June 14th Mon | Brillia Short Shorts Theater | 12:50 - 14:40 | |
June 17th Thu | Laforet Museum Harajuku | 17:40 - 19:30 | |
June 18th Fri | Brillia Short Shorts Theater | 19:20 - 21:10 |
A serene rainforest is ravaged by an industrial menace.
A man with a physical deformity has never set foot from his house because he's afraid of the outside world. One day all the food in the house runs out. What will he do?
Huesca International Film Festival 2009 (Spain)
Busan Asian Short Film Festival 2009 (South Korea)
Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2009 (South Korea)
A grandmother with burns on her hands teaches her novice granddaughter the tea ceremony. How hospitable can they be to the foreign VIPs? Directed by Yo Kohatsu, who made his directorial debut with photographer R. Kirishima in "Raise the Castle!," which received critical acclaim.
Bonsai tells the story of Romy, an obese, insecure security guard who attempts to capture the attention of his neighbor Daisy, a laundry woman, and hopefully make her fall in love with him. The film explores insecurity and the lengths to which one is willing to go for love.
Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival 2009 (Philippines) Best Short Award
Pusan International Film Festival 2009 (South Korea)
Internet suicides are rampant. Akane has lost ties with her family and now lives all alone, frightened and depressed in a small flat. Now virtually a shut in, she turns to a suicide chat site and encounters a man who asks her to commit suicide together.
Wan leaves the bar and staggers drunkenly to her car at 2AM. The city is asleep and the night is quiet. She drops her friend off and heads home alone. But her Mini Cooper breaks down on the highway. A homeless man appears out of the dark. At 2AM, he's the last person she wants to meet.
Toronto International Film Festival 2009 (Canada)
Pusan International Film Festival 2009 (South Korea)
Palm Springs International Film Festival 2010 (USA)"