Date: Thursday, May 29 – Tuesday, June 10, 2025, ONLINE: Thursday, April 24 – Sunday, June 30, 2025

Animation Program

Competition 18

Fish River Anthology

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The supermarket is nearing its closing time, and the last customers are queuing for their turn at the fish counter. The agonizing wait offers a chance for existential reflection and a little song.

Director
Veera Lamminpää
Time
0:09:30
Country
Finland
Genre
Animation
Year
2024
Cast
Mari Rantasila, Mika Rättö, Iiti Yli-Harja, Heikki, Kujanpää, Elsi Sloan

Awards Nominations

Jussi Award nominee 2025 (Finnish National Film Prize)
Tampere Film Festival 2025 (Finland) – Risto Jarva Prize, Student Award, Nominee for the European Short Film Audience Award
Filmschoolfest Munich 2024 (Germany) – Best Animation Award
Kyiv IFF ""Molodist"" 2024 (Ukraine) – 2nd place in International Student Film Competition

Director

Veera Lamminpää

Veera Lamminpää (b. 1994) is a director, screenwriter and animator with multiple short films and commercial film productions under her belt. While not working, she spends most of her time in gardening or in the sauna.

Cast

Mari Rantasila, Mika Rättö, Iiti Yli-Harja, Heikki, Kujanpää, Elsi Sloan

Screening

Screening Venue

VenueScheduleTicket Reservation
WITH HARAJUKU HALL2025.6.7 [Sat] 17:20-19:10

Online Screening

OnlinescheduleOnline Screening
Online Screening2025.04.24 [Thu] - 06.30 [Mon]

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Sponsors

KODANSHA Ltd.

NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION

CyberAgent, Inc.

Milbon Co., Ltd.

Hoppy Beverage co.

Digital Hollywood Co., Ltd.

NIPPON STEEL KOWA REAL ESTATE CO.,LTD.

CRG Co.,Ltd.

The JIKEI COM Group of Colleges

Festival Partner

Little Universe OKINAWA produced by Aim Universe

Event Partner

TAKANAWA GATEWAY CITY

Creative Partner

TYO Inc.

Japan Cultural Expo 2.0

Media Partners

J-WAVE, Inc.

CONDÉ NAST JAPAN

TOKYO HEADLINE

Media Supporters

cinemacafe.net

Kinema Junposha., Ltd

ORICON NEWS

English Media Supporter

Kyodo News Plus

Festival Supporters

MORI Building

War and the Power To Live Program Special Support

International Committee of the Red Cross(ICRC)

Venue Supporter

NTT Urban Development Corporation

Tokyo Tokyo Festival