report

It's Monday night in Tokyo. We're enjoying a a brief break of good weather in the midst of the annual pre-summer rainy season. This program features shorts from India, China, Chile, & japan including our Route 246 Story short titled "Jiro ru: Densetsu no Yo-na-o-shi", Loosely translated as "Jirocho's Rock N' Roll-Back-to-the-Future-to-Save-the-World". Very loosely translated! It's directed by Shidou Nakamura, a very well known Kabuki actor from a very famous kabuki family who has branched out in to film, TV, fashion, & music. As a directorial debut the short is very well-made (I'm sure his film work didn't hurt as far as getting some professional help) with a sure hand & an excellent sense if humor.

The Opening Event was held today at Laforeｔ Museum, Harajuku to present this year's line-up. 100 people were invited to enjoy and experience the event. A huge crowd of media also gathered to witness the winners of the Spotlight Award; “R246 STORY.”

After the outline of the festival was introduced, Tetsuya Bessho, the Founder of SSFF & ASIA, invited 6 talents, Tadanobu Asano, Shido Nakamura, Genki Sudo, VERBAL (m-flo), ILMARI (RIP SLYME) and Yusuke Santamaria, onto the stage and asked about their films and passions towards their art works. The producer of this R246 STORY project commented, “You will see how much passion and energy these 6 talents have put into their films. They did such a wonderful job on creating short films, so please come see the R246 STORY!”  

These short films will be screened at the scheduled time, so please check out the special page of “R246 STORY” at http://www.shortshorts.org/2008/en/r246.html for more details.