2018 Line up

International Competition

Darling Birgitte Stærmose
2017 / Denmark, Sweden / 101min.
God BLISS Our Home Nawruz Paguidopon
2017 / Philippines, South Korea / 74min.
Last Child Dong-seok Shin
2017 / South Korea / 124min.
The Last Suit Pablo Solarz
2017 / Spain, Argentina / 91min.
Light Up Kirill Pletnev
2017 / Russia / 97min.
Nancy Christina Choe
2018 / USA / 86min.
She is Alone Natsuki Nakagawa
2018 / Japan / 60min.
The Swan Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir
2017 / Iceland, Germany, Estonia / 91min.
Under the Tree Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
2017 / Iceland, Denmark, Poland, Germany / 89min.
Unwanted Edon Rizvanolli
2017 / Kosovo, Netherlands / 85min.

 

Japanese Film Competition (Feature Length)

Beyond the Blue Kenichiro Hiro
2018 / Japan / 96min.
Cyclops Norichika Oba
2018 / Japan / 108min.
High Sentiments Family Hiroyuki Takebayashi
2017 / Japan / 83min.
Siblings of the Cave Shinzo Katayama
2018 / Japan / 89min.

 

 

Japanese Film Competition (Short Length)

Birth-The Dance of Life- Arisa Wakami, Bak Ikeda, Hirofumi Ohashi
2017 / Japan / 28min.
Dumping Ground Kosuke Yokota
2018 / Japan / 31min.
Who Knows about My Life Teppei Isobe
2018 / Japan / 27min.
Lip and Fist Michihaya Mizoguchi
2017 / Japan / 49min.
Lull Shuichi Kawanobe
2017 / Japan / 27min.
He is Always Sleeping Takahiro Tarui
2017 / Japan / 27min.
Harikomi Yusuke Itagaki
2017 / Japan / 28min.
TOKYO COMET Hiroki Horanai
2017 / Japan / 29min.
Eternal Hoimi Taro Shirai
2017 / Japan / 30min.

 

 

Opening Gala

Running Again Yuya Nakaizumi
2018 / Japan / 90min.

 

Filmmakers from SAITAMA Making Waves

THE TOKYO NIGHT SKY IS ALWAYS THE DENSEST SHADE OF BLUE Yuya Ishii
2017 / Japan / 108min.
Memoirs of a Murderer Yu Irie
2017 / Japan / 117min.
A Story of Yonosuke Shuichi Okita
2012 / Japan / 160min.
THICKER THAN WATER Keisuke Yoshida
2017 / Japan / 103min.

 

 

Celebrating World Auteurs

A.K. Chris Marker
1985 / France, Japan / 74min.
When Cinema Reflects the Times—Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang Hirokazu Kore-eda
1993 / Japan / 47min.
Michael H. Profession: Director Yves Montmayeur
2013 / Austria, France / 90min.

 

 

Despicable Me Series Screenings

Despicable Me Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
2010 / USA / 95min.
Despicable Me 2 Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud
2013 / USA / 98min.
Despicable Me 3 Pierre Coffin, Kyle Balda
2017 / USA / 90min.

 

Barrier Free Screening

THE 8-YEAR ENGAGEMENT Takahisa Zeze
2017 / Japan / 119min.

 

Related Events

Made in SKIP City

Wish Upon A Star – Grandad Wants to be a Truck Driver

Koki Fukuyama
2018 / Japan / 23min.

Kobaton The Movie: Lovetan and Kobaton Walking Don

Takahiro Horie
2018 / Japan / 24min.
VR Screenings

Blue Thermal VR

Shinichiro Ueda
2018 / Japan / 12min.

Ultraman Zero VR

Kiyotaka Taguchi
2017 / Japan / 6min.
Camera Crayon – Exciting Films Produced by Children! –

Distress Call

Rally & Smash

Best of Audio Visual Learning Program

Mama Theater

LIFE IS FRUITY

Kenshi Fushihara
2016 / Japan / 91min.

 


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