Lavasan-Tajrish

Ehsan Amani/Iran/14:00/Drama/2010

A young couple in a mini bus listens to the conversation of a young man who is giving advice to someone on his cell phone about his relationship. This conversation leads to mistrust and misunderstanding between the couple.

SSFF & ASIA 2011 Asia International Competition nominated

rain town　

Hiroyasu Ishida/Japan/9:55/Animation/2011

In this town, since who knows when, rain has never stopped. Residents moved out to suburbs and high ground around "rain town." People's memories are now deeply submerged. But into this forgotten rainy town sometimes, someone wanders.

SSFF & ASIA 2011 CG Program

Night Fishing　

PARKing CHANce (Park Chan-wook, Park Chan-kyong)/South Korea/33:12/Drama/2011

A man with his fishing gear walks deep in the woods through the fog. He arrives at a river and leisurely starts fishing. Later, night has fallen and he hasn’t caught much fish. Just then, he hooks something big but it's not something he can put on his din

Berlin Interantional Film Festival 2011 (Germany) Golden Bear Award (Short Film) Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2011 (USA)

HOME

Kazuhiro Soda/Japan

Filmed in Kazuhiro Soda’s hometown of Ashikaga, Tochigi. A wordless, visual poem that was shot in response to a question “What is ‘HOME’?”

Kazuhiro Soda　 2007: Campaign (Senkyo) /選挙 2008: Mental (Seishin) /精神 2010: Peace

MONSOON

Apichatpong Weerasethakul/Thailand

A man is Skyping to the other side of the world. He discovers a firefly and shows it to his partner.

Apichatpong Weerasethakul　 2000 : Mysterious Object at Noon 2002 : Blissfully Yours 2003 : The Adventure of Iron Pussy 2004 : Tropical Malady 2006 : Syndromes and a Century 2010 : Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past LivesApichatpong has also made many shorts and installations

DESPEDIDA (FAREWELL)

Isaki Lacuesta/Spain

My father remembers the last words that my grandfather said before dying.
While we listen to the voice of my father, we will see the successive generations of men of my family.

Isaki Lacuesta　 2002 : “Cravan vs Cravan” 2006 : The Legend of Time (La Leyenda del tiempo / 『時間の伝説‐The Legend of Time』 2009 : “Los condenados” 2010 : “La noche que no acaba” 2011 : “Los pasos dobles” “El quadern de fang語り / Voice : José Ignacio

Zhao Ye/China

A day in 2011, I am on the train going home, looking out of the window, lights are waning in the city.
A day in 2006, my old dog was sleeping at noon, and my mum was preparing to wash clothes on the balcony. But she could not cover the bottle cap of washing liquid, and turning back smiled to me. Then, she was back in the room; the washing machine was turning on. It seems nothing happened, so ordinary, and so nature. However, in the bottom of my heart is warmed.

Zhao Ye　 2004: Cai Wei-Weed Picker 2007: Ma Wu Jia 2008: Jalainur 2010: Last Chestnuts

Iki

Joon-ho Bong/S.Korea

A beach with strong tide.. There is a girl who’s wandering around.
She finds a little girl lying down on the beach side dead.. or alive.

Joon-ho Bong　 2000 : Barking Dogs Never Bite 2003 : Memories of Murder 2006 : The Host 2008 : Shaking Tokyo

Jonas Mekas/Lithuania

I am in Provence near Mt.Ventoux. I remember the poet Petrarca walking on Mt.Ventoux and carrying with him a volume of St.Augustine's CONFESSIONS, transcribed by hand, and reading it... on Mt.Ventoux…

Jonas Mekas　 1962 : Guns of the Trees 1969 : Walden 1971-1972 : Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania /リトアニアへの旅の追憶 他多数 / among others

MUSUBI

Toyoko Yamasaki/Japan

Nisinari Ward in Osaka, commonly known as Kamagasaki, is Japan’s largest town of day laborer. Many of them have come to Kamagasaki dissolving their relationships with hometown and family. MUSUBI is a group of old men, which performs picture-story at the little corner of the town. Most of the members live alone on welfare in a three-mat sized tatami room. These elderly men meet various people through the performance and bond each other by staying close.

Toyoko Yamasaki　 1995 : Bread and Christ with the Cross under the Stove 1999 : My Nocturne 2004 : Nightingale 2007 : Things I can do for you 2007 : Sakura 2008 : Bread and Christ 2009 : Tamayura ‒ Momo Matsuri presents kiss! 2010 : Bion