Ishihara Umi
ISHIHARA Umi is a Japanese artist and film director. She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts with a BA in Fine Arts and went on to study at the University for the Creative Arts in London for an MA in Filmmaking. Her work consists of a surreal mix between documentary and fiction. The Garden Apartment (2018) is her first feature-length film.
Filmography
Pains Forever (2015, short), Hotel Shakespeare (2016, short), Disgraced Heaven (2017, short), The Garden Apartment (2018), The Pioneer (2018, short)
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The Garden Apartment
Artist and photographer UMMMI soaks the frame with melancholia as her characters drive into the night with no destination in sight.
77'
Japan
IFFR 2019
The Pioneer
In this glamorous dystopian sci-fi set in Japan in the near future, government agents distribute pills that prevent memory loss.
27'
Japan
IFFR 2019