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An assorted group of Japanese men and women stand behind a camera, shooting a short film.

After Life (1998) Wandâfuru raifu

Kore-eda Hirokazu  |   Japan
Japanese
Drama, Fantasy

A cast of characters waiting in limbo must decide which memory they want to preserve before moving on in this fantastical and poignant drama.

Two men sit in a car, one looking down at a map, and the other holding binoculars.

After the Storm (2016) Umi yori mo mada fukaku

Kore-eda Hirokazu  |   Japan
Japanese
Drama, Family Affairs

A deadbeat dad is trapped with his family waiting out a typhoon. There, the fractured clan reckons with their past as they look to an uncertain future.

A man stares and points a handgun straight into the camera lens.

Cloud

Kiyoshi Kurosawa  |   Japan
Japanese
Action, Crime, Thriller

Angry customers get their revenge on an amoral online reseller in this intriguingly bizarre thriller from Japanese genre master Kiyoshi Kurosawa.

Experimental Shorts: The Act of Seeing

Experimental Shorts: The Act of Seeing  |   Canada, Chile, Cuba, France, Japan, Portugal, United States
English, French, No Dialogue, Portuguese, Spanish

The seven short films in this program radically push towards new and singular forms of expression. Through the use of archival footage, historical recreation, and dreamlike narratives, these films grapple with the past and the future of cinema — and the world.

A black and white image of a man sitting in the rain. He clutches a bouquet of flowers, two people stand in the background.

Grand Tour

Miguel Gomes  |   Portugal, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, China
Portuguese
Drama, Historical, Romance

1917. A British civil servant flees his post in Burma to avoid his fiancee. Undeterred, she embarks on a journey across Asia to find him.

A father looks proudly at his son in a children's playroom.

Like Father, Like Son (2013) Soshite chichi ni naru

Kore-eda Hirokazu  |   Japan
Japanese
Drama, Family Affairs

A couple learns that, due to a hospital mix-up years ago, they must welcome their unknown biological son — and bid farewell to the boy they’ve long loved.

A man and two kids sit on ice, bundled up in their winter gear and wearing ice skates. They look out together.

My Sunshine

Hiroshi Okuyama  |   Japan, France
Japanese
Coming of Age, Drama, LGBTQ

Coached by a former skating champion, two school children train as an ice dancing duo and navigate a blossoming bond in this gentle coming-of-age tale.

Two young girls and two young boys sit on a bed. The oldest boy looks serious while the others are smiling.

Nobody Knows (2004) Daremo shiranai

Kore-eda Hirokazu  |   Japan
Japanese
Coming of Age, Drama, Family Affairs

When their mother disappears, a young boy and his three siblings must figure out how to get by on their own in this at once heartfelt and heartbreaking drama.

A closely knit, multigenrational family smile together

Shoplifters (2018) Manbiki kazoku

Kore-eda Hirokazu  |   Japan
Japanese
Drama, Family Affairs, Social Commentary

A tight-knit unit of petty thieves and outsiders comes together to shelter an abandoned child, but an unforeseen incident threatens to tear apart their newfound family.

A man in a tshirt and jeans sits on a stone wall with a blue sky behind him.

Super Happy Forever

Kohei Igarashi  |   France, Japan
Japanese
Drama, Romance

A heartbroken Sano returns to the seaside resort where he fell in love with his wife five years earlier in this unconventional, affecting romance.