SPONSOR
U-M Center for Japanese Studies
EDUCATION PARTNER
University of Toledo Department of Theater and Film
COMMUNITY PARTNER
Ecology Center
Shari
Nao Yoshigai
Shari, Japan | 2021 | 63 | HD Video
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
The Shiretoko Peninsula is a special place, located in the northernmost part of Japan where rare, wild animals coexist with humans and drift ice reaches its coast touching the Sea of Okhotsk in winter. But for some reason, there is very little snow in the winter of 2020. The drift ice hasn’t appeared yet, either.
Presented with short in competition
earthearthearth
Daïchi Saïto
Montreal, Canada | 2021 | 30 | 35mm
Dawn breaks where land is flesh and bones’ echoes. You’ve lived through extinctions. Stars, skies, sand, and seas. Future is catching us up at last, and all the dead are ahead of us.