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Summer Shorts: Japan

Japanese language / russian subtitles

Face Trip

Japan 2010, 3 min.
Director Yuki Ono
Documentary

A self-photolog of a journey around Asia in 405 days. The face gradually changes over the road trip.

Free Phone / NHK Hoshi Shin-ichi

Japan 2009, 4 min.
Director PANTOGRAPH
Animation

A science fiction foreseeing today about high-tech future telephone devices. All calls are free of charge, but there is a reason for it.

The Song of Red Forest

Japan 2008, 6 min.
Director: Akihito Izuhara
Animation

Fortunetellers of the forest -Nini and Nana- sing the traditional song passed down in the deep forest of Ponia. The Lyrics are distinctive to their own, unlike any other languages known. Their mystical tune stimulates the forest to breath for reincarnation.

Festivals and Awards:
Berlin International Film Festival – official selection

A Beautiful Girl’s Nose / Bi Jyo

Japan 2009, 15 min.
Director Shunsuke Minowa
Fiction

Kaoruko has an excessively sensitive nose, which has been causing her trouble, but she finds out there’s a cure for it.

Googuri Googuri

Japan 2010, 8 min.
Director Yoshiko Misumi
Animation

“Googuri Googuri” is a secret language between a girl and her grandfather. Her imaginative world opens up.

The sound of The Stone

Japan 2006, 19 min.
Director Makoto Kinoshita
Fiction

An elderly man lost his wife is accepting her death through strange events. Starring a experienced actor, Junkichi Orimoto.

A Gum Boy / Kuchao

Japan 2010, 4 min.
Director Masaki Okuda
Animation

The primary schoolboy Kuchao is hated by everyone. When he immediately begins to chew a bubble gum, he enters the imagination world After school.

Festivals and Awards:
Berlin International Film Festival – official selection, Generation

Bycicle / Jitensha

Japan 2009, 21 min.
Director Dean Yamada
Fiction

A loner's bicycle is mysteriously stolen piece by piece. He receives an envelope containing a list of addresses where he can retrieve the pieces.

Festivals and Awards:
Sapporo Short Fest - One Title Section Grand Prix