{"id":9038,"date":"2019-02-05T13:40:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T04:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/?post_type=news_en&#038;p=9038"},"modified":"2019-02-05T13:40:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-05T04:40:37","slug":"%e3%80%90report%e3%80%91japanese-film-festival-2019-in-singapore","status":"publish","type":"news_en","link":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/news_en\/creators\/%e3%80%90report%e3%80%91japanese-film-festival-2019-in-singapore\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Report\u3011Japanese Film Festival 2019 in Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is an article written by Takashi Okado, the producer of COCKROACH (Student Competition Best Short Award in SSFF&amp;ASIA 2018) who attended the Short Shorts Program at Japan Film Festival in Singapore!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**********<\/p>\n<p>This year, I attended Japan Film Festival held by the Singapore Film Society to screen our film COCKROACH.<\/p>\n<p>The festival staff members were very kind to pick us up despite our arrival at midnight, and even offered us to stay over at their house.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9028\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0702-740x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0702-740x555.jpg 740w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0702-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0702-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0702.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>During the festival, the short film programs were divided into two days, and our film was screened on the second day. We were grateful to hear that the promotion team advertised and promoted the event, which featured attendances from actors Okado Takashi and Kedoin Yuki. 60 people attended the first day\u2019s screening, while the second day exceeded the first, with 80 attendees!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9031\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0710-740x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0710-740x555.jpg 740w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0710-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0710-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0710.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As for the screening, we were very nervous about the reaction from Singaporean audiences, but I felt glad when I saw them enjoying the film.<\/p>\n<p>In the Q&amp;A session, we received many questions, such as:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did you choose this topic?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat challenges did you encounter during the shoot?\u201d and some unique questions like \u201cDo Japanese actors have a large workload?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9029\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0716-740x555.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0716-740x555.jpg 740w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0716-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0716-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0716.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The best question was \u201cWhere can we buy that T-shirt?\u201d. As you may have wondered, the COCKROACH team produced original T-shirts, and wore it to the festival!<\/p>\n<p>We noticed that Singaporean audiences were attentive to the very small details of the film and us, the Japanese.<\/p>\n<p>Our hearts were very warmed when people started to form a queue and enthusiastically asked us more questions that they couldn\u2019t ask during the limited time. Some even asked us for an autograph!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9030\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0756-740x554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0756-740x554.jpg 740w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0756-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0756-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0756.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Every single one of the festival staff welcomed the COCKROACH team, and treated us with the best care. I will definitely return to Japan Film Festival in Singapore with my next film!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9032\" src=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0786-740x554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0786-740x554.jpg 740w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0786-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0786-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/IMG_0786.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9028,"parent":0,"template":"","e_news_cat":[550],"class_list":["post-9038","news_en","type-news_en","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","e_news_cat-creators"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_en\/9038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_en"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_en"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"e_news_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/e_news_cat?post=9038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}