14th(2012)
KIMURA Ariko
Sayaka and Teruka look and sound alike. They coincidentally sing together in a music room after school, and feel sympathy for each other.
In ¡®The Shorts!¡¯, the works from ¡®Momo Matsuri¡¯, a group of young Japanese female directors who produce/screen films, and A Day in Babylon, recommended by ¡®Momo Matsuri¡¯, will be screened. ¡®Momo Matsuri¡¯, which was founded in 2006 by graduates of The Film School of Tokyo and Tokyo University of the Arts and which is in its 5th year,has gradually been expanding its boundaries to include each region of Japan and foreign female directors who work with Japanese themes. Each year, a new title is given to its festival. The works that will be introduced during this year¡¯s International Women\'s Film Festival in Seoul are works that were screened during ¡°Momo Matsuri Presents Kiss! 2009¡± and ¡°Momo Matsuri Presents Suki 2012¡±. A Day in Babylon is a film distributed by ¡®UNIJAPAN¡¯, which is devoted to fostering international exchange of Japanese cineastes and vitalizing global distribution of Japanese films. (HWANG Miyojo)
Synopsis
Sayaka and Teruka look and sound alike. They coincidentally sing together in a music room after school, and feel sympathy for each other.
Program Note
In ¡®The Shorts!¡¯, the works from ¡®Momo Matsuri¡¯, a group of young Japanese female directors who produce/screen films, and A Day in Babylon, recommended by ¡®Momo Matsuri¡¯, will be screened. ¡®Momo Matsuri¡¯, which was founded in 2006 by graduates of The Film School of Tokyo and Tokyo University of the Arts and which is in its 5th year,has gradually been expanding its boundaries to include each region of Japan and foreign female directors who work with Japanese themes. Each year, a new title is given to its festival. The works that will be introduced during this year¡¯s International Women\'s Film Festival in Seoul are works that were screened during ¡°Momo Matsuri Presents Kiss! 2009¡± and ¡°Momo Matsuri Presents Suki 2012¡±. A Day in Babylon is a film distributed by ¡®UNIJAPAN¡¯, which is devoted to fostering international exchange of Japanese cineastes and vitalizing global distribution of Japanese films. (HWANG Miyojo)
KIMURA ArikoKIMURA Ariko
After studying film at Image Forum and The Film School of Tokyo, she worked on DVD package production at Kadokawa Pictures. Currently, while filmmaking, she writes film reviews for magazines such as Eiga Geijuts and Eureka.