SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2022

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME

BUSHCRAFT

Kotaro Koike is a forest worker based in Nagano, Japan. He takes care of the forest in the area, but one day, he wondered “Is that really all I can do?” That’s how he started offering BUSHCRAFT classes. He wishes to connect people and the forest through the activity.

Shiori Saito

Documentary, Environmental | Japan | 2022 | 0:03:00

BOURDONNEMENT

Luís, a married sculptor, starts to make a clay reproduction of his neighbor. He can't help but spy on her ever since he uncovered a hole in their shared wall.

Bouron Pierre-Louis, Chataigner Zoé, Hosdez Lena, Mahieux Aude, Rohmer Mélanie, Teillet Martin

Animation | | France | 2021 | 0:07:20 | Student Film

LEGS

Joy and Harry are trying to have a baby. One night, Joy swallows a spider in her sleep. When Joy subsequently develops an insatiable appetite for flies, it dawns on her that there may be more than one way of becoming a mother.

Celine Cotran

Fiction, Horror | UK | 2022 | 0:15:32

DISPLACED

In post-war Kosovo, driven by the ambition of keeping their beloved sport alive, two local players wander from one obscure location to another carrying with them the only possession of the club: their tables.

Samir Karahoda

Documentary | Kosovo | 2021 | 0:14:38

SHOWER BOYS

After a heated training match with the team, twelve-year-old Viggo and Noel go home to challenge each other's limits and masculinity. A sudden stop to an innocent game questions what a male friendship is allowed to be.

Christian Zetterberg

Fiction, Drama | Sweden | 2021 | 0:09:11

STRANGERS

In an anonymous city, a person collapses, appearing to have lost consciousness. Some strangers pass by, others embrace her. In a solitary quest for intimacy, blinded by a world of indifference, her gaze, her body are staggering.

Nora Longatti

Fiction, Drama | Switzerland | 2021 | 0:20:00

A SUMMER PLACE

Summer is a permanent state of mind in Limassol, a once small seaside town in Cyprus that has transformed into the oligarch paradise of the Mediterranean. Being both a player and a victim of this city transformation as a food stylist, Tina is depressed. On the day of her birthday, she is ready to give up on everything, until an extraordinary encounter changes her life.

Alexandra Matheo

Fiction, Drama | Greece | 2021 | 0:20:00

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