NATIONAL PROGRAMME
THE BRIDE WHO RIDES A SLEIGH
It’s 1950s northern Japan, amidst the tranquil snowscape, unfolds a captivating wedding tradition: a bride is escorted on a horse-drawn sleigh to her destined home. Within the tradition of arranged marriages, Kazuko defies the norm, embracing love with Yutaka. Their story, as subtle as spring's first scent, reflects the evolving landscape of post-war Japan's traditions, society, and family bonds.
Yoshiro Osaka
Fiction, Drama | Japan | 2024 | 0:28:50
UPSIDE - DOWN GENIUS
Dr. Noboru Sakai, being a genius, was never understood by those around him and was always lonely. For some reason, he was always hanging upside down while conducting his research. Then a new secretary, Margaret, arrives.
Ryotaro Nishi
Fiction, Drama | Japan | 2024 | 0:05:52
EXTREMELY SHORT
A man sets out in search of the shortest thing in Tokyo, which turns out to be a single syllable uttered by a dying man. . . . Koji Yamamura's Extremely Short translates into film a powerful story by Hideo Furukawa, read by the author himself.
Koji Yamamura
Animation, Art | Japan/USA | 2024 | 0:05:18
第56回カンヌ監督週間:ワールドプレミア
第4回ニューヨークアニメーションフィルムアワード(NYAFA):ファイナリスト
(M)OTHER
A daughter who has been away from home since a big fight with her mother decides t o return to her hometown, Miyazaki, for the first time in over a decade.She is reunited with her mother, who lives at the foot of a mountain with the support of a care helper, but...
Masashi Sogawa
Fiction, Drama | Japan | 2024 | 0:16:22
DING DONG DITCH
"I want to disappear" is written in the dirt of the park. A correspondence between a boy who longs to be a villain and a girl who waits for her mother in the park at night. The two, who do not even know each other, communicate only through messages left in the dirt.
Chavo
Fiction, Drama | Japan | 2024 | 0:10:59
STRANDING
A teenager who is struggling with her lassitude meets her cousin, who, as a marine mammalogy researcher, takes her to observe a beached dead whale.
Yosuke Sumi
Fiction, Drama | Japan | 2023 | 0:17:00