| More than 10,000 films were submitted from 120 countries. Of these, 400 films including live-action films and Japanimation were submitted by Japanese contestants this year. | |
| Date |
Oct. 14 (Wed) - 18 (Sun) |
| Venue | Screening, Main Venue : Sapporo TOHO Plaza Screening, additional Venue : Theater KINO Film Market : Event Space EDiT |
| Event Overview | ●PROGRAMS We will have 7 programs (90min/program) every day from 10am to 11:30pm, and an ALL-NIGHT program on Friday night. 103 films which have been selected officially out of 3,411 films will be screened, and several special programs will also be shown. ●SHORT FILM MARKET Oct 15-17, from 10:00-17:00 A short film market for content buyers, filmmakers, production companies, distributors, and promotional institutions. Purchasing a Professional Pass is necessary to enter the market. Talk Session and Seminar will be held by the festival. ●SEMINARS/WORKSHOP and more International guests and Film related companies will hold the seminars. Workshops for elementary school kids in Sapporo about making films. |
| Theme in 2009 | The biggest short film market in Japan. |
| Organizer | SAPPORO Short Fest Committee |
| Co-organizer | Newspaper companies and broadcast stations in Sapporo,Japan Foreign Ministry, Canada Embassy, Consulate-General of the United States of America |
| Visitors in 2008 | 11,876 |
| Contact | Inter-cross Creative Center,1-12,Toyohira1-12, Toyohira-ku. Sapporo 062-0901,Japan TEL : +81-11-817-8924 FAX : +81-11-812-6550 E-mail : info@sapporoshortfest |