My Sunshine
Section: Festival Laurels from around the World
Director: Hiroshi Okuyama / France, Japan / 2024 / 90 min
Japanese / Czech subtitles, English subtitles
17:30 - 19:00
GAC - sál 6 | KOVÁRNA VIVA
Hiroshi
Okuyama
Hiroshi Okuyama was born in Tokyo in 1996. He is a screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and director of his films. In 2009, at the age of 13, he directed the music video 'Graduationparty!!!!!', which premiered at the Kyoto International Film Festival. In 2016 and 2018, he made two short films: 'The Swan Smiles' and 'Tokyo 21st October'.
In 2018, Hiroshi Okuyama received the Best New Director award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and the Best Cinematography award at the Stockholm Film Festival for his first feature film 'Jesus', a critical success. In 2022, he made a series of documentary films for Hermès on craftsmanship and collaborated in 2023 with Hirokazu Kore-eda on the screenplay for his series 'Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko
House'. 'My Sunshine', his second feature film, is presented in the Official Selection Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival 2024.
FILMOGRAPHY
2024 – MY SUNSHINE
Official Selection Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival 2024
2018 – JÉSUS
Best New Director - San Sebastián International Film Festival 2018
Best Cinematography - Stockholm International Film Festival 2018, Dublin International Film
Festival 2019
On a Japanese island, life revolves around the changing seasons. Winter is time for ice hockey at school, but Takuya isn't too thrilled about it. His real interest lies in Sakura, a figure skating rising star from Tokyo, for whom he starts to develop a genuine fascination. Coach and former champion Arakawa spots potential in Takuya and decides to mentor him to form a duo with Sakura for an upcoming competition.
