SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2020

AWARD PROGRAMME

DREAMS INTO DRAWING

The painter KUWAGATA KEISAI lived over 200 years ago. He illustrated Ways to Sketch a series of picture books depicting humans and animals, all richly expressed. One day he was sketching a carp when suddenly he fell asleep and, in his dream, transfigured into a carp. The carp was enjoying his swim, but when a fisherman caught him things suddenly took a turn for the worse..

Yamamura Koji

Animation | Comedy | Japan | 2019 | 0:10:10

While The Camera Was Off

Shinpei is aspired to be a film director, but his camera is still on his desk today again. Yori wants to be an actress and it was her dream to be in Shinpei's film. Shinpei only dreams about film making, and frustrated Yori starts her own projects.

Yui Wakita

Fiction | Drama | Japan | 2020 | 0:18:13

BIRDLAND

An old man spends the remainder of his life on his bed with an occasional visit by a caretaker. One night, he sees snow outside the window which awakens memories from his past.

古川原壮志 | Takeshi Kogahara

Fiction | Drama | Japan | 2019 | 0:20:00

Prize & Screenings

Japan cuts 2019
Busan International Film Festival

AIR CONDITIONER IN PANMUNJEOM

The AC repairman who visits Panmunjeom in order to fix the air conditioner, He’s shocked when he realizes the outdoor fan was installed in North Korea…

Taehun Lee

Fiction | Comedy | Korea (south) | 2019 | 0:24:26

  • Mature
  • Mature/Nudity
  • Student Director

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

OUT OF COMPETITION

HOKKAIDO COMPETITION

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