International Competition

Japanese Film Competition
(Feature Length)

Japanese Film Competition
(Short Length)

Opening Gala

The First Steps of Top Runners

Barrier Free Screening

Film List

International Competition

The line-up of this popular program includes an animation for the first time and is full of variety this year. Discover your favorite among the 10 entries selected for the competition.

Another Child

Another Child

Director:KIM Yoon-seok
Country or Region:South Korea

Bad Art

Bad Art

Director:Tania RAYMONDE, Zio ZIEGLER
Country or Region:USA

Blind Spot

Blind Spot

Director: Tuva NOVOTNY
Country or Region: Norway

The Day I Lost My Shadow

The Day I Lost My Shadow

Director:Soudade KAADAN
Country or Region:Syria, Lebanon, France, Qatar

Irina

Irina

Director:Nadejda KOSEVA
Country or Region:Bulgaria

Lajko – Gypsy in Space

Lajko – Gypsy in Space

Director:Balázs LENGYEL
Country or Region:Hungary

Midnight Traveler

Midnight Traveler

Director:Hassan FAZILI
Country or Region:USA, Qatar, Canada, UK

Sons of Denmark

Sons of Denmark

Director:Ulaa SALIM
Country or Region:Denmark

The Tower

The Tower

Director:Mats GRORUD
Country or Region:Norway, France, Sweden

Travel Nostalgia

Travel Nostalgia

Director:Qinyao WU
Country or Region:Japan, China


Japanese Film Competition (Feature Length)

Shinzo Katayama, who directed Siblings of the Cape, and Shinichiro Ueda, who directed One Cut of the Dead, are festival graduates whose films screened in this program. Don’t miss the opportunity to meet the next generation of raw talent!

Dream of Euglena

Dream of Euglena

Director:Mikiya SANADA
Country or Region:Japan

F is for Future

F is for Future

Director:Teppei ISOBE
Country or Region:Japan

The Idiot’s Back

The Idiot’s Back

Director:Sho FUJIMOTO
Country or Region: Japan

Me & My Brother’s Mistress

Me & My Brother’s Mistress

Director:Takashi HAGA, Sho SUZUKI
Country or Region:Japan

Sacrifice

Sacrifice

Director:Taku TSUBOI
Country or Region:Japan


Japanese Film Competition (Short Length)

Short Length Competition ①

Spring

Spring

Director: Ayumi OMORI
Country or Region:Japan

JURI

JURI

Director:Mitsutoshi SAIJO
Country or Region:Japan

What Meiling Decided

What Meiling Decided

Director:Hironori KUJIRAOKA
Country or Region:Japan


Short Length Competition ②

Multiple

Multiple

Director:Miyuki NAGAYA
Country or Region:Japan

The Distant Light

The Distant Light

Director:Tatsuya UTSUNO
Country or Region:Japan

Sticks and Stones

Sticks and Stones

Director:Takuma SATO
Country or Region:Japan


Short Length Competition ③

Scarf

Scarf

Director:Masayuki MATOBA
Country or Region:Japan

All Cause of Tokyo

All Cause of Tokyo

Director:Yu MURAKI
Country or Region:Japan

The Birth

The Birth

Director:Kazuomi MAKITA
Country or Region:Japan


Opening Gala

The Opening Gala film for this year is Aesop’s Game, a film directed by three directors: Shinichiro Ueda, director of One Cut of the Dead, which became a box office sensation in Japan last year, along with Yuya Nakaizumi and Naoya Asanuma, both of whom participated in One Cut of the Dead as crew members. Enjoy this ambitious film directed by emerging filmmakers who are based in SKIP CITY Sai-no-Kuni Visual Plaza.

Aesop’s Game

©Saitama Prefecture/SKIP CITY Sai-no-Kuni Visual Plaza

Aesop’s Game

2019 / Japan / 87min.
Director:Naoya ASANUMA, Sinichiro UEDA, Yuya NAKAIZUMI
Cast:Ruka ISHIKAWA, Hiroe IGETA, Guammer, Yoichiro SAITO, Takehiko FUJITA, Yusuke TAKAHASHI, Koji KIRYU, Yohta KAWASE, Makiko WATANABE, Hinako SAEKI
Production: Saitama Prefecture / SKIP CITY Sai-no-Kuni Visual Plaza
Planning & Production: DIGITAL SKIP STATION
Distributor: Asmik Ace, Inc.


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The First Steps of Top Runners

We take a look at the ambitious debut films of four great film directors, George Lucas, Clint Eastwood, Steven Soderbergh, and Takashi Miike, who all became synonymous with large scale productions. The talent evident in their debut films is sure to impress you.

THX 1138 (The George Lucas Director's Cut)

THX 1138 (The George Lucas Director's Cut)

Director:George LUCAS
Country or Region:USA

Play Misty for Me

Play Misty for Me

Director:Clint EASTWOOD
Country or Region:USA

Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Director:Steven SODERBERGH
Country or Region:USA

Shinjuku Triad Society

Shinjuku Triad Society

Director:Takashi MIIKE
Country or Region:Japan


Barrier Free Screening

One Cut of the Dead

©ENBU Seminar

One Cut of the Dead

2017 / Japan / 96min.
Director:Shinichiro UEDA
Cast: Takayuki HAMATSU, Mao, Harumi SHUHAMA, Kazuaki NAGAYA
Distributor: Asmik Ace, Inc., ENBU Seminar


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