Films by women directors.

2006 Australia - Japan Year of Exchange Special Screening.

Mature Content These films contain sexual or violent content.

National C

Pomegranate Kentaro Hagiwara/16:06/Fantasy/Japan・USA/2005 Peter Franklyn, a workaholic business man, meets an old guy on Christmas day who tells him a tragic tale about a gourmet. Kentaro Hagiwara / Born in 1980 in Tokyo , Kentaro entered the Digital Movie Course of Toho Gakuen Media Training College after high school.  Upon graduating from college in 2000, he moved to the USA with the aim of becoming a film director.  As of 2006, while studying at the Art Center College of Design, he belongs to the NPO Sundale Dream and produces short films, TV commercials, promotional videos, and television programs.

Seeker Yukiko Shibayama/3:14/Animation/Japan・USA/2005 This is a story about a man who kept digging in the ground his whole life. Yukiko Shibayama /Born in 1970 in Aichi , Japan , Yukiko majored in oil painting at Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music and graduated in 1996.  Two years later he moved to the United States to study 3D animation at the Academy of Entertainment Technology at Santa Monica College . His short 3D animation, “Seeker” was created in June 2005, the year he graduated.

Murmurs of the Shadow Toru Komuta/20:58/Drama/Japan/2005 Sugiyama is a painter who has never sold any work.  He decides to do certain things to change himself.  He's confident with the changes he's made, but... Toru Komuta /Toru Komuta started making films two years ago when he entered to Tokyo Film Center School of Arts. He graduates next year and hopes find a job in a film industry.

Kick-the-Can Mitsuaki Fujiwara/11:00/Drama/Japan・USA/2005 “Kick-the-Can”is called the most difficult game ever.  Five players will now challenge the game.  Who will be the first winner? Mitsuaki Fujiwara / Director, Writer, Fujiwara is from Obihiro , Hokkaido . He moved to LA in 2001, after graduating from college in Japan . He started filmmaking at California State University Northridge, then transferred to Columbia College Hollywood where he graduated.  In 2006, Fujiwara moved back to Japan and started his career in Tokyo.

Tomb in the Arms Jyako Amano/15:00/Drama/Japan/2004 Mom, why cannot I touch you? Jyako Amano

Australian special screenings Tanaka Clayton Jacobson/23:30/Comedy/Australia・Japan/2002 Mori Tanaka is sent to Australia from Japan to oversee his uncle's funeral and return with his ashes. Clayton Jacobson / Clayton Jacobson graduated from Melbourne’s prestigious Swinburne Film and TV school in 1984. After working alongside established directors as an editor of feature films and documentaries, Clayton began directing music videos including some for INXS. He then shifted his focus to direct TV commercials. In recent years, Clayton has made several award-winning short films and documentaries. Clayton continues to direct commercial for his production company Ghost Pictures while developing a feature film. He has also acted in a number of Australian based features and short productions.