Films/Events
Animation /Documentary /Drama: 15 nominees + 1 special screening
- 1Braided
- 2Felina
- 3ASAP HUMAN!!
- 4Alma’s Condition
- 5I AM NOT INVISIBLE
- 6Mrs. Iran's Husband
- 7Life is Journey
- 8A Pine Cone And a Beef Bowl
- 9Shake Up
- 10The List
- 11A Tough Girl
- 12BONJI
- 13SECRET
- 14LOVE LOVE Mother
- 15Our Summer
- Special ScreeningA Lost Heart and Other Dreams of Beirut
Braided
- Animation
- USA, China/2023/6min./Color, Black and White
- Director: Chenxi Zhang
Story
Mom always braided my hair so tightly that it carved a distinct path atop my head. But one day, she cut off the carefully braided hair. Along the path, I touched our unbreakable inner attachment, and the journey of female growth we were both unprepared to face.
Felina
ⒸEnrique Millán, 2024
- Animation
- Spain/2024/12min./Black and White
- Director: María Lorenzo
Story
Felina is a woman who can turn into a panther, or maybe a panther who can turn into a woman. She is in love with a blind pianist to whom she does not want to reveal her nature. However, one day she receives unexpected news: she is pregnant with cubs.
ASAP HUMAN!!
- Animation
- Japan/2024/5min./Color
- Director: Nanoka Utsumi
Story
In a world where the plummeting birth rate is a serious concern and the population is rapidly declining, an amazing drink is launched that allows any living creature to become human. Thus begins an epic adventure of a little dog that pursues his dream of becoming human.
Alma’s Condition
- Animation
- Portugal, Spain/2024/12min./Color
- Director: Sara Naves
Story
Alma wakes up every day with a new condition, suffering the most varied physical transformations that reflect her feelings of inadequacy and prevent her from having a normal daily routine. With each passing day, Alma gradually feels more alone.
I AM NOT INVISIBLE
Ⓒ2023 Yuki Kawashima
- Documentary
- Japan/2023/24min./Color
- Director: Yuki York
- Cast: Yuki York, Chie Kondo
Story
The film visits a slum that is ignored as if it were "invisible". There is almost no information about it on the Internet. Not even volunteers or curious tourists know of its existence. After speaking with her Filipino grandmother, the director begins her painful quest to connect with the residents and make a documentary the way it should be made.
Mrs. Iran's Husband
- Documentary
- Iran/2023/27min./Color
- Director: Marjan Khosravi
- Japanese Subtitles: Koharu Yokoyama
Story
Sultan Mohammad's kingdom is on the mountain, and it includes two wives, 11 children, and his flock of sheep. Like all rulers, he strives to maintain his power and assets, but the role and duty of maintaining his prestige and power lies mainly on the shoulders of her wives. To expand his territory, he intends to marry for the third time.
Life is Journey
- Documentary
- Japan/2024/14min./Color
- Director: Nagisa Matsuo
- Cast: Takamasa [Zuien] Tsuchiya, Bunsho Yamaguchi
Story
A man comes to live at Mt. Koya and begins a variety of activities. Trusting in the "guidance of Saint Kobo (Odaishi-sama)," he also connects people. Here is a way of life that is unique to this religious city.
A Pine Cone And a Beef Bowl
- Documentary
- Japan/2024/14min./Color
- Director: Miko Nakano
- Cast: Sachiko Nakamura, Miko Nakano
Story
Sachiko Nakamura, 92, has been shining shoes at the SL Plaza in front of the Shimbashi Station for 70 years. What keeps her going? The film explores the meaning of “work” as she continues to live with the office workers of Shimbashi for decades.
Shake Up
ⒸKidam
- Drama
- France/2023/21min./Color
- Director: Anne Steffens
- Cast: Anne Steffens, Tom Pézier
- Japanese Subtitles: Eri Takemoto
Story
While glancing over a horoscope, which advises Taurus to have a checkup, that Claire, Sagittarius, decides to have one. It seems that Claire needs to fill her days, to have a precise schedule, to distract herself perhaps. Why is Claire in such a rush? Will the doctors she meets at all her medical appointments, which she keeps going to with her mind on other things, manage to find out?
The List
- Drama
- Spain/2024/13min./Color
- Director: Bárbara Hermosilla
- Cast: Chelo Gómez, José Hermosilla
- Japanese Subtitles: Saki Kelley
Story
Today is Chelo's 93rd birthday. It is a day of celebration with her whole family, but happiness is incomplete. Her contact list is getting shorter. Jose, from his residence, will try to contact Chelo to congratulate her on her birthday.
A Tough Girl
- Drama
- China/2024/17min./Color
- Director: Yuchao Angela Wang
- Cast: Zhang Xiran, Ding Xihe
- Japanese Subtitles: Sakurako Yoshimura
Story
At the end of fourth grade, Chaonan faces the citywide "Merit Student" selection she has long awaited. Amidst the upheaval in her life, the desire to be recognized as a merit student remains one of the few constants. However, standing at the podium, facing the questions from the judges, the 11-year-old suddenly realizes that perhaps this honor is not as important as she has imagined. Instead, a more significant and challenging life lesson lies ahead: learning how to say proper goodbye to her father...
BONJI
- Drama
- Japan/2023/18min./Color
- Director: Naoko Ukibe
- Cast: Kakushin Tomoyoshi, Takuya Muramatsu
Story
Inspired by Yagumo Koizumi’s "Hoichi the Earless," the film, with almost no dialogue, captures and inspires the audience's imagination with its stunning images and music, and its restrained use of color.
SECRET
Ⓒ2023ギャンブル依存症問題を考える会
- Drama
- Japan/2023/30min./Color
- Director: Sayaka Nakamura
- Cast: Yuka Masuda, Takaya Aoyagi
Story
Rina lives a happy life with her husband and only daughter in a seaside town, but she has a secret she hides from others. She tries her best to live through her days but is gradually pushed to the point where she finds herself revisiting the one place she promised never to go again.
LOVE LOVE Mother
- Drama
- Japan/2024/30min./Color
- Director: Rino Tsuneishi
- Cast: Miyuki Oguma, Rino Tsuneishi
Story
Honoka has an educationally controlling and abusive mother and has given up on having a say in her own future. She feels her life is dominated by the sounds of evaluation and judgment. But an unexpected pregnancy propels her to confront the contradictions she has long felt about herself, society, and her family.
Our Summer
ⒸPOST FIN
- Drama
- Korea/2023/19min./Color
- Director: Yoon Gayeon
- Cast: Aesim Kang, Yewon Son
- Japanese Subtitles: Nijina Arima
Story
Sang-gu heads to his hometown with his girlfriend on his mother's birthday. The three of them have an unexpected day and offer their consolation to each other.
A Lost Heart and Other Dreams of Beirut
- Documentary
- France/2023/36min./Color
- Director: Maya Abdul-Malak
- Screening Supported by Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
Story
Faint voices like a phantom can be overheard, speaking of those lost. This is everyday life in Beirut, where the thoughts of the dead dwell here and there in the quiet of the city, beaches, ruins, and streets. (From the official catalog of Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival 2023)
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