NATIONAL PROGRAMME
SHOE LOVER
In 1960s Japanese society, the everyday person lacked the freedom, and women were especially limited in their choices of future. Despite this, one woman sets her sights on becoming a shoemaker.
Saki Matsumoto
Fiction, Drama | Japan | 2023 | 0:15:26
THE ISLAND
A story of a young woman who is caring for her listless father and feeling weariness with caregiving routines. Her unexpected trip to Rishiri island leads to spiritual redeeming by sacred spring water from the mountain.
Sora
Animation, Fantasy | Japan | 2024 | 0:15:00
THE EYEBALL PERSON
This film is about gazes and goodbyes. An attempt to weave images with words and to weave a poem with images. I realize that living is suffering to see that Nemu, the one of my daughters, squirms with the struggle and sunflowers squirm to try to bloom.
Yuri Muraoka
Experimental, Art | Japan | 2023 | 0:11:42
20th FEST - New Directors/New Films Festival
Silver Lynx Competition Experimantal部門最優秀賞
FUNI
FUNI, who has rapped his identity as a minority he has felt while living in Japan, is a Zainichi Korean 2.5 generation rapper. He is conducting rap workshops for young ethnic minorities to speak out for themselves. Additionally, he led protests to commemorate the 100th years of the Great Kanto Earthquake in 2023. The director followed in his footsteps to observe how he is living and expressing himself as a Zainichi Korean in Japanese society.
Yoojin Park
Documentary, Portrait | Japan, Korea-South | 2024 | 0:20:37 | Student Film
BOWL MEETS GIRL
In a certain bowling alley, a shy girl named Azumi, who is unable to throw a bowling ball, is dominated by her self-proclaimed best friend, Izumi. One day, a mysterious boy named Ei suddenly appears before Azumi. He takes her ball and effortlessly bowls a strike.
Shunta Seki
Fiction, Comedy | Japan | 2024 | 0:23:19 | Student Film