Eingefangen zwischen Regenzeit und erstem Schnee findet das karge und autarke Leben in den japanischen Bergen statt. Dort liegt Miyama, ein ruhiger...

Sie tanzt anmutig und ihre Kampfkunst wird gefürchtet: Kotono ist eine schöne Geisha, die ein lange versteckt gehaltenes Schwert erbt. Um...

Die junge Haruka beschließt an einem sonnigen Tag dem Inari-Schrein einen Besuch abzustatten. Zu ihrer Überraschung entdeckt sie dort ein...

Nach über 40 Jahren kehrt Meister Miyagi nach Japan zurück. An seiner Seite sein Schüler und Freund Daniel. Der Grund für die...

A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.

Ava, an award-winning chef at a big-city restaurant, has lost her spark. Her boss sends her out to find herself to save her menu and her job. She...

A turbulent day in a life, painted by air.

I was somewhere between the beggining and the end of life. After winter became spring, and summer became fall, and fall winter again. I always knew...

Morbius Jr, now an OId Man, is nearing the end of life, when he finds the last hope for all Morbkind. However, as he fights to protect the future of...

Eight woman, one life. Short animation by Sumito Sakakibara. The 9th Japan Media Art Festival Animation Division Grand Prize Winner

A gay teenager is haunted by a shadowy presence while his parents are getting a divorce, he can't seem to convey his emotions to his best friend or...

Two teenagers are playing by night in a dirty parking lot. After they are driving on an empty road, they start to tease each other on the way to the...

A young man, trapped in a dead-end life caring for his over-protective father, is offered a second chance to fulfill his boyhood dream. Taking it...