Jesus

Preceded By Tokyo 21st October

A chatty woman and her uninterested son eat conveyor belt sushi in this cutout animation short. 2018. 12 min. Directed by Hiroshi Okuyama. East Coast Premiere.

Feature Slate

North American Premiere

Q&A with director Hiroshi Okuyama

A quiet boy named Yura moves with his family from Tokyo to the snowy Japanese countryside and gets enrolled in a Christian elementary school. Adjusting to the foreign religious rituals and iconography surrounding him there, Yura tries Christian prayer for the first time and a silent six-inch Jesus materializes before him. The tiny Christ seems to grant Yura’s wishes, but when tragedy strikes, Yura starts to question his newfound faith. Winner of the New Directors Award at the 2019 San Sebastian International Film Festival, 22-year-old director Hiroshi Okuyama imbues wry humor, mystery and a childlike perspective in this highly original, oddball debut.

2018. 76 min. Directed by Hiroshi Okuyama. With Yura Sato, Riki Ookuma, Chad Mullane, Hinako Saeki.