Director: Yuki Saito
Englisht title:  A butterfly on her chest
Original title:  胸にTATOOなんかいれて
2012/ Japan/ 15’

SYNOPSIS
Her parents’ divorce, her change in lifestyle by moving from Tokyo to the countryside, the parting with her grandmother who was her only source of comfort... To free herself from her confining world, she has a butterfly tattooed on her chest.

Director: Hiroshi Okuda
Englisht title:  Goldfish
Original title:  キンギョ
2012/ Japan/ 15’27’’

SYNOPSIS
One night, a man waits for the return of the drunken Kazuya. The man knows much about Kazuya’s past. The identity of the stranger is the goldfish that was once a pet...

Director: A.T
Englisht title:  Source
Original title:  Source
2011/ Japan/ 13’22’’

SYNOPSIS
Tokyo, 2044, a strictly controlled society. A man tries to uncover a plan that the government is secretly trying to implement. Tojo vs. Nishiyama. A lone citizen’s psychological battle with the government begins. The case is named “source.”

Director: Yusuke Fujii
Englisht title: Coin Loundry
Original title:  コインランドリー
2012/ Japan/ 8’41’’

SYNOPSIS
A father is lonely, his daughter living separately. To make matters worse, she is moving to India with her new family. He wants to attend her graduation but doesn’t own a suit or have money to buy one. He decides to rob a store, but when he enters…

Director: Ikuma Horii
Englisht title:  Sacrifice
Original title:  サクリファイス
2012/ Japan/ 10’08’’

SYNOPSIS
Life after 3.11. What have we sacrificed, what have we learned since that day? Seen through the eyes of a young boy, this is a story about life.

Director: Minoru Takeuchi & Hiroshi Kuboyama
Englisht title: Ting Dong
Original title:  ちんどん
2012/ Japan/ 11’08’’

SYNOPSIS
A short about the visual imagery of a traditional advertising style known as “chin-don-ya.” It aims to show the younger generations in Japan, as well as people abroad, that this kind of kitschy, loud, garish parade-style promotion from the past is still relevant today.