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
Kunstenaar en fotograaf UMMMI doordrenkt het kader met melancholie terwijl haar personages de nacht onveilig maken – bestemming onbekend.
77'
Japan
IFFR 2019
The Pioneer
Deze dystopische sciencefictionfilm speelt zich af in Japan in de nabije toekomst, waar geheim agenten pillen uitdelen die geheugenverlies voorkomen. Voorfilm bij The Garden Apartment.
27'
Japan
IFFR 2019