11’09”01 September 11
Filmmakers from all over the world provide short films – each of which is eleven minutes, nine seconds, and one frame of film in length – that offer differing perspectives…
License to Live
Yutaka was fourteen years old when he was run over by a car and fell into a coma. Now, ten years later, he wakes up and realizes that his family…
Suite Dreams
Set in a five star Tokyo hotel on New Year’s Eve, the film follows the misadventures of various hotel staff and guests in the run-up to midnight. The plot involves…
Pulse
In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lurks some of its inhabitants who are desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
Achilles and the Tortoise
Machisu is a painter. He never had the success he thinks he is entitled to. Regardless of this, he always remains trying to be successful. His wife Sachiko keeps supporting…
Mirai
The movie follows a 4-year old boy who is struggling to cope with the arrival of a little sister in the family until things turn magical. A mysterious garden in…
Kaza-hana
In Somai’s final film, an alcoholic civil servant wakes up under a cherry tree in Tokyo next to a bar hostess with whom he’s impulsively made a suicide pact. Though…
Birthday Wonderland
The story follows Akane, a girl with no self-confidence. On the day before her birthday, she meets a mysterious alchemist Hippocrates and their student Pipo, who both tell her they’re…
Ringu 0
Love & Peace
A guy, who dreamed to become a Punkrocker, is employed as a very low salaryman in a drum parts company. He’s secretly in love with his own colleague. 1 afternoon,…
Grasshopper
Miss Hokusai
the full time: 1814. The spot: Edo, currently called Tokyo. An much realized artist of the period now in their own mid-fifties, Tetsuzo could boast customers from all around Japan,…