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A making-of documentary for the short film Ever-Flowing, directed by Lauren Good. Crafted as a love letter from the entire crew to their director.
A runaway asylum patient hallucinates about stalking his college professor.
Told through the eyes of her little brother, 17 year old Autumn struggles to heal from an eating disorder.
Cicada is the story of Jumpei-- a man who loses sight of his progeny when he finds out he is infertile, but then is given the gift of clairvoyance and begins to see glimpses of the future. These glimpses lead him to a series of cicada shells, which become symbolic of his desire to shed his old self. Though his lineage ends with himself, Jumpei starts anew as a father-figure to his sister's young son.
A co-worker confronts Mamoru on his apparent apathy toward life, and this results in Mamoru leaving his job out of humiliation. Now alone and without work, just as it seems that things could not possibly get worse, parts of Mamoru's bicycle begin to disappear, one by one. In frustration, Mamoru leaves a note for the thief, begging him to just take the whole thing. The note left in response is signed God, leaving Mamoru only more confused. At last, when the only remaining piece of the bicycle is a lonely bell, Mamoru receives an envelope, containing addresses at which each piece of the bicycle might be retrieved.
A pensive 11-year-old girl challenges the status quo with a group of misfit friends while attending a religious summer camp.
Tamotsu is expecting a persimmon to dry and yet he cannot accept that it is time for a man on his deathbed to die. As the persimmon mysteriously, or supernaturally, holds out from drying, so Tamotsu tries his hardest to keep the man alive. Only when Tamotsu has let go can the persimmon take its natural course.
A boy suffers from wanderlust and longs to see the world.
In a country of haves and have nots, the fates of two dogs from opposite ends of society have profound effects on the families who own them.