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This wonderfully whimsical animated tale imagines how water droplets become the snowflakes that…
Yuki Hirakawa / Japan / Short Narrative
‘Trace’ is an unusual and very personal documentary focusing on the aging foster mother of extr…
Naomi Kawase / Japan / Feature Documentary
On the first day of summer vacation, young Ruka is suspended from her school handball team afte…
Ayumu Watanabe / Japan / Feature Narrative
“The Eclipse’s Shadow” is a story of an interaction of three couples that take place during an…
Shiro Tokiwa / Japan / Short Narrative
Joe leaves Tokyo for the first time in 10 years to spread his mother’s ashes across Japan. He v…
Ken Ochiai / Japan / Short Narrative
In the elegant and introspective ‘Garden of Words’, the evocative rainy season of Japan’s Kantō…
Makoto Shinkai / Japan / Feature Narrative
Determined to cheer up her parents, a little girl crafts a lovely gift – but she has to make he…
Kohei Kajisa / Japan / Short Narrative