Films

Japanese and Nordic Short Film Masterpieces

Youth Treasure Box
~ Works by Japanese and Danish Student Directors ~

Japan

Production in: Japan (2016)
Running Time: 8 minutes
Language: Japanese with Japanese and English subtitles
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming
Talk Session: 2/17 (Sat) - Director Koji Fukada (Recorded Online)

Birds(Working-Title)

Director: Kouji Fukada

She insists she needs to know everything and be told the extent of it when a woman catches her husband kissing another woman at their apartment upon returning from the book store. It turns out the man invited the woman in promising to show her his birds.
Director list here
Iceland

Production in: Iceland (2014)
Running Time: 5 minutes
Language: Icelandic with Japanese and English subtitles
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming

Let's Talk About Violence

Director: Una Lorenzen

The message children are supposed to be left with are that domestic violence is not the family’s private matter, it can take place in every family and that the violence is never the child’s fault as the adults are responsible for the child’s wellbeing. In the cartoon children are encouraged to speak about the violence as there is always someone who can help.
Director list here
Iceland

Production in: Iceland (2023)
Running Time: 15 minutes
Language: Icelandic with Japanese and English subtitles
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming

Felt Cute

Director: Anna Karin Lárusdóttir

11 year old Breki is at constant odds with his older sister, but all he wants is her validation. One day when she is out, Breki sneaks into her closet and makeup, leaving the room a mess. When the family returns to the scene, a series of events unfold leading to a long overdue confrontation between the siblings.
Director list here
Greenland

Production in: Greenland (2020)
Running Time: 6 minutes
No Dialogue
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming

Naja

Director: Marc Fussing Rosbach

Naja (Little sister) is a fantasy short film that tells a young girls death and her journey through shock and grief. After an traumatic experience Naja ran away from home as she runs away from the reality that she couldn’t accept. As she ran her ancestors follow her, through the northern lights.She meets two small spirits that wanted to help her move on to the other world (silap aappaa). She couldn’t move on until she accepts her death.
Director list here
Sweden

Production in: Sweden (2023)
Running Time: 15 minutes
Language: Swedish with Japanese and English subtitles
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming

George Peterland

Directors: Kristel Wahlberg,
Sebastian Rudolph Jensen

Five eight-year-olds founds the imaginary world George-Peterland. A dreamy forest land with cute chickens, to which you can travel by just closing your eyes. When rules take over the imaginary world, it becomes a nightmare.
Director list here
Sweden

Production in: Sweden (2022)
Running Time: 16 minutes
Language: Swedish with Japanese and English subtitles
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming

Circle of Trust

Director: Victor Nyåker

Sonja and Per, both in their forties, meet for the first time IRL. They’ve rented an hour in a municipal gymnasium to practice creating trust. This involves exploring sides of themselves that they suppress in their everyday lives. Easier said than done.
Director list here
Denmark

Production in: Denmark (2023)
Running Time: 11 minutes
Language: English with Japanese and English subtitles
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming

Let Them Eat Cake

Director: Mathias Rodrigues Bjerre

A Jeff Bezos is an ambitious capitalist and businessman. Our Jeff Bezos manages a local bakery and does everything in his power to satisfy his customers. EVERYTHING.
Director list here
Denmark

Production in: Denmark (2023)
Running Time: 20 minutes
Language: Danish with Japanese and English subtitles
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming

From Above

Director: Nicolaj Kopernikus

Morten looks his daughter in the eyes for the first time in 8 years. After that touching moment, he decides to get in touch with her again and uses very unconventional and spectacular methods to get her attention and forgiveness.
Director list here
Denmark

Production in: Denmark (2023)
Running Time: 23 minutes
Language: Danish with Japanese and English subtitles
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming
Talk Session: 2/16 (Fri) and 2/17 (Sat) - Asta-Mai Dünweber (Online)
＊The recording of the session on 16th (Fri) will be streamed on 17th (Sat).

Crawling to Shelter

Director: Asta-Mai Dünweber

Chris seeks out Nico who has been isolating themselves in a summerhouse after a death has occurred in their family. A runaway teenager shows their world of bugs living in houses made of sticks. Chris is at great at giving advices, but this what they really needs?
Director list here
Norway

Production in: Norway (2002)
Running Time: 13 minutes
Language: Norwegian with Japanese and English subtitles
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming

The Fedge of Thorns

Director: Anita Killi

Florian and Malene are best friends. Every day they play down by the creek. One day the war comes, and the two children are no longer allowed to play together because they are on opposite sides of the war.
Director list here
Norway

Production in: Norway (2023)
Running Time: 10 minutes
Language: Norwegian with Japanese and English subtitles
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming

Home Office

Directors: Endre Lund Eriksen & Daniel Dam

The schools are closed due to corona lockdown, and Lilly (10) must stay at home and take care of her drunk mother. When the bad girl from class sees what's going on at home, Lilly thinks her secret is in danger. But sometimes help can come from where you least expect it.
Director list here
Sami Norway

Production in: Norway (2023)
Running Time: 8 minutes
Language: Northern Sami with Japanese and English subtitles
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming

The Fox

Director: Sara Margrethe Oskal

Early autumn, on the Artic tundra, a Sámi man is on his annual fishing trip. So is Rieban, the fox.
Director list here
Finland

Production in: Finland (2002)
Running Time: 4 minutes
No Dialogue
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming

Hair like Waterfalls

Director: Tomi Malkki (aka Malakias)

Hair is an extension of the nervous system. They can rightly be seen as external nerves, a kind of well-developed sense horns or antennae, which transmit a huge amount of important information to the brainstem, limbic system and neocortex.
Director list here]
Finland

Production in: Finland (2022)
Running Time: 14 minutes
Language: Finnish with Japanese and English subtitles
2/17 (Sat) - Snow Theater & Online Streaming

Tuulikki

Director: Teemu Nikki

Tuulikki has a problem. She is in the throes of young love, and the world outside her window is vibrant and inviting. But her mother disagrees, not wanting to let Tuulikki out of her sight. Finally, the mother-daughter relationship escalates when the circumstances prove too much for both of them.
Director list here