SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2019

PROGRAMMES

プログラム

United States

THE NARRATOR

As part of an experimental therapy, a depressed employee must navigate his office job with a personal narrator who speaks aloud his every thought.

Julia Trofimova

Fiction, Drama | USA | 2018 | 0:10:38

Prize & Screenings

Locarno Film Festival – Official competition
Pacific Meridian Vladivostok Film Festival, Russie – Panorama section
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma – Official competition

REMISSION

Co-creator Paul Kaiser’s struggle with PTSD and his real life mission to reconnect with his daughters, three creatures are soldier’s war trauma and his vast, lonely pilgrimage toward emerging from a purgatory loop.

John Charter

Experimental, Video Art | USA | 2018 | 0:07:27

Prize & Screenings

Slamdance Film Festival, 2019, USA
Brooklyn Film Festival, 2019, USA
LA Shorts International Film Festival, 2019, USA

FACE SWAP

David Gidali, Einat Tubi

Fiction, Comedy | USA | 2018 | 0:05:01

Prize & Screenings

A guy convinces his wife to try out a new A.I. technology to spice up their sex life, but he ends up getting a bit more spice than he bargained for.

THE NARRATOR

As part of an experimental therapy, a depressed employee must navigate his office job with a personal narrator who speaks aloud his every thought.

Julia Trofimova

Fiction, Drama | USA | 2018 | 0:10:38

Prize & Screenings

SSF2019 Encore Screening/アンコール上映

OCTANE

A man engages in a race thru hell and back that parallels America's dark past.

Jeron Braxton

Animation, Experimental | USA | 2018 | 0:06:04

Prize & Screenings

Sundance, 2019, USA, Official Selection
Supernova,2019 USA, Grand Prix
SXSW, 2018 USA, Official Selection

Ikigai: The Shin Biyajima Story

Shin Biyajima, a Japanese snowboarder, shares the intimate story of how he found his Ikigai (生きがい) or "reason for being" through a lifetime of adoration and exploration of his mountainous backyard of Nagano, Japan.

Justin Taylor Smith

Documentary, Sports | USA | 2018 | 0:15:34

MOTOMIYA

Motomiya, an older Japanese man, narrates the story of his life in Tokyo with Raquel, a university student from Spain, several decades his junior.

Alexandra Debricon

Documentary, Portlate | USA | 2019 | 0:13:06

Greener Grass

In this dark comedy of manners set in a surreal world, meticulously-coiffed soccer moms Jill and Lisa vie for perfect children, perfect husbands, and most importantly, perfect teeth.

Paul Briganti

Fiction, Comedy | USA | 2015 | 0:14:54

Prize & Screenings

SXSW (Winner: Special Jury Recognition for Writing)
Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival (Winner: Canal + Prize)
Melbourne International Film Festival

REMISSION

Co-creator Paul Kaiser’s struggle with PTSD and his real life mission to reconnect with his daughters, three creatures are soldier’s war trauma and his vast, lonely pilgrimage toward emerging from a purgatory loop.

John Charter

Experimental, Video Art | USA | 2018 | 0:07:27

Prize & Screenings

SSF2019 Best Prodaction Design (Paul Kaiser)

TAKE MY HAND

A woman is heartbroken and grieving after suffering the loss of her only child when her closest friends come to her aid. Original Song “Believe” Co-Written by Cherie Currie (The Runaways) and Jake Hays (Maudlin Strangers). Song performed by Cherie Currie.

Alan J. Levi

Fiction, Drama | USA | 2018 | 0:17:45

MOTOMIYA

Motomiya, an older Japanese man, narrates the story of his life in Tokyo with Raquel, a university student from Spain, several decades his junior.

Alexandra Debricon

Documentary, Portlate | USA | 2019 | 0:13:06

A Gift of Wings: The Pilots of Sebring

This short documentary profiles the human side of Aerobatic pilots, the never ending chase to be the best pilot you can and the friends you make in the process.

Ted Snow

Documentary, Portlate | USA | 2018 | 0:08:30

Prize & Screenings

Jacksonville Film Festival, 2018, USA
Metro Film & TV Awards, 2018, USA, Award of Excellence 2018
Los Angeles CineFest, 2018, USA

HOT DOG

T.J. Yoshizaki

Fiction, Horror | USA | 2018 | 0:07:12

BLACK HOLES

On a mission to Mars, Dave discovers he’s being teamed up with a sentient melon who outshines him in intelligence and charm. Not only a brilliant strategist but also the reincarnation of a fashion designer, the melon encroaches on Dave’s jurisdiction, driving him to the brink of paranoia and insanity.

Kevin Van Der Meiren, David Nicolas, Laurent Nicolas

Animation, Sci-Fi | USA | 2017 | 0:12:20

Prize & Screenings

Sundance International Film Festival, 2017, USA, Shorts Competition
La Roche Sur Yon International Film Festival, 2017, France, Shorts Competition
Fancine 2017, Spain, Winner: Best Animated Short Film

Shinrin Yoku: The Art of Forest Bathing

Filmmakers Mike and Kati traveled to Japan to understand the modern science behind the ancient practice of Shirin Yoku (Forest Bathing). After all, could the answer really be as simple as taking a walk in the woods?

Mike Dewey, Kati Hetrick

Documentary, Nature | USA | 2019 | 0:18:34

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