8/9 (fri), 22:00 ~ Uno Port Pier#2 Outdoor Trailer Theater,
8/11 (sun), 16:00 ~ Sangyo-Shinko Bldg 3F (indoor)
Skype Q&A session (in process of finalizing the schedule) with 1 ~2 filmmakers after both screenings
Las Palmas
Director: Johannes Nyholm
Sweden/2012/No dialog/color/13min/drama
A middle-aged lady on a holiday in the sun tries to make new friends and have a good time. The lady is played by the lovely Helmi, the director’s 1-year-old daughter, and her new “friends” are all puppets made by her father and his creative team during his 6-month of father’s leave. A sensational hit at the Cannes 2011 (best short film award), Sundance Film Festival 2012, and the winner of numerous audience awards at the international film festivals.
Rogalik
Director/cinematography: Pawel Ziemilski
Poland/2012/Color/No dialog/17min/Experimental/
Rogalik, once occupied by the Nazis, is now a lonesome village in northern Poland. This memorable film is a mysterious visual tour of the village through various households– which shows just how oddly lively, unique and atmospheric these places called “home” can be. Screened at IDFA, Hot Docs, and Brooklyn Film Festival among others.
Interview with the Earth (Entrevista con la tierra)
Director: Nicolás Pereda
Mexico/2009/ Spanish with English & Japanese subtitles/color/18min/creative documentary
Synopsis
Through a series of interviews and re-enactments we learn the story of Nico and Amalio, two children who lost a friend while climbing a mountain. Documentary and Fiction seamlessly merge to create a poetic hybrid film. Toronto International, Rotterdam, Oberhausen, Edinburgh, Paris Cinema, Montreal Nouveau Cinema, among others. Awards: Best Mexican Documentary, Beca IMJUVE for New Talents; Honorable Mention Documentary Short at Expresión en Corto 2009; Best Documentary at Curtas Vila do Conde 2009; Best Film Levante International Film Festival 09.
Impact On An Island
Dir: Nathan Fitch
Micronesia & USA/2011/ Kosuraean with English and Japanese subtitles/Color/34min/documentary
The elders of Kosrae, a tiny island in Micronesia, are the few people in the world today that remember its history. After WWI, Germany gave Kosrae to Japan and thousands of Japanese civilians immigrated there and developed the island’s resources as a result. During WWII, it became an important military base in the Pacific for the Japanese Imperial Army and later became a Japan-US battlefield. From after the war to this day, the island has been under US control. The film also contains the rare archival images of Japanese in Micronesia before and during WWII.
Hide-and-Seek
Dir: Keiko Shiraishi
Japan/2012/ Japanese with English subtitles/B&W/8min/animation
“They live in a residential town surrounded by the ocean and mountains. Since that day, this town has been in complete darkness. Hidden in the darkness now are the streetlights, roads home, a mother, and a baby in her womb. This animation attempts to depict the truth hiding behind the facts.” .
Skype Q&A session (in process of finalizing the schedule) with 1 ~2 filmmakers after both screenings