Short films
For the screening order of the “Non-stop Short Film Screenings” taking place at the Tokyo venues on October 23, 25, and 26, please refer to this page.
Program List
SNS Ambassador's Pick Top 3 films
Love
Love, relationships, and couple moments, the ups and downs of love.
Feel good
Films that sparkle with silliness, humor, and joy. Stories that will leave you with a smile
Dragon Head Phoenix Tail Brow
Li Lin Wee / Singapore
Mole, mole!
Rui-Rung Su / Taiwan
Mojappi -It’s mine!-
NIJITARO / Japan
Naice To Meeto You
Yutaka Okemoto / Japan
Retake
Eisuke Ohga / Japan
After I died
Yuri Yagihashi / Japan
African Family Dinner
Ibrahim Mursal / Norway, Sudan, Somalia
The Comments Section｜Meat & Livestock Australia
Max Barden / Australia
Human Stuff
Quentin Montant / France
UPSIDE-DOWN GENIUS
Ryotaro Nishi / Japan
The Place Before Daybreak
Sara Masuda / Japan
How to Open the Door
Park Ji-wan & Joan Hui Ji-yey / South Korea
Based on true story
Quiet, thoughtful stories based in real events that stay with you, inviting reflection.
Youth
Coming-of-age, generational conflict, youth energy and the struggles of growing up.
Bittersweet
Stories that capture life’s balance of joy and sadness. Films that may leave you smiling through tears.
Quirky
Offbeat, humorous, and wonderfully strange slices of life.
Shocking
Dark twists, tension, and films that leave you breathless.
Visual Beauty
Visually stunning films that dazzle with color, beauty, and imagination. Films that feel like candy for your eyes.
My Organs Lying on the Ground
Shinobu Soejima / Japan
Portrait of a Disappearing Woman
Nelson Polfliet / Belgium, France
A Perfect Day: Seven Scenes and Others
Takashi Yoneoka / Japan
Malanka
Paul-Louis Léger & Pascal Messaoudi / France
Tears of the Sky
Xi Wang & Yuan Xie / United States
A Tree Once Grew Here
John Semerad / United States
Imperia
Marcel Barsotti / Germany
Weeds
Pola Kazak / Czech Republic
Transformation
Marcel Barsotti / Germany
GAIJIN
Michele Motzo / Japan
A Brighter Summer Day for the Lady Avengers
Birdy Wei-Ting Hung / Taiwan, United States
LGBTQ
Trans, nonbinary, and queer voices celebrating identity and truth.
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