An international film festival focusing on the Pacific Rim region. Through the discovery and dissemination of excellent films, we aim to deepen mutual understanding among the cultures, ethnic groups, and individuals of each country, and to make Okinawa a new place of international cultural exchange in the Pacific Rim region in the future. During the period, in addition to selecting and screening excellent films in a competition format for film works produced in countries and islands in the Pacific Rim, special screenings, talk events, etc. will also be held.

■Cinema at Sea pre-event
To commemorate the opening of this film festival, a pre-event inviting film festival programmers and guests will be held. A “competition” newly established from this year
They talk about the highlights of all 49 films, including the “Tission Pacific Rim Short Film Division” and “Islands in Focus” category “Okinawa Panorama.”

Naha City “Just before Cinema at Sea! The Art of Maritime Film Festival” Film Festival Highlights Chat
2/8 (Sat) 14:00 Tenbusu Naha Tenbusu Hall free

Okinawa City “I Can Talk About Last Year's Movies Now!”
“Okinawa Philadelphia” special screening+film festival highlights chat @沖縄市
2/9 (Sun) 18:00 Theater Donut Okinawa (Okinawa City)
Adults 1,320 yen／College of Technology 1,100 yen／Elementary School Students 700 yen


■Lineup of films screened in all departments
★ World Premiere
◎ International Premiere
〇Asia Premiere
※Japan premiere

[Opening Screening]
★ “Aomaihara: Peony and Ryukyu Elegy” (Taiwan)

[Closing Screening]
※ “Tiner: Our Voice” (New Zealand)

[Competition Feature Film Division]
※ “Shining River” (Japan)
※ “Boy in the Pool” (Korea)
※ “From Island to Island” (Taiwan)
※ “House on the Lake” (Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Qatar)
※ “Birds Lost in a Foreign Land” (Malaysia, Taiwan)
※ “The Younger Man” (America)
※ “Molokai Bound” (USA)
※ “We Are Dangerous” (New Zealand)
※ “Interval of Breathing” (Canada)
※ “Roots: Beyond Rocks and Clouds” (Peru, Chile)

[Competition Short Film Division] *Newly established category starting this year
※ “1878” (France)
※ “Whisper of an Outcast” (Indonesia)
※ “Flowers for the Queen” (USA)
◎ “To be reborn again” (Taiwan)
〇 “Tunnel” (Japan)
〇 “Summer Wedding” (America)
〇 “MAMU” (England, Taiwan, Iceland)
※ “Corn” (Korea)
※ “Daily City” (USA)

[Director in Focus Division]
※ “Maori Souls: Call of Battle” (New Zealand)
※ “Stages and Tribes: Maori Shakespeare's Travels” (New Zealand)
※ “Maori Hero Education” (New Zealand)

[Islands in Focus Division] *Newly established division starting this year
* “Live space broadcast in progress” (New Caledonia)
〇 “The Tribe of Eden's Dream of Independence” (France)
◎ “Detective Clown” (New Caledonia)
◎ “2020 Independence Referendum, then what?” (New Caledonia)
◎ “Kojima Bingo Mania” (New Caledonia)

[Pacific Film Showcase]
〇 “Captive on Paradise Island” (Cook Islands, New Zealand)
※ “The Murmuring of the Galaxy” (Thailand)
※ “Pacific Mother” (New Zealand, Japan)
※ “Day 21” (Singapore)

[Special Screening]
★ “Walking: No Border” (Japan)
“Rules of Living” (Japan)
“Bouquet” (Japan)
“Lonely Paradise” (Japan)
“Boxers with Prosthetic Legs” (Japan, Philippines)

[Okinawa Panorama] *Newly established division starting this year
◎ “Mari's Tale” (America)
“The Fourth” (Peru)
◎ “Obaa's Sewing Needles: Memories Connected by Time” (Brazil)
※ “ENLIGHTENMENT” (Japan)
★ “Somebody Decided Night” (Japan)
◎ “Ryukyu Love” (Taiwan)
◎ “Sunset Westward (Sekiyo Seika)” (Taiwan)
★ “Step Out Ni ni no Niraikanai” (Japan)
★ “Okinawa Blue Note” (Korea)

[VR experience screening]
“Starsand” (France, Taiwan)

Film festival official website

https://www.cinema-at-sea.com/