Japan Competition

Screening time and screen information

Nov 1st 17:30- Theater 1 (Screening and Short Interview with the Film Makers)
Nov 3rd 15:25-, Theater 3

The Dawn of Ape

2019 / Japan / 0:04:23

Here is the world’s first animation made to be watched by chimpanzees. Just for this once, we will show it to you humans.

  • Director : Mirai Mizue

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LOCOMOTOR

2019 / Japan / 0:03:06

Human Steam Train started running with his legs, but he couldn’t stop himself before diving into a pond of oil. What will be his fate? The charging Human Steam Train, blowing steam, bursting sleepers and splashing water are aggressively described with ink and brushes.

  • Director : Isaku Kaneko

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SHISHIGARI

2019 / Japan / 0:16:57

Deep in the northern mountains, there are people who have been living with the blessings of the mountains. A boy, who is coming of age, journeys into the mountains for his first hunt. He must find the ”Kuroshishi.” The mountain is a world where life and death are divided by a paper-thin line. Sometimes, nature will show its fangs...

  • Director : Kiyotaka Oshiyama

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Above The Brain

2019 / Japan / 0:03:55

Believe in the unrailed movement and change in the picture caused by hand reflexes that do not pass through the brain. Escalation of a painting that spins at the speed of a groaning hand is a journey. Where does it go? How does it end? Let's beat your heart! Let's get excited! NO Brain! KNOW Brain!

  • Director : Nonoue Akihito

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HAZY

2019 / Japan / 0:09:00

A seaside town where I used to live as a child. On the morning I had in the town, something called JIRI often happened. It is the phenomenon peculiar to the eastern part of Hokkaido island. Because of it, my memory of the town is all covered with hazy filters. This film is a record of the reconstruction of fragments of its memory.

  • Director : Yo Ogawa

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Wandering mouse

2019 / Japan / 0:05:42

On October 11, Tsukiji fish market moved to Toyosu. It was my 24 year old birthday. On that date, the estimated 10,000 rats suddenly lost their home as paradise. A mouse sets out on a journey. He doesn't know where to go, but he decided to go anyway.

  • Director : Nohara Tsukiji

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MIMI

2018 / Denmark, Japan / 0:04:17

MIMI has a pimple for the first time. She is afraid of being different from other girls and is uncomfortable around those who are different from herself. Because of this, she begins to mimic other girls around her.

  • Director : Lisa FUKAYA

[VR] Akasha inside Goddess

2019 / United States, Japan / 0:04:48

In the Witch’s Cradle, Contact between self-similar structures and ubiquitous goddess.

  • Director : Madoka

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Little Rad Riding Hood

2018 / Japan / 0:03:23

I am timid and afraid to speak in front of many people. The reason why I would be have to date back to many years ago. This kind of childhood memories I really do not want to recall. However, by means of the form of animation, it will be a liberation for me. This story happened when I was 4 years old. At that time I was in kindergarten. Fortuitously, a coincidence changed my active character… Early childhood education is very important, and very slight things may change one’s life.

  • Director : Man Wei

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A Japanese Boy Who Draws

2018 / Japan / 0:20:33

Experimental animation and mockumentary film about the life of a man who aims to become a manga artist from childhood to adulthood. It tells his life story from childhood to adulthood with using various manners of manga culture by changing visual styles with the growth of the man.

  • Director : Masanao Kawajiri

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