Film List
Feature Length Competition（70min. or more）
Short Length Competition（15min. – 30min.）
As mobile video platforms emerged, short films have become a familiar format. We have received over 150 entries this year and screen 4 shorts in each of three programs in the total of 12.
Short Length Competition ①
Short Length Competition ②
Short Length Competition ③
Animation Competition（30min. or less）
Some will make you cry and others will fascinate you with a new kind of visual experience. This year, 10 unique animations will complete in this program. Don’t miss the opportunity to experience the magical world sparkling with passion.
Opening Gala
In its 3rd year since the launch, the Opening Gala section screens feature films produced by the Festival Committee in order to discover and nurture emerging talent. This year, we are proud to present ANIMA!, a story about a female dancer, directed by Takahiro Horie, whose Hurt was nominated in the Feature Length Competition at our festival last year.
©2017 Saitama Prefecture /SKIP CITY Sai-no-Kuni Visual Plaza
ANIMA!
Pounding Beat Leads My Next Move
Soul Starts Beating to the Rhythm
2017/Japan/78min.
Director：Takahiro Horie
Cast: Saika Hattori, Yu Koyanagi, Eriko Nakamura, Haruka Kurosawa, Umi Todo / Gitan Otsuru
Presentation of Saitama Prefecture / SKIP CITY Sai-no-Kuni Visual Plaza
Filmmakers Making Waves
©2009 Cine Bazar
Lost Paradise in Tokyo
2009／Japan／115min.
Director：Kazuya Shiraishi
Cast: Katsuya Kobayashi, Chika Uchida, Takaki Uda, Zenkichi Yoneyama, Yasuhiro Isobe, Naoki Ichimura, Hayato Kusano, Reika Shigehiro, Atsushi Narasaka, Eiji Okuda
Production, Distributor: Cine Bazar (KOINOBORI PICTURES)
Winner of SKIP CITY AWARD at Feature Length Competition 2009
©2012 PICTURES NETWORK/ HIYOSHIGAOKA PICTURES
Capturing Dad
2012／Japan／74min.
Director：Ryota Nakano
Cast: Erisa Yanagi, Nanoka Matsubara, Kenichi Takito, Satoshi Nikaido, Kaito Kobayashi, Yuki Imamura, Akiko Hoshino, Makiko Watanabe
Distributor: Digital Skip Station
Winner of Best Director and SKIP CITY AWARD at Feature Length Competition 2012
©2013 GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FILM AND NEW MEDIA,
TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS. All Rights Reserved.
Kanagawa University of Fine Arts, Office of Film Research
2013／Japan／70min.
Director：Yuichiro Sakashita
Cast: Kaoru Iida, Chihiro Kasahara, Tomoya Maeno, Fujio Miyagawa, Kazuhiko Takasu, Yu Nakamura, Goichi Mine, Shota Nakamoto, Manabu Hosoi
Distributor: Digital Skip Station
Winner of Special Jury Award at Feature Length Competition 2013
It's All in the Fingers
2009／Japan,Poland／10min.
Director：Kei Ishikawa
Cast: Wincent Walczak, Dorota Kiekowicz-Suszka, Piotr Pecyna
*No English Subtitles
Nominee at Short Length Competition 2009
©TRICYCLE FILM
Strawberry Jam
2010／Japan／32min.
Director：Norihiro Niwatsukino
Cast: Nozomi Oki, Takafumi Maeuchi, Noriko Henmi, Yuka Terasaki,
Takahiro Suzuki
R15＋
Nominee at Short Length Competition 2010
Ken and Kazu
2011／Japan／23min.
Director：Hiroshi Shoji
Cast: Tatsuya Nomura, Katsuya Maiguma, Katsuyuki Kanja, Tomoaki Hayashi, Yusuke Soga, Takashi Hirose, Kenji Masaki
*No English Subtitles
Honorable Mention at Short Length Competition 2011
Animation Screening
©Fumiyo Kouno/Futabasha/Konosekai no katasumini Project
In This Corner of the World
2016／Japan／129min.
Director：Sunao Katabuchi
Voice Cast: Non, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Natsuki Inaba, Minori Omi, Tengai Shibuya
Distributor: Tokyo Theatres
*No English Subtitles
©Cartoon Saloon, Melusine Productions,
The Big Farm, Superprod, Nørlum
Song of the Sea
2014／Ireland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, Denmark／93min.
Director：Tomm Moore
Voice Cast: Manami Honjo, Lily Franky, Yoshie Nakano (EGO-WRAPPIN'), Ai Fukada, Takuro Kitagawa
Distributor: Child Film, Miracle Voice
*No English Subtitles
Barrier Free Screening with Japanese subtitles and Audio Guidance
©"Her Love Boils Bathwater" Film Partners
Her Love Boils Bathwater
Her Love Boils Bathwater
2016年／Japan／125分
Director: Ryota Nakano
Cast: Rie Miyazawa, Hana Sugisaki, Yukiko Shinohara, Taro Suruga, Aoi Ito, Tori Matsuzaka, Joe Odagiri
Distributor: THE KLOCKWORX