SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2021

HOKKAIDO SELECTION

TRANSFORM

Kazuki Omata

Experimental, Music Video | Japan | 2021 | 0:03:13 | Student Film

DIFFERENCE AND REPETITION AND COFFEE

Masa Kudo

Animation, Video Art | Japan | 2020 | 0:04:45 | Student Film

THE UNIVERSAL DRESS

By being fashionable and confident, everyone begins to shine not only in their appearance but also in their hearts. There is a moment when four women in wheelchairs dress up and shine more freely. The story of stylist Shoko Ishigiriyama and women in wheelchairs who create a world where everyone can shine with fashion.

Yudai Kobayashi

Documentary | Japan | 2021 | 0:09:45

HEDGEHOG'S LOVE

SSF2021 Hokkaido Media Award / SSF2021 Aminoup Hokkaido Director Award
A hedgehog was blown away by the wind and she almost fell off a cliff during a storm. It was a red balloon that helped the hedgehog. In the woods with tranquility, the hedgehog fell in love with a red balloon.

SORA

Animation, Fantasy | Japan | 2021 | 0:10:00

GOOD DAY FOR HORSE LOGGING

Masatoshi Nishino has started work as a horse logger, a job that disappeared in the Showa era. His wife Tomoko, with two young daughters to look after, can’t help worrying as her husband pursues his ideal life. Why did he decide to start a horse logging business now? What will become of him as he pursues his forest-friendly work and his wife as she worries about how they will survive?

Yuichiro Yamada

Documentary, Portrait | Japan | 2021 | 0:10:28

THE LAND OF HOPE

Hirokazu Kishida

Documentary | Japan | 2021 | 0:11:50

LIKE YOU

Ryo, who attends a local university, wants to become a photographer after graduation and tries to move to Tokyo. His friend Yuki chooses to stay in the home town and live a stable life. An overnight story of two young adults who pursue their dreams, and who choose a stable life.

Tetsuya Uesugi

Fiction, Drama | Japan | 2021 | 0:22:52

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  • Student Director

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