SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2022

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME

CONNECT WITH DOTS

Mami Omasa is a director of a Type B of continuous employment support business in Koshigaya City, Saitama. She operates “a project of business cards in Braille“.
People with disabilities share their work and cooperate together. Could it be possible to make a system of happiness for people with disabilities, customers, and the whole society?

Nao Ruise

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

FOREVER YOUNG

This is just the story about 2 creative kids who want to create their first Short film…
This is just the story about 2 dads who got nothing else to do…

Michel Arribehaute, Nicolas Arribehaute, Sacha Arribehaute, Robinson Arribehaute

Fiction, Comedy | France | 2022 | 0:06:52

I AM TUVSHO

If Tuvsho was a superhero...this would be her origin story.

George Thomson, Lukas Schrank

Documentary, Portrate | Australia | 2021 | 0:11:45

IXESTUM

Witness an ancient shamanic ritual from the outer realms of time and space.

Kipp T. Jarden

Animation, Sci-Fi | USA | 2021 | 0:19:19

THE WATER MURMURS

When an asteroid hits the Earth, underwater volcanic eruptions risk submerging a riverside town and the inhabitants start to flee inland. The day before leaving, Nian says goodbye to a childhood friend but on her way she crosses paths with some of the town’s residents. Gradually, her memories of the town start to become clearer and clearer in her mind.

Story Chen

Fiction, Drama | China | 2022 | 0:14:46

BESTIA

Based on true events, "Bestia" explores the life of a secret police agent during the military dictatorship in Chile. Her relationship with her dog, her body, her fears and frustrations reveals a grim fracture of her mind and of the country.

Hugo Covarrubias

Animation, Histrical | Chile | 2021 | 0:15:00

SOUL FOOD

Yannis (15) and his mother are moving in, at her boyfriend’s apartment. Yannis starts hanging out with Olga (40), a socially secluded hard-rock woman who lives in the basement of his apartment building. Simultaneously, he associates with a group of teenagers, the leader of which bullies Olga whenever he sees her.

Nikos Tseberopoulos

Fiction, Drama | Greece | 2021 | 0:24:09

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  • Mature/Nudity
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