Feature Length Competition | Short Length Competition | Other Screening Program
［ Short1 ｜ Short2 ｜ Short3 ｜ Short4 ｜ Short5 ］
Short Length Competition ／ Short5（Total:75min.）
Schedule ＜Year／Duration＞ ※
…Audio Visual Hall 
…Convention Hall
Kanashikute Yarikirenai ／ Trubow ／ Ohio
Jul.17（Tue) 17：30 Jul.21(Sat) 10：00
Kanashikute Yarikirenai
＜2011／26min.＞
Beppu 1970, Hiroyuki and Sang-jung, high school seniors and childhood friends, stand at the crossroads of life. Knowing Hiroyuki likes their classmate Yuko, Sang-jung pushes her to ask him out, but Yuko is in love with Sang-jung.
Director／Chihiro Sawa
Born 1981 in Yokohama, Sawa graduated from Ritsumeikan University and studied filmmaking at Enbu Seminar. In 2010, her script Kanashikute Yarikirenai won the Grand Prize at the script competition in Isama Studio Film Festival and it was subsequently produced. She is currently working as a projectionist at a theater in Yokohama.
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Trubow
＜2012／19min.＞
A young man lands on a part time job at Akabori Firm. A heedless employer Akabori takes him to a field surrounded by mountains. What the young man discovers there changes him forever. The surprise ending is a must see!
©2012 Tada All Rights Reserved.
Director／Shohei Tada
Tada’s first directorial short Bonz screened at Short Shorts Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Japan Connection and others. Trubow is his second film.
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Ohio
＜2011／30min.＞
Aya is an aspiring illustrator. She works at a cross dressing bar and the reality can’t be further from her dreams. Department of Human Services contacts her and brings Sana, a ten-year-old half sister she never met before, to stay with her. A poignant tale about awkward sister relationship.
©Seiichiro Maehira
Director／Seiichiro Maehira
Born 1965 in Miyazaki, Maehira started making 8mm films while he was a student. After working in a publishing business, he became a freelancer working on scripts for video games, serving as a magazine writer and a photographer as well as directing independent films and writing stage plays.
