HORROR SECTIONS (March 28th 2:20pm)
Pairing
Director:Yoshinobu Nakamura
Cast: Hitomi Tatsumura
(Japan/8 mins./ WORLD PREMIERE）
The interference of music coming through wireless earphones. When the absurd yet seemingly possible oddities of everyday life are expanded into the extraordinary, fear also intensifies. Bringing you the ultimate shiver.
Story: A short horror story centered around wireless earphones. While working at home and listening to music throught earphones, they hear sounds that shouldn't be there...
| World Premiere |
CHOBOM
Director: Bang Hyunjeong Cast:고유빈 정정인
(Korea / 12 mins)
Memories with unforgettable people are often beautiful, but they can also drive one to madness. Truly a fervent love horror bursting with Korean essence.
Story: Haru has died, though he had become part of Hana's very life. she is going to preserve Haru so that he remains beside her, even in absence.
N
Director : Kenta Ryu
Cast : Rie Oishi 、Kenta Ryu、Aiko Kino
(Japan / 12 mins / World Premiere）
The dead keep pounding on the window. When you combine J-horror-style terror with the story of a man who has lost his wife... it becomes an excellent story that highlights human folly.
Story: The strange noise echoing throughout the house turned out to be the sound of a supernatural woman pounding on the windows. The client, a man, rejoiced, saying, My dead wife has retuened, and tried to persuade them to stop the exorcism. Outraged by his selfish attitude, the psychic rebuked hime and began preparing to banish the woman...
| Japan Premiere |
BONJI
Director:Naoko Ukibe
Cast: Kakushin Tomoyoshi、Kazumasa Nishikawa、Takuya Muramatsu
(Japan/19 mins./ JAPAN Premiere）
A bold reimagining of 'Hoichi the Earless'! The solid visuals and edgy music instantly draw viewers into the world of the work, instilling a sense of guilt as if their own weaknesses have been exposed.
Story: A Houichi, the blind biwa player,
On a winter’s evening, the inhabitants of the Flemish town of Broekem gather in the local parish hall to celebrate an important event: thanks to the help of local politician Tibo Deleyder they have succeeded in preventing a refugee centre from being built in their village. On this festive evening, Monique, the caretaker of the parish hall, will be serving them the classic carbonnade à la flamande. It promises to be an evening to remember…
| Japan premiere |
The Leader Will Come
Director : Michiel Geluykens
Manuel Janssens
Cast : Michiel Geluykens
Manuel Janssens
(Belgium / 17 mins /Japan Premiere）
The refugee issue is a major topic in Japan, but what about European countries? Let's take a look at Belgium's refugee problem. A masterpiece of Belgiann horror so terrifying that Japan's issues seem almost tame in comparison!
Story: On a winter’s evening, the inhabitants of the Flemish town of Broekem gather in the local parish hall to celebrate an important event: thanks to the help of local politician Tibo Deleyder they have succeeded in preventing a refugee centre from being built in their village. On this festive evening, Monique, the caretaker of the parish hall, will be serving them the classic carbonnade à la flamande. It promises to be an evening to remember…
