(CINEMA MUSEUM) Recommended Program! Asia & Japan Short Film Program
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia holds a tie-up event with Tokyo International Film Festival each fall, with the aim of spreading the word about short film and supporting up-and-coming filmmakers. This year we will screen 6 programs, including the SSFF & ASIA 2015 Grand Prix winner and a selection of short films on the theme of art. In addition, there will be a workshop for creators and other events to look forward to.
Staff will be introducing recommended events and screenings in the run up to the festival ♪
This time it is the Art Short Film Program
A lineup focusing on vibrant Asian films both old and new, including “Tokyo Symphony,” produced under the “Tokyo Short Film Project” celebrating the 10th anniversary of SSFF & ASIA and Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s collaboration, and “D.I.Y.”, the first short film made by Singapore’s renowned young director Royston Tan.
“Tokyo Symphony”
Synopsis:Erika has graduated from music school where she studied conducting. One day, she replies to a job advertisement and meets an old man at the mansion where she is to audition. He is blind and explains to her that he wants to complete an unfinished symphony about Tokyo.
D.I.Y
Synopsis:Different individuals are engaged in varying day-to-day activities whilst caught up in their own thoughts; but they are all connected. D.I.Y., the squeak of dirty plates, the tap of a finger against a seafood restaurant aquarium, the thump of feet inside a cargo life all come together into a quirky and funky piece of beat science, a human and humane music.