SAPPORO SHORT FEST 2023

NATIONAL PROGRAMME

UTOPIA AGRICULTURE Project Documentary 2021-2022

Regenerative agriculture to restore the biodiversity of soil and plants has begun in the Bankei forest on the outskirts of Sapporo. A record of the year that is the beginning.

Akiyoshi Kitagawa

Documentary | Japan | 0:03:30

ストレンジ

One evening a shy suburban Tokyo high school student, Odeko, meets a tearful Kuma dressed in drag in a park. As their earnest friendship develops, Kuma's struggle to live confidently with himself changes Odeko's timidity as well.

Ken Ochiai

Fiction, Drama, LGBTQ | Japan | 2023 | 0:15:03

CARROTS DON'T WAIT

That stray dog that the girl loved so much wanted an apple for a long time. Meanwhile, the carrots try to turn everything into a seedbed. The girl opens the box and leaves with the dog because they know that decay is inevitable.This animation captures a moment of overlapping birth and death.

Lina Machida

Animation | Japan | 2023 | 0:07:36 | Student

DON'T GO

Enter a world where fragments of memory of the dead can be accessed using a special device. A father, who lied about his whereabouts, dies in a car accident in a seaside town. His bereaved family dives into his memory to uncover his secret.

Daichi Amano

Sci-Fi, Drama, Comedy | Japan | 2023 | 0:24:46

LIFE AS USUAL

In 2020, Akiko Shirasaki signed a document from a doctor stating that "there is a possibility of dying within a week depending on the case." She was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. Fortunately, the treatment was effective and she was discharged from the hospital after 7 months. During her hospital stay, she learned that many patients and their families were suffering because they could not receive a bone marrow transplant, which is a powerful treatment for leukemia. With the anxiety of a possible relapse, Akiko started to work towards a solution despite her anxiety of a relapse.

Yuichiro Yamada

Documantary | Japan | 2022 | 0:11:12

STING

After a broken engagement, Mizuki returns to her mother’s home, where she would live a self-indulgent life, unbothered by her mother’s cold stare. One day out of the blue, she receives a wedding gift from her distant father, who had left Mizuki and her mother long ago. Amidst her growing frustration, Mizuki visits the town where her father lives to return this useless gift…

Kohei Ogane

Fiction, Drama | Japan | 2022 | 0:29:57

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