimental Short / Shaping Kulture | certificateBest Student Short / “Court Jester” | certificateBest First-Time Filmmaker
Winners – March 2025
Best Japanese Short Film / You-niverse | certificateBest Foreign Short Film / Agency | certificateBest Documentary Short / MUSAE: The story of a creative process in three acts | certificateBest Animated Short / The Vision Quest of Little Mouse | certificateBest Experimental Short / “In Suspension” | certificateBest Student Short / “The Taste of Por
Winners – October 2024
Best Japanese Short Film / The Haunted Jizo of Shimo-Mizuno, Sayama City | certificateBest Foreign Short Film / While Fingernails Grow | certificateBest Documentary Short / BUG SEX | certificateBest Animated Short / Maidens of the Ripples | certificateBest Experimental Short / Pink City Film | certificateBest Student Short / My Turn! | certificateB
Winners – March 2024
Winners – March 2024 Best Japan Short Home | certificate Best international Short Khaos | certificate Best Documentary Short Land of the Free: Out of the Shadows | certificate Best Animation Short Swwart Wovlve Wolve | certificate Best Experimental Short The Pain is What Moves Me | certificate Best Student Short Aragon Valley | certificate […]
Winners – December 2023
Winners – December 2023 Best Japan Short Pailet | certificate Best international Short OKMO | certificate Best Documentary Short Ladakh India | certificate Best Animation Short cupid is not a terrorist | certificate Best Experimental Short Yūjō | certificate Best Student Short What You Don’t Know: A Driver’s Story | certificate Best First Time Film
Winners – September 2023
Best Japan Short Pura Vida certificate Best international Short The Rocking Chair certificate Best Documentary Short History of Japan certificate Best Animation Short The Antiquary certificate Best Experimental Short The Devil’s Stone certificate Best Student Short Little White Lies certificate Best First Time Filmmaker Short The Past certificate B