CYCLE-CYCLE

Japan | 2017 | 18 min
Directed by Kanai Junichi
Starring Yoshida Jinto, Yamazaki Haruki, Shiozaki Daichi

A fresh, light, absurd teen movie which sharply cuts into Japan social problems. Two high school boys, Junpei and Satoshi, start a bicycle trip around Japan on a tandem. Soon they argue and split up. Junpei keeps going on his own trip by bicycle and picks up a hitchhiker named Mitsuru to ride with him. Mitsuru is heading to his grandfather’s house who he hasn’t seen for years. However when they reached the house, they find a dead body in the room…

(c) 2017 “CYCLE-CYCLE” Film Partners

Japan Premiere

3 Year 3 Month Retreat

Lo Sum Choe Sum | Bhutan | 2015 | 20 min
Directed by Dechen Roder
Starring Dechen Zangmo

The traditional “3 Year 3 Month Retreat” or “Lo-Sum-Choe-Sum” is practiced by Buddhist monks, nuns and other devout practitioners. 3 years, 3 months, and 3 days is calculated as the time needed to achieve a higher state of clarity and motivation. By cutting oneself off from the world, and delving into the inner mind, the retreat is supposed to transform the practitioner. Can Lhamo, a young, wounded girl facing the harsh gaze of the world, find her own form of retreat and redemption?