SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2023

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME

私が決めたこの道で

Don't let them decide just because they are disabled. Decide for yourself what you want to do, not what you can do. Through his thoughts, he presents one way of society.

Ryo Sato

Documentary | Japan | 0:03:30

GHOSTS

Ghosts is a new short film by (LA)HORDE with the Ballet national de Marseille soundtracked by Rone and scripted Spike Jonze, filmed in the Palais Longchamp in Marseille. When the Fine Arts Museum closes, figures take over the deserted place, embrace and tear each other, as if to recover their body, until their encounter with the night guard.

(LA)HORDE

Fiction, Dance | France | 2022 | 0:08:12

ALIEN0089

While a gamer uploads a testimonial video to denounce the harassment she suffers in a war video game, a stranger enters her home and hacks her computer, blurring the boundaries between the real and virtual worlds.

Valeria Hofmann

Fiction, Drama | Chile | 2023 | 0:21:00

PLEASE HOLD THE LINE

A young scam call operator is thrust into a moral dilemma as she navigates a life-changing situation.

Tan Ce Ding

Fiction, Drama | Malaysia | 2022 | 0:18:30

FURRIE

A dolphin in free relationship with fifteen inflatable animals, a fox crazy in love with a cereal mascot, a band of animals adept at firearms… Different portraits, existing, of members of the Furry community, lovers and enthusiasts of anthropomorphic animals.

Lucie Grannec

Animation | France | 2022 | 0:08:36 | Student

WHAT IF WOMEN RULED THE WORLD?

Judy Chicago is one of the most influential artists of our time. Punk musician Nadya Tolokonnikova founded Russian dissident feminist group Pussy Riot. “What If Women Ruled The World?” chronicles their first historic collaboration to join forces to inspire people to imagine a different, more humane world.

Giulia Magno

Doc, Social | Italy | 2022 | 0:07:00

UPROOTED

Displacement crisis has reached 100 million people globally. 60+ Ukrainian refugees were involved in making the film, sending a message of support to all refugees. The film focuses on the PTSD that people experience after fleeing the war.

Andzej Gavriss

Fiction, Social | Ukraine | 2022 | 0:02:40

CHRISTOPHER AT SEA

After an encounter with James while returning to Europe as a passenger onboard a cargo ship, Christopher begins to question his sanity and perception of time in this romantic psychological thriller at sea. His life quickly falls into a routine that shapes his day-to-day existence, mirroring the monotony of the ship’s passage through open waters.

Tom CJ Brown

Animation, LGBTQ | UK | 2022 | 0:20:17

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