Pendance Film Festival 2021

Pendance Midnight Short Films

Expired March 30, 2021 5:59 AM
Already unlocked? for access
8 films in package
The Fall
Inspired by ‘The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters’, an etching by Francisco Goya, the film invites its audience to project their preoccupations and interpretations.
Kilter
Following a violent crime of passion, a gentle young man descends into a tormented reality as he struggles to reconcile who he is and what he has become.
FREYA
When a one-night stand doesn’t go as planned—in a future where social media and the State operate as one, a woman attempts to regain control of her body
The Man Who Became Everything
The last human survivor of an unknown invasion is stalked by inter-dimensional entities that have plotted humanity’s extinction.
Take it and End It
When a butcher is asked to slaughter a veal he refuses on account of a simple fact—the veal is his child.
There Will Be Monsters
Monsters exist. They live inside us. And sometimes, they win.
Unliveable
In Brazil, where a trans person is murdered every three days, Marilene searches for her daughter Roberta, a trans woman who went missing.
Extraneous Matter
A sexless woman navigates her loneliness and her boyfriend’s indifference. Seemingly out of options, she finds a solution in her bedroom closet.
Protected ContentThis content can only be viewed in authorized regions: Ontario.

8 short films that are sure to disturb, provoke, and rattle the senses. From arthouse and sci-fi to a pair of disturbing character studies.

A sexless woman navigates her loneliness and her boyfriend’s indifference. Seemingly out of options, she finds a solution in her bedroom closet.


Director Biography - Kenichi Ugana

Born April 20, 1984, from Tokyo. 

He graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University, Faculty of Business Administration, Department of Business Administration. He has been an actor since 2001. In that process, he started to aspire to be a film director and began directing independent films in 2005.


He has been selected for a lot of film festivals both in Japan and overseas. And in 2011, a special screening of Kenichi Ugana was held at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival.


He made his debut in theaters in 2016, directing the first feature film in the Japanese "GAL" -themed movie "Ganguro Gal`s Riot". 

After that, he directed the second feature film "Good-Bye Silence", which depicts young people who have encountered music in a world where music is prohibited, and when it was released in 2018, it became a long-run screening. 


In 2019, the third feature film "Wild Virgins", in which a virgin man over the age of 30 transforms into a witch, was released and was selected for many film festivals such as the 38th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival and the 40th Fantafestival. 


In 2020, the fourth feature film "Rolling Marbles", which depicts women living in Tokyo, was released as the 15th anniversary movie of the famous magazine NYLON JAPAN, and was selected for the Cinequest Film Festival.The short film series "Extraneous Matter" directed in 2020 is currently selected for 52 film festivals in 16 countries, including the LA International Short Film Festival.The feature film"Extraneous Matter -Complete edition-" is going to to be released in theaters in 2021 will be the latest work.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    22 minutes
  • Language
    Japanese
  • Country
    Japan
  • Premiere
    Canadian Premiere
  • Director
    KEN'ICHI UGANA
  • Screenwriter
    Ken'ichi Ugana
  • Cast
    Kaoru Koide, Shunsake Tanaka
Copy link
Add to calendar