Short films
CapCut AI Film Program
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Screening Venue
| Venue | Schedule | Reservation |
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| kino cinéma Shinjuku | 2026.11.07 [Sat] 15:50-17:10 |
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STILL GENERATING
A world is born, generating new worlds from within itself, endlessly branching, collapsing, and reconstructing.
Typography becomes space, ink becomes life, and the boundaries of time and dimensions dissolve.
This is not a story.
It is a fragment of an endless world, observed for just 10 minutes.Eru Styles / 0:10:40 / Japan / Experimental / 2026
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REUNION
A grandmother who runs a candy shop and Chumi, her cockatiel. One day, their lives take an unexpected turn, and the time they share begins to move again. A story about cherishing someone dear and the miracle of two hearts finding their way back to each other.
nere / 0:05:23 / Japan / Drama / 2026
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THE UNFINISHED BRIDGE
On a blank sheet of paper, a small traveler longs for a lantern on the far shore. A pencil draws a bridge, but the wind tears it loose, and an eraser comes down to wipe out the failed line. When the traveler holds the line tight, the unseen artist redraws it into a boat, and together they cross the river.
toki / 0:01:36 / Japan / Animation / 2026
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Halloween Night
Halloween is the night when loved ones return. Three little visitors who appear in town only on this night light lanterns to welcome them home. Following a fox, they meet a group of children. As they receive treats and sing together through the streets, their hearts grow warm. “Together again next year.” With that promise, the three return to their home in the forest.
On Halloween night, there may be an unfamiliar face among the children in your town, too.Nagi Story Music / 0:02:22 / Japan / Animation / 2026
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Yuzu’s Promise
Hikaru and Yuzu’s peaceful summer in a seaside town is shattered by dark clouds and an enormous dragon. To protect those she loves, Yuzu must confront her hidden power and a promise inherited from her mother. Hikaru stands beside her—but her power comes at a heartbreaking price.
Kanto Fujita / 0:09:26 / Japan / Animation / 2026
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IMUUNE PRIME
Due to certain circumstances, Chris finds himself transported to a future beyond his own time.
In this future, the world had begun a process of eliminating humanity through a system inherent to Earth itself. As Chris searches for ways to make a difference in this future, he realizes something.TECHTALKNAVIGATOR / 0:10:29 / Japan / Sci-Fi / 2026
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Welcome Home — REIZOUKO
A boy vanishes from his home, leaving his mother with only the sound of running water. When household appliances begin disappearing too, she sees a fragile possibility: perhaps they are going wherever her son has gone. She begins leaving messages on them—small reminders to eat well, stay warm, and take care of himself.
In a distant, ruined future, a young traveler and his android companion search for a way home among the remnants of a lost world. As ordinary objects carry a mother’s words across time, a quiet bond endures between a kitchen left empty and a life still moving forward.
A tender science-fiction short about separation, persistence, and the extraordinary weight of an everyday greeting: “Welcome home.”Naoyuki Okada / 0:07:20 / Japan / Sci-Fi / 2026
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kusarabi
With Kusarabi, I wanted to create a song that sounds as though it belongs to yokai—the strange supernatural beings of Japanese folklore. It is a song about the human world, sung from somewhere just outside it. The lyrics combine Japanese, invented words, and archaic-sounding expressions, allowing meaning to slip between recognizable language and unfamiliar sounds.
The banquet in the lyrics becomes a miniature society. Appearances are maintained while things decay; responsibility is passed around, and the portions are unevenly shared. I wanted to explore these habits through grotesque humor rather than a direct moral lesson. The disturbing part is not that monsters exist, but that their behavior feels familiar.
My background in experimental music shapes how I approach moving images. Rhythm, repetition, texture, and interruption matter as much as narrative. I approach generative AI as a creative material to direct and reshape, with unexpected results becoming possibilities to select and develop.
Rather than making every image explain a lyric, I wanted music, language, and images to unsettle one another. I hope viewers are first drawn in by the song, then left wondering whether they are merely watching this strange gathering—or already taking part in it.Minima / 0:02:28 / Japan / Music Video / 2026
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THE GREAT JOURNEY -Our Way Home-
Three unlikely companions live together under one roof, each with a completely different personality and age.
There’s Jean, an energetic Dalmatian; Sonya, a slightly temperamental Russian Blue cat; and Max, a gentle and dependable Golden Retriever.
When their owners’ family circumstances require them to stay at their grandparents’ house for a while, the three are sent away from home.
But after an unexpected turn of events, they find themselves separated in an unfamiliar land, with no idea how to find their way back.
“We want to go home.”
With that wish deep in their hearts, the three set off on a journey to find their way back to the home they love.
Different in species, age, and personality, these three companions embark on an extraordinary adventure in search of the place they belong.
“Together, we can go anywhere.”Hideya Shigematsu / 0:07:00 / Japan / Animation / 2026
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