Doc/Fest 2019 - Shorts: New/Japan
A Tiny Place Is Hard to Touch
Dir: Shelly Silver / 2019 / USA / 39 mins
Science fiction and desire collide when an American researcher meets a Japanese translator. Clouds drift beyond the towering high rise blocks; down below, nature suffocates in a Tokyo river. BOOK TICKETS
Chiyo
Dir: Chiemi Shimada / 2019 / Japan / 13 mins
With the warm textures of 16mm colour, the filmmaker paints a sensuous portrait of her grandmother, Chiyo. From her home in the Japanese suburbs, Chiyo shares her dreams and reality. BOOK TICKETS
Mountain Plain Mountain
Dir: Yu Araki, Daniel Jacoby / 2018 / Japan, Peru / 22 mins
Obihiro is the last Ban’ei racecourse – a rare form of horse racing involving heavy sleds. Jockeys ride imaginary races, and mysterious names are reeled off with strange poetry. BOOK TICKETS
The Pearl of Tailorbird
Dir: Rei Hayama / 2019 / Japan / 29 mins
Artist, Rei Hayama decelerates and changes the pitch of birdcalls to sound like a human voice. Translated into Japanese words, they have generated unexpected meanings associated with each bird. BOOK TICKETS
- Year
- Various
- Duration
- 118 mins
- Language
- Various
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