2020 Nashville Film Festival

Spotlight: Japan Shorts Program

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5 films in package
Flower Punk
Artist Azuma Makoto has sent his sculptures into space and sunk them to the bottom of the sea, but mostly he thinks about the life and death of flowers.
Son of Memory
CASTLE
A castle architect discovers the possible role of a tea room
Mizuko
Inspired by a Buddhist ritual to grieve abortions, a Japanese-American woman reevaluates what it means to end her own pregnancy.
Extraneous Matter
One day, a strange thing comes to her, who is suffering from being sexless with her boyfriend.
This screening was eligible for NashFilm 2020 Audience Awards. The voting period has now closed. Results will be announced on the morning of Wednesday, October 7th in the Festival Flash email, and on NashFilm social media channels.
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This survey of short films from Japan highlights the rich creative achievements of this iconic and cinematically rich nation. An eclectic mixture of narrative fictions, documentary portraits, and animated wonders, this taste of Japan is transportive and exhilarating.

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.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    29 minutes
  • Language
    Japanese
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Tennessee
  • Director
    Alison Klayman
  • Producer
    Alison Klayman
  • Executive Producer
    Mishka Brown, Hayley Pappas, Bryn Mooser, Joshua Blum, Matt Ippolito
  • Cinematographer
    Marc Silver
  • Editor
    Jen Fineran, Brian Goetz
  • Composer
    Ilan Isakov, Tom Deis
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