SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2020

NATIONAL FILMS

MEKAKURE

Shun regretted this. He still can’t understand why he was playing with these four who are not really friends, nor actually people he likes.The unbearable heat and the heavy atmosphere at the shrine deepen Shun’s depression

Akifumi Nonaka

Animation | Horror | Japan | 2019 | 0:05:30

Prize & Screenings

DigiCon6 JAPAN Awards 2019、日本 、JAPAN Gold 受賞
Kaboom Animation Festival 2019、オランダ、ノミネート
DigiCon6 JAPAN Awards 2019、japan 、JAPAN Gold prize
Kaboom Animation Festival 2019、Netherlands、Official Selection

THE STREAM X

In the man-made waterways of rice paddies, the water in nature must follow artificial rules. In that way, nature is made abstract, giving rise to a new form of beauty distinct from the natural state. The theme of this work is the liveliness of the water as it follows the man-made course.

Hiroya Sakurai

Experimental | Nature | Japan | 2019 | 0:06:53

Prize & Screenings

7th Fine Arts Film Festival" 2020,USA, Best Experimental Film Award
24th Rhode Island International Film Festival",2020,USA , Official Selection
32th Girona Film Festival,2020,Spain , Official Selection

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

SCHOOL RADIO TO MAJOR TOM

The summer of 1989, high school boy. Eisuke, single-handedly wrote and produced a play for the school radio station. Though they never met, a girl attending night school began writing and voicing sections of the play. Eisuke worked on it during the day and the unknown girl made her contributions at night. Together, though apart, they crafted a fantasy world that was broadcast to the entire school.

Takuya Chisaka

Fiction | Drama | Japan | 2019 | 0:10:14 | Student Film

Prize & Screenings

41nd Pia Film Festival,2020,Japan,PFF Award 2020
31st Tokyo Students Film Festival,2020,Japan,Short Film Competition

CAT'S HOME

Rina visits her ex-boyfriend, Hiroshi, at his apartment, where they lived together until recently. When they broke up, they once decided Hiroshi would take their cat, Eve. But now, Rina is to take the cat because Hiroshi says he has become allergic to cats.
At one point, Eve runs away from the apartment, so now they must find the cat….

今尾 偲 | IMAO SHINOBU

Fiction | Mix-Medias | Japan | 2019 | 0:19:43

Prize & Screenings

75th. Tokyo independent movie festival Gran Prix.
Canadian & International Short Film Fest. Award of Excellence
Evening show released at Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa in January 2020

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

AFTER THE NIGHT ON THE BRIDGE

Yusuke quietly lives in Tokyo with his brother after their mother passed away by suicide 14 years ago. One night, Yusuke met Natsuki who resembles his mother by fate on the bridge. Shota, Yusuke’s brother stares at this incident from a distance. One day, Shota gets to know Natsuki’s secrets...

団塚唯我 | Yuiga DANZUKA

Fiction | Drama | Japan | 2019 | 0:28:43 | Student Film

Prize & Screenings

Nara International Film Festival 2020 , Japan. Nara-wave Official Selection
第12回下北沢映画祭 2020年、日本、オフィシャルセレクション
第24回ながおか映画祭 2019年、日本、グランプリ

STAIN

Yoko, who lives with her father Takashi, is spending her last summer break in senior year. One day, they receive a postcard sent by Yukiko, Takashi's sister and Yoko's aunt. They visit Yukiko's house for the first time in seven years after her husband, Makoto, disappeared. On a summer's day, the delicate hearts of each of them sway in the nostalgic sea breeze.

Hashida Nana

Fiction | Drama | Japan | 2020 | 0:29:08 | Student Film

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