Little Kyota Neon Hood (Kyota no houkago)
Mohaq - ages 8+
Synopsis
In Competition
Ten year old Kyota lives in Kiryu City with his single mother. There are two items he cannot live without – a worn out English vocabulary book and a disaster prevention hood. One day Kyota's English teacher Tim, who returned to England after an earthquake, comes back to his school.
About the Directors
Satsuki Ohkawa graduated from the Nihon University's film school, and was then accepted in the graduate film programme at Columbia University. She has received awards for best short and for music for her thesis film ‘Tidy Up’ (2011). Her follow-up film, ‘Kyota no Hokago’, was selected as one of the best 10 films at the Sao Paulo International Film Festival.
Credits
- Director
- Satsuki Okawa
- Screenwriter
- Satsuki Okawa
- Producer
- Satsuki Okawa, Takeshi Tanaka
- Editor
- Satsuki Okawa
- Cinematographer
- Shiro Chiba
- Production Company
- Short Shorts Film Festival
- Cast
- Andrew Dow, Kaede Tsuchiya, Misa Shimizu