SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2019

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

Prize & Screenings

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

Prize & Screenings

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

Prize & Screenings

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

Prize & Screenings

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

Prize & Screenings

Tokushima International Film Festival 2019, Opening Film

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  • 学生監督作品

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