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

Animation Program

Competition 20

A Night at the Rest Area

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At a midnight highway rest area, the weary travelers each quietly relax their minds. A brief moment spent with complete strangers is lonely yet somehow comforting.

Director
Saki Muramoto
Time
0:11:34
Country
Japan
Genre
Drama
Year
2024

Awards Nominations

World Festival of Animated Film Varna/2025/Bulgaria - Grand Prize
Slamdance Film Festival/2025/USA - Animated Shorts Grand Jury Prize
DigiCon6 ASIA/2024/JAPAN - Grand Prize, JAPAN Gold

Director

Saki Muramoto

Born in Japan, 1988. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation in 2013. Now I'm working as a freelance animation director and illustrator.

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Screening

Screening Venue

VenueScheduleTicket Reservation
WITH HARAJUKU HALL2025.6.8 [Sun] 10:50-12:40

Online Screening

OnlinescheduleOnline Screening
Online Grand Theater2025.06.12 [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