J Short Program: Stories Out of Reach
4works 76min
Theatre Image Forum（TOKYO）：8/4 15:45
Spiral Hall（TOKYO）：8/9 16:20
Kyoto Art Center（KYOTO）：8/21 19:00
Aichi Arts Center（NAGOYA）：9/30 11:30
Death of Sound Man
Sorayos PRAPAPAN
digital / 16min. / 2017 / Thailand
Two movie crewmen try to record good sound effects by collecting sound material from a variety of things, such as sausages, flags, and camels. But they have a major worry: Are sound effects really that important to those watching a movie? In this film, the political implications behind the humor bring out the dark side of conditions in Thailand.
The Double
Ray VILLEVOYE and Jan DIETRORST
digital / 22min. / 2015 / Netherlands
A life-size doll of a certain white man is made. Who is this man? Multiple narratives answer this question, as the camera eventually moves into the depths of the jungles of Papua New Guinea. A bizarre portrait of a literal “human figure,” moving between mystery and clear understanding.
The Remembered Film
Issabelle TOLLENAERE
digital / 18min. / 2018 / Belgium
In a beautiful forest, illuminated by occasional gunfire, some boys wander in camouflage, excitedly talking of their experience on the battleground to the camera. In an uncertain land and an uncertain battleground, with insecure child soldiers, the mixture of truth and delusion brings a strange charm to this documentary with some unusual twists.
The Argument (with annotations)
Daniel COCKBURN
digital / 20min. / 2017 / Canada
The narrator brings a question, bringing another question, then another. A crafty play on logic referencing works of T.S. Eliot, Homer, Groucho Marx, John Carpenter, and Terrence Davis, developing into a situation where even the subject of those questions are questioned.