Flower Punk | Finalist 1 | Indy Shorts Film Festival 2020

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Narrative, Documentary, and Animated short films competing for a $5,000 Grand Prize in their respective category. Narrative and Documentary shorts are also competing for Academy Award qualification.

86 min. This program contains mature themes and violence.

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From director Alison Klayman ("The Brink," "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry"), "Flower Punk" is a hypnotizing short documentary that brings you inside the other-worldly work and process of Japanese artist Azuma Makoto. After encountering his boundary-pushing works, you won't be able to think about flowers the same way again.

In Japanese with English subtitles.

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Film Contact

Alison Klayman

alison.klayman@gmail.com

Year
2019
Runtime
29 minutes
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan, USA
Rating
Suitable for All Ages
Note
Art & Music, Family Friendly, Nature/Outdoors, World, Feel-Good, Current Events/History

Director
Alison Klayman
Producer
Alison Klayman
Executive Producer
Mishka Brown, Josh Blum, Bryn Mooser, Hayley Pappas, Matt Ippolito
Cast
Azuma Makoto, Shiinoki Shunsuke

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