KYOTO INTERNATIONAL FILM AND ART FESTIVAL 2020

Akiko is a girl who has a modest and shy personality, but wants to be loved by everyone.
At first she tries to become an idol, but she isn't popular and gets frustrated. Then Akiko, who has turned 30, looks for another outlet for approval and gets the courage to apply for a job as a virtual YouTuber.
This is a youth movie set in the world of modern self-realization of "Vtubers".
The heroine Akiko sways between her own potential and evaluating others, with a reciprocal relationship and desire for approval while supporting and being supported by others.

The video was posted on Twitter.
The video captured the moment a person vanished.
In order to capture this phenomenon on camera, the director Hayashi and his cameraman Yoshikawa, of Gossip Video Topics
Company visit the vanishing man, Toru Urao.
Toru Urao had recently lost his job due to the effects of the coronavirus, and is struggling to survive on unemployment insurance and
benefits.
Director Hayashi offers to pay Toru Urao a large sum of money to allow them to shoot the moment he vanishes.
Toru Urao agreed to let them film his hardships and challenges to make ends meet.

An affair between popular young girl's manga artist Shizuku Makino and voice actor Tomotaro Kawamoto is discovered and spread by photographs posted on social media.
The perpetrators of the slander are called by attorneys at the request of Shizuku Makino.
They make various arguments such as quibbling, becoming defiant, and so on. The attorneys have kept something from Makino. As the truth gradually becomes clear, the faces of the perpetrators are revealed...
The director and actor discuss a single theme and create the characters and stories for the program "Movie Creator's Workshop". Shot under conditions of low budget and in a single day. This was a pilot version which was shot in mid-March, and after this a similar social media slander occurred, making this a strangely timely subject. Planning and production on the next episode are in progress

The main character Nozomi Harada has no friends other than the goldfish Kin-chan. One day, she meets a model named Mei who lives in the same apartment complex, but she is rude and doesn't leave Nozomi with a good impression. On the other hand, she begins to think about her colleague Yamazaki when helped at work. One day, Nozomi is on a platform at the station on the way home from work, and is hoping to invite Yamazaki to the summer festival, but then she finds Mei who has fallen down drunk on the platform. Life brings not only people who you get along with, but also many people that you don't. However, because there are so many different people unexpected events can happen, and people that you didn't think you would get along with can make you feel something. This film is about that hope.

Kotomi has withdrawn and is unemployed, living in her parent's living room, when her sister Ikumi makes her participate in "Miss Kiryu", the local beauty pageant.
This also becomes her last chance to beat her sister.

One day, when cleaning the front entrance, an elderly lady can't take her eyes off a passing young man. She mistakenly believes that he is her son…

Akari is waiting at the bus stop on the way home from school as usual, and meets Makiko.
There, Makiko tells her that she wants to tell a boy before graduation that she likes him. She learns that they both like the same boy. Unable to express herself in stuttering words to Makiko she ends up listening to and supporting her desire to confess her love. As she gradually stutters, she doesn't know how to give advice to Makiko. Akari ends up telling Makiko her true feelings, creating distance between the two.

A zombie survival entertainment film that uses the premise of rotten oranges causing the surrounding oranges to rot, with the theme of food waste that occurs before shipping.
By subjectively advancing the story with the main character as an orange, the film aims to transfer emotions to each foodstuff.
It is a little harsh, but it is hoped that by wrapping this story in the sugar-coating of oranges one will be able to feel the message.

Newly hired editor Onoda, at the instructions of one of his seniors at work, has the opportunity to visit the home of a man named Hoshi, a novelist whom Onoda holds in great esteem. As it turns out, however, Hoshi is no longer engaged in the creation of novels. This short comedy film explores the fate of someone at the mercy of the changing times, who despite being long past his peak refuses to give up on his love of writing.
This is a joint production between the members of the Kenshin (Dedication) Theatrical Company, which saw its performances cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, and Director Yuki Takashima. The undertaking was prompted by “Cheer for Art,” an artistic and cultural activity support project promoted by the Tokyo Metropolitan government. The film portrays the stance of creators unable to pursue their dreams as envisioned, and how they endure such hardship in refusing to forgo those artistic objectives. True to the “Cheer for Art” theme, the story incorporates calls of encouragement to creators like the one portrayed and others in the same field.

The main character Hanae Yarimizu, who lives in Hachioji, Tokyo, goes to the "Hachi-One Marriage Agency", the No. 1 rated agency in Hachioji, to find her ideal partner. However, Hanae isn't good at talking to men and has a lot of weird requirements, and can't decide from photos... So she isn't able to find a match. Seeing this, her counselor suggests a "Peeping date". This is the illegal method of one-sided peeing, watching the private life of the other party. While initially confused, Hanae decides to start "Peeping dating". So will she find her perfect match?

This story is based on a Kabuki’s prologue, "Uirouri". "Uirouri" is famous for its length and the difficulty of saying it quickly, so it’s hard to remember the words. The woman who is the heroine of this story talks too fast and talks too long.
Her boyfriend is fed up with her. He can’t understand what she is talking about, because she talks too fast and that makes no sense, just like "Uirouri".And one day, it sounds like that...
The story progresses through the "eyes" of the boyfriend who is pushed around by her.
This is a strange work that trying to express feelings by using "Uirouri".As you watch, you feel like you might be a “Uirouri” too.

Based on the rakugo story "Aona (Green vegetables)", this work explores what a historical drama is, using modern places and people and minimal props and art.
(Synopsis) The husband of the mansion calls his wife, with the thought of treating the gardener Hattsuan to a meal. The wife then says to the husband, "Ushiwakamaru is here from Kurama, and his name is Kurou Hougan". The husband responds "say that its Yoshitsune". Seeing the meaningful interaction, and worrying about Hattsuan, the husband doesn't have any vegetables and thinking that it's rude says that he is speaking in "hidden words". Hattsuan is impressed and wants to imitate this. He goes home and tells his wife...

Fashion school student Sora has poor chemistry with Eddie, one of her instructors. She can’t seem to get his comments out of her head, and ends up skipping his classes. Hiroto Ando, a teaching assistant who also acts as Eddie’s interpreter, is concerned about Sora’s state of mind. Male classmate Itsuki Narumi is jealous over his perceived sense of intimacy between Sora and Ando, and continues to express his crush on Sora in roundabout means. One day on campus, Eddie harshly criticizes Sora for lack of progress in her school work. Shocked by his words, she falls in a state of hyperventilation, and subsequently shuns attending school altogether. She begins to ponder the question of what creation is, and her own existence. Striving to focus in on single points, she begins to superimpose images of those around her with her own. The resulting task of making comparisons serves only to magnify her pain.

Yuka, a third year college student spends her days drinking with friends and going to see her boyfriend's concerts. Then she meets a young man, Oda, who is a cleaner at the college, and plans to get to know Oda, who is interested in class, but learns a certain fact. This film depicts the issue of harassment and the conflict of college students at the crossroads of life.

Toru works in the underworld to cover the medical expenses of his mother. One day his boss gives him a job. That is to get rid of his senior who has made a mistake. The boss's command is absolute. If he doesn't get rid of his senior he will be killed. But it isn't easy for him to get rid of his senior, who had took him under the his wing since Toru was a newcomer. He is faced with no choice. So what does Toru decide to do...

It is midnight.
This is a story of "regret", and the sadness of what happens at a station on the outskirts of Tokyo.
At a certain station at midnight, the main character Sasaki is reunited with his lover, Ayaka, who he had broken up with a few years earlier.
Despite being confused, the two enjoy a moment in the visions and memories of the past.
Will he be able to tell her "what he couldn't honestly tell her at the time"...
The main character Sasaki is played by Suguru, a freelance actor. Together with Rin Aonami in her first film appearance as the costar Ayaka, his lover, the two spin a wonderful story. For the music, singer-songwriter Ryo Takahashi crafted the theme song, which lightly yet painfully enfolds the drama of the story. This is the first film directed and written by Masashi Sogawa.

A musical actress who has lost her song meets the source of her own strength when she visits a seaside town.
Makiko suffers from sudden hearing loss, and the strong tinnitus takes over so that she cannot sing.
Learning that he auditory cells will all die in about 10 days, Makiko departs for a seaside town where there is a clinic with Dr. Ryo, who performs daring thalassotherapy. Makiko had loved to dance since she was a young child. But in her girlhood, she began to suppress her love of singing, wanting her father to praise her dancing. Recalling the past, she arrives at the seaside town holding on to a hope for healing, but Ryo isn't performing the treatment anymore. He is deaf in both ears.

Portrayal of a boy and girl who are school classmates. The pair chat during their time at the swimming pool, with memories of that exchange constantly emerging in the boy’s mind. A tender story of cherished and unforgettable youthful moments.

Ami is a student at an art university who lives at her grandfather’s home free of room and board. In contrast to Ami, who is steadily blooming into adulthood, her grandfather is growing increasingly senile and regressing into a childlike state. In time, the sensitivities of the pair come to overlap.

After the war, the spread of the virus led to the isolation of infected people and carriers.
They were placed in the ZOB district.
People from the outside world come to the ZOB area where a unique own culture has been developed.
And we learn that their ethics on human death are unique.

Two sisters live together in an apartment. One afternoon, struggling actress Yoko gets help from elder sister Michiko to read over a script. As the practice gets heated and Yoko suggests an improvisation, two sisters find themselves getting lost between the reality and acting.

Taktato Nogami is a 14-year-old boy locked in a desperate struggle based on his understanding that only he is capable of protecting his mother from the unrelenting domestic violence of his father Hisayuki. One morning, Takato awakes to find his father dead right before his eyes. An investigating police detective informs him that his mother Kayo has been arrested as a suspect in the death. Although Takato is in total denial of this accusation, he is informed that his mother has already confessed and is waiting to be officially charged. With Kayo refusing his visits, Takato is unable to ask her any questions. With that, he launches a frantic effort to prove his mother’s innocence. As the investigation unfolds, the truth steadily comes to light. Within these emerging facts is a message from his mother that Takato could not possibly have known. A story of tragedy and love befalling a certain family.