One of the largest festivals in Asia focusing exclusively on short films, the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia celebrated its 20th edition this year. From about 10,000 entries, 250 selected films were screened. A word that would best describe this year's lineup would certainly be "diversity", which is also reflected in our showcase, from the adventures of a man with Down syndrome exploring Japan's capital in Shakespeare in Tokyo, to a depiction of the current state of constant change in Japanese society as a young migrant worker from China journeys through the streets of Shibuya in SIGNATURE, and more.