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Vertical Theater Competition supported by smash.
Now that watching videos on smartphones has become the new normal, we have established a new competition looking to the future possibilities of vertical video production in the film industry. You can experience the impact of the short films created in the new "vertical" format in the vertical theater app "smash." *It will be necessary to dowmload the smash.app (free) to view this program. Click here to download.」
Schdule：
6/1 tue – 6/30 wed
Venues：
Vertical Theater supported by smash.
2040
2040
Sci-Fi
Nadin Alyekhina, Nikita Kashaev / 0:04:40 /Russia/Sci-Fi / 2020
2040. People, in their conquest of living space, have crossed a critical line. Finally, the balance upset the release of new chemical weapons, the use of which led to a rapid increase in the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere. To survive, scientists invented air capsules, which have become the main value for people ...
Cinematic'
Cinematic'
Drama
Matthew Hitchcock / 0:03:44 /USA/Drama / 2021
Nick attempts to make a phone video more cinematic to fit his filmic, dreamlike view, but maybe it's perfect just the way it is...
Gaming: Oh, it's a girl
Gaming: Oh, it's a girl
Documentary
Nicole Chi / 0:05:07 /USA/Documentary / 2019
POSHNERD, BERN, SPOOKSTERS, LILY and THIS ASIAN are five gamers in Austin, TX, that share their experiences as women in the male-dominated gaming community.
Girls Night
Girls Night
Comedy
Jacob Salzberg / 0:08:01 /USA/Comedy / 2018
When Katie wakes up bald with a black eye, she must scroll through social media to remember WTF happened the previous night...and why she has a missed call from her ex.
Goodbye Strawberry
Goodbye Strawberry
Fantasy
Haroon Habib / 0:03:11 /Pakistan/Fantasy / 2019
A 6-year-old girl loves strawberries so much like she loves her sister. Her mother tells her the Strawberry Season is going to end soon and she wouldn't able to eat strawberries until next year. She wants to say goodbye to the strawberries in a different way.
HIRONAO TAKAHASHI - Metal sculpture artist -
HIRONAO TAKAHASHI - Metal sculpture artist -
Documentary
Tatsuya Ino / 0:01:03 /Japan/Documentary / 2021
A portrait documentary film on a metal sculpture artist, Hironao Takahashi.
I, The Lost One
I, The Lost One
Experimental
Reza Tajiki / 0:02:50 /Germany/Experimental / 2021
Walking in the heart of a city under a gray sky reminds of the day I got lost in the fog!
Living on an Island
Living on an Island
Fantasy
Kuesti Fraun / 0:03:00 /Germany/Fantasy / 2016
Live everyday as if it were your last because someday you're going to be right.' (Muhammad Ali)
a short film about the beauty and uniqueness of our planet and the will, fate and desire of the individual man to explore this world
Love Others As Your Selfie
Love Others As Your Selfie
Drama
Arjanmar Rebeta / 0:03:00 /Philippines/Drama / 2018
Through her selfie photos of her unfortunate events, Joy is able to understand herself & others and she learns how to share the gift of empathy.
Mistakes
Mistakes
Drama
Kato Kota / 0:24:59 /Japan/Drama / 2021
It is winter of the third year of high school, and Yuta Sato was extremely bored. So he gets a shady part-time job, which is to take gossip photography. He loses faith in humanity as he continues working, but an encounter with a certain individual allows him to rethink his adolescence.
Notice
Notice
Drama
Masumi Nishibori / 0:22:33 /Japan/Drama / 2021
Akira signs his best friend Shun's marriage registration as a witness in a family restaurant. But when he understands the true feeling behind Shun's laughter, he storms out and leaves.
Does the smartphone screen capture what we normally would miss?
Peon
Peon
Drama
Syaz Zainal, Shaiful Yahya & June Wong, / 0:14:50 /Malaysia/Drama / 2019
Peon is a true story told through a delivery rider’s phone screen. An order comes in to deliver passports. On his way, he receives a voice message offering him money to deliver it to a different address. The passports belong to a group of Bangladeshi workers who want to return home.
Red and crimson and vermilion and scarlet
Red and crimson and vermilion and scarlet
Videoart
Arisa Nakane / 0:44:00 /Japan/Videoart / 2019
Even the same red lip can look different depending on the person, their expression, and the location.
Run Girl Run
Run Girl Run
Thriller
Anna Roller / 0:06:20 /Germany/Thriller / 2020
During the Lockdown in Munich a teacher gets a video call from one of her students at night. She notices immediately that somethings is wrong...
Serendipity
Serendipity
Romance
Kento Shimizu / 0:03:12 /Japan/Romance / 2016
A young man takes shelter from the rain. During that time, countless posts from all over the world are being uploaded to social media. Miraculous moments born by coincidence. He senses infinite connections and has a serendipitous moment of his own.
SHIRO
SHIRO
Fantasy
Kaz Cai / 0:10:54 /Japan/Fantasy / 2021
While men struggle with their mortality, Shiro grapples with his seemingly perpetual existence. Frozen in ice on Mount Fuji, the undead warrior ponders his uncertain fate, watching centuries pass by with the shifting clouds. Just as this fraction of eternity feels unbearable, a spaceship arrives, extracting him from his frozen tomb.
Smahorror
Smahorror
Horror
Masaki Nishiyama / 0:17:16 /Japan/Horror / 2021
One day, Rena discovers that in her high school, a female student had once video streamed her suicide in the past. The video turns out to be a fake, but Rena endeavors on a test of courage to the third stall of the third-floor toilet, where the suicide supposedly took place.
An innovative horror movie shot in vertical smartphone size.
Standpoint
Standpoint
Romance
Juan Francisco Pérez Villalba / 0:03:11 /Colombia/Romance / 2018
A man and a woman meet on their balconies, entering into a conversation about pursuing their own dreams.
Tell me about yourself
Tell me about yourself
Comedy
Simon O'Neill / 0:06:43 /UK , Ireland/Comedy / 2012
Actor Steve Hayes has been asked to make an audition video for a role he desperately wants. His brief from the director is to 'Tell me about yourself'. It should be a simple enough task... in theory.
The Babylicious Vlog
The Babylicious Vlog
Comedy
Miguel Quintero / 0:12:43 /Canada/Comedy / 2020
Welcome to the “Babylicious Vlog”, a live window inside Babylicious’s life. Be part of her ups and downs, the highlights of her everyday life and the not so great too. What’s gonna happen next? Tune in to find out!
TOKI
TOKI
Drama
Tatsuki Imaji / 0:05:07 /Japan/Drama / 2021
The protagonist's significant other come out to their family one day.
The protagonist is shocked, hearing the news out of the blue but decides to face the problem that has been nagging them for a long time.
Waltz Naive
Waltz Naive
Music Video
Mariapia Di Lecce & Antonello Tosto / 0:03:10 /Italy/Music Video / 2020
On a sunny morning, in the streets of a timeless Paris, sweet music describes the quiet life in a small condominium. An unexpected phone call will surprise Maridyl, the girl on the first floor.
Wind Spirit
Wind Spirit
Drama
Konrad Miklaszewski & Andrzej Perliński / 0:02:21 /Poland/Drama / 2020
“Wind Spirit”explores the beauty of a child’s imagination.It looks into a life of a boy living in a city of Łódź where the fall of the textile industry created many areas struggling with poverty.His innocent play with a kite leads him on a small adventure where he discovers an importance of small acts of kindness.
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