NATIONAL PROGRAMME
MADWRESTLER
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, devastated by conflict and corruption. However, people's craving for life did not die out! Draws the world's most chaotic Congo wrestling with magic, flames and sexy attacks.
Naoki Uchiyama
Documentary, Portrait | Japan | 2019 | 0:15:00
okyo Docs, 2018, Japan, Official Selection
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, 2019, Korea, Official Selection
PICKLE PLUM PARADE
The dog barks there. Oh, if you think it ’s a cat, it ’s a plastic bag. The uncle was laughing somehow. I know a lot about this city, but I don't know much about it.
Eri SASAKI
Animation, Video Art | Japan | 2019 | 0:03:51
The 65th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, 2019, Germany, the Children’s and Youth Film Competition
Indie-AniFest 2019, 2019, Korea, ASIA ROAD PANORAMA
Aichi Internaitonal Women’s Film Festival 2019, 2019, Japan, International Competition2
SANAKO YUWAKASHI, 29 YEARS OLD
Sanako, a 29-year-old is delivering milk bottles, feels lost in life. One day, happened to work in a public bath that has been closing very soon. A techno and pop public bath movie created by clumsy and shy Sanako.
Kahori Higashi
Fiction, Drama | Japan | 2019 | 0:24:42
Aichi International Women’s Film Festival,2019, Japan, In competition.
SUMMER SKY REVERIE
It becomes Obon. Everyone goes back to the home country. There was a boy left alone in a midsummer housing complex shining in the sunshine.
Yoshiro Kawakami
Animation, Fantasy | Japan | 2019 | 0:04:29
Tokyo University of the Arts, International Review Meeting, 2019, Japan, Thomas Meyer Hermann PRIZE - judges' Award
NASU Short Film Festival 2019, Japan, Nominated for NASU Award
TACHIKAWAMEIGAZADORI Cinema Festival, 2019, Japan, Nominated for Competition
THE WHALE BONE
A story about a couple living in a small fishing village south of Tokushima. The couple lives comfortably and freely. There is a sea. Eat fish. They have a cat but no money... One day, the couple met a young man who is taking a pilgrimage.
Toshitake Fukuoka
Fiction, Drama | Japan | 2019 | 0:30:01
Tokushima International Film Festival 2019, Opening Film