PROGRAM
- Japan Cultural Expo Special Program
- Awards program 1
- Awards program 2
- Family & Couple
- Star & Space 1
- Star & Space 2
- Nature and Environment
- Animation
- Kids
Star & Space program 2
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AirHostess-737
Greece / Drama / 2022 / 0:16:00
An Airhostess collapses on flight, convinced that her problem is her new braces, whilst she transfers her mother’s body to bury her next to her grandmother.

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Thanasis Neofotistos
75th LOCARNO IFF – World Premiere
44th SUNDANCE – VIMEO AWARD (US Premiere)
45th CLERMONT-FERRAND – BEST PERFORMANCE
47th TORONTO IFF “HONOURABLE MENTION for Best Short Film”
28th L’ETRANGE FESTIVAL – “GRAND PRIX (CANAL+ French Premiere)”
51st FNC Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
12th CYPRUS ISFF – EFA Candidacy for NominationThanasis Neofotistos is a director from Greece. Member of European Film Academy, Berlinale Talents alumnus and Head Programmer of Student Int’l Competition of Drama IFF. His short films, AIRHOSTES-737 (16′-2022), PATISION AVENUE (13′-2018), ROUTE-3 (12′-2019), GREEK SCHOOL PRAYER (20′-2014), have premiered and won awards amongst others at Venice IFF, Locarno IFF, Toronto IFF and Clermont-Ferrand!
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Make eye contact with an alien
Japan / Sci-Fi / 2023 / 0:01:39
On a night of a total eclipse of the moon, an alien shows up in front of a girl living on Earth.
They build an emotional connection through the electric fan and make a special memory shared by only the two of them.
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Ne Ao
Received an honorable mention in the short-short category at Tsukuba Short Movie Competition 2023 (2023/Japan).
Aone Kubota, whose name as a creator is Aone, was born in Kanagawa and graduated from the Tama Art University’s Department of Information Design.
She mainly works on fashion portrait pictures and independent films. She excels in analog film shooting. Dance is her other field, and she even can choreograph.
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Everywhere
Hong kong / Animation / 2022 / 0:09:25
Things that we thought were gone may not truly leave us – perhaps they are still with us somehow. Life is full of ups and downs. Death is a natural part of life.

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Step Cheung, Ng Kai Chung
“That’s Entertainment!, DigiCon6 ASIA Awards , Japan
SEA Kre8tif! Awards 2022,Malaysia
PETIT ANIMAC AUDIENCE AWARD , ANIMAC 2023 , Spain
Siliver award, digicon,Hong Kong
Animation Dingle, Ireland
IFVA , Hong Kong
Yebisu International Festival for Art & Alternative Visions
2022 edition of the Universal Kids Film Festival , IstanbulStep C. is an animation director, illustrator, Educator and art director based in Hong Kong. She loves to use a variety of media to express the world in her imagination. Tommy Kai Chung Ng, animation director. He directed animation short “AnotherWorld”(2019) and won the Japan TBS Digicon6 ASIA Awards Grand Prize.