Official Selections
BYE BYE LES STUDIOS
Pascal, a young actor, has got a major concern : his skin is the same color as green screen used in movie’s studios. He key in the sets and productions shun him. To be recognized , he campaigns to democratize the use of blue screen.
Dogfights
A young boxer wastes his time away in the underground fighting world. However, new possibilities arrive, and he must decide for himself why he fights.
Please Choose Me
Jay has been looking for a job, but the world seems to have different standards which doesn't include her. One day, she comes across a pet adoption event and sees a senior cat that no one's interested. So Jay chooses the cat for both of them.
The Night before Wedding
The night before the wedding ceremony, the wind and rain, the bride Chenyu wakes up from a nightmare. The groom Jiaming accompanies comfort. Late at night two pillow talk. Unexpectedly in the process of chatting, the groom Jiaming inadvertently tells a dusty past...
SHOOTING
Responding to a wanted ad, a young woman goes to a photo shoot. As soon as she arrives, she discovers a distant and enigmatic photographer who seems to have a special relationship with the portraits she produces. Between the questions heard from the young woman and the evasive answers from the artist, the two women settle in the half-light of the studio. Now facing her model, the photographer finally agrees to reveal one of her secrets.
Ripples
A woman experiences a strange phenomenon which allows her to see unlike anyone else.
Der Ballonmörder
The BalloonmurdererA dead seabird is found at the Shore of the north Sea Coast. Was it an accident? was it murder? Or is their more than meet the eyes? The Detectives Eggers and Lenni (two seagulls) take the case! Subtitles in German, English, French, Japanese, Spanish, Danish, Chinese and Russian.
robo99
Robo99, who lost his heart while helping the red bird Dodo, travels to a heart factory where no one has been to get a heart and achieve his dream. The story is the first episode Robo99 experiences on a trip.
そのこえ
Sonokoe (The Voice)Fu Yoshizawa is a young man with selective mutism who is unable to speak in certain social situations. He can only speak to his mother at home. A young woman, Shiori, starts working in an accessible workplace for people with mental disabilities where Fu also works at. She tries to talk to him, but he is unable to respond. One day, Fu is in the forest collecting cicada’s shells, as he often likes to do. He suddenly hears footsteps from a distance and slowly walks towards the sound…
Candlelight
In a dusty attic, a tall dinner candle springs to life. As the playful and curious candle explores, learning to hop, skip and dance, it discovers a second candle. The two play and dance their way through the attic, falling in love. However, a shocking discovery is made when both candles realise that the heat from their combined flames, whenever they touch, causes them to rapidly melt. Splitting up, the two must decide whether life without the other can still be magical, or if they want to sacrifice everything for love.
MANGA Girls
This is a story of when I liked to draw manga alone. I would always draw manga by myself at school, but then someone started to follow me. “Am I being stalked?!” To run away from them, I hid in a random car trunk. “Okay, they can’t find me here.” But as soon as I thought of that, the trunk closed, and I got locked in. My phone was dead too. What do I do?!
痕
SCARWrapped in the darkness of the deep sea, a General and his crew face, unsuccessfully, the sudden threat of an unknown enemy, taking him face to face with his inevitable destiny.
MaTcH
An old Japanese mother, Haruko comes to Tokyo from Osaka to see her 30 years old son, Shuji. Her purpose of the visit is setting up a matchmaking for him because he is still a single man. However, Shuji already uses a matching app to find his partner. On the other hand, Haruko cannot trust the app, so she tries to convince him quit using it. There is a huge gap occurs in between the parent and child.
The Creek
Set in 1944. In the midst of uncertainty and war, two lovers must endure with hope for their future.
JIM BUTTON AND THE WILD 13
New adventures await Jim Button and Lukas the engine driver! After the two friends have defeated the dragon Frau Mahlzahn, the pirate gang “The Wild 13” seeks revenge. With their steam locomotives Emma and Molly, the Friends embark on a dangerous journey, on which Jim's most sensitive wish could come true: he finally wants to bring the truth about his mysterious origin to light.
All through the hall
The whole film takes place in one night. A security guard working the night shift at a warehouse is caught up in his past. Three strangers break into the warehouse in the same night. But for what reason and what do they have to do with the security guard? In the end, they all have to go through the hall!
Kanade doesn't close the bathroom door.
Kanade doesn't close the bathroom door. Even if her boyfriend asks the reason, she does not answer. But the reason why she doesn't close the bathroom door was caused by a memory of her childhood.
Good Lok
A victim of an Asian hate crime tracks down his assailant.
Last Call
A girl is to be saved from suicide by the power of love but the whole process will be accompanied by a series of comical events. When the tabloids fabricate a false sensational news that a 70-year old writer is about to marry a 23-year old girl. There’s no way that a priest appears with his "re-educated" Sunday-school mates from prison, a former naval captain in the company of crazy elders and hostile sisters keen for inheritance.
Bread and Circuses
A modern take on The Last Supper, family loyalties are put to the test as the patriarch suspects a Judas amongst his own kin.
Second Wish
Beibei has a nightmare. In the dream, when Beibei opens her eyes, she finds that the birthday cake and her mother have gone. She finds a letter left by her mother and some small notes in the house. In the letter, mother says that she is leaving for some time and Beibei needs to manage her daily life alone, and that she will come back before Beibei's birthday. Without her mother's discipline and nagging, Beibei is very comfortable at first, but the problems appear and make her uncomfortable. Beibei gradually becomes a better self under the guidance of "little note." Beibei makes a "second wish" on her birthday.