IN KYOTO

(1) John and Karen

Dir:Matthew Walker　2007 / 3'30" / U.K.

HIROSHIMA2008　Special 　Prize

John the Polar Bear apologizes to Karen the Penguin after an argument they had and then he has some tea and a biscuit.

(2)The Mill

Dir:Petra Freeman　1992 / 8'00" / U.K.

HIROSHIMA1992　Debut Prize

“The mill”is an autobiographical film. The main character encounters images from her imagination and memory. The images are painted on glass directly under the camera.

(3)Videogame a loop exeriment

Dir:Donato Sansone　2009 / 1'22" / Italy

HIROSHIMA2010　Renzo　Kinoshita　Prize

Videogioco is a non-sense and grotesque story , it begins with a fist and a cut head ......

(4)Tram

Dir:Michaela Pavlátová　2012 / 7'18" / France

HIROSHIMA2012 Special International Jury Prize

It's the humdrum daily routine for Tram's conductress. As every morning, men get on the tram to go to work, one after another, all similar, quiet, grey, apathetic. And yet, on that day, following the jolts and the road's vibrations, to the rhythm of the tickets inserted in the ticket-stamping machine, the conductress gets turned on and the vehicle gets erotic. The tram conductress' desire turns the reality into a surrealistic and phallic fantasy. She then takes a ride on the passenger's giant and blushing penises. Music maestro!

(5)MTV Top of Japan (Open)

Dir:Hironori Terai　1995 / 0'49" / Japan

HIROSHIMA1996 Special Prize

A packaging program for MTV Top ｏｆ Japan（a Japanese music station）. Teenagers of the future in Tokyo evolve to build their own dynamic world. Battle games occur rousing teenagers to fight through a game interface. Strong and full of vigor, the teenagers live on in future Tokyo.

(6)HEAD OVER HEELS

Dir:Timothy Reckart　2012 / 10'18" / U.K.

HIROSHIMA2012　Audience Prize

A husband and wife have grown apart over the years. He lives on the floor, she lives on the ceiling, and the marriage hangs in the balance.

(7)Lavatory-Lovestory

Dir:Konstantin Bronzit　2007 / 9'39" / Russia

HIROSHIMA2008　Special 　Prize

Love is always sudden. No one is surprised if love springs up at work even though the place at work is unexpected.

(8)Divers In The Rain

Dir:Priit Pärn, Olga Pärn　2010 / 23'19" / Estonia

HIROSHIMA2010　HiroshimaPrize

This is a story about an everyday diver and a night dentist. Their kisses are always good-bye kisses. He is a diver and he has to dive. She is tired and has to sleep. But there are no silent places in her dreams. and a big ship is slowly sinking in the rain. Nobody knows when it is time for the last cigarette.

(9) Yùl and the Snake

Directed by : Gabriel Harel / 2015 / 12’38” / France
HIROSHIMA2016 Debut Prize

Yùl, 13 years old, goes with his big brother Dinoto conclude a deal with Mike, a thug escortedby his Argentinian mastiff. When things gowrong, a mysterious snake appears.

(10) The Sleepwalker

Directed by : Theodore Ushev / 2015 / 4’19” / Canada
HIROSHIMA2016 Special Prize

With the shade around her waist
she dreams on her balcony.
[...]
Under the gypsy moon,
all things are watching her
and she can not see them.
A surrealist journey through colors and shapesinspired by the poem Romance Sonambulo byFederico Garcia Lorca. Visual poetry in therhythm of fantastic dreams and passionatenights.

(11) Among the black waves

Directed by : Anna Budanova / 2016 / 11’10” / Russia
HIROSHIMA2016 Hiroshima Prize

A film based on an ancient legend taking placeat a Scandinavian shore, where the souls ofpeople who have drowned changes its shapeinto the sea animals.