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Announcement of Nominated Short Films for TIFF 2021

The monumental first year of TIFF 2021 is themed kidoairaku. After receiving plenty of submissions, we are pleased to announce 6 finalists of this year’s short film competition, selected by our honorable judges.


A total of 6 submissions are selected to be displayed on the day of the festival.

- 5 films are selected by the judges.

- 1 film is selected by you.

Each of these 6 short films will be screened on the big screen in the Toyo University Inoue Enryo Hall and streamed online via YouTube on the day of the premiere, December 11th.


The list of the finalists can be seen from the Finalist page.

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