Coicent / Five Numbers / Towanoquon
Coicent
Director: Shuhei Morita
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Tickets: Edinburgh, October 16th at 2030
Synopsis: It’s the year 2710 and Shinichi is on a school trip to Nara City. Here he pursues a deer who runs away with his bag, drawing him into an adventure with a strange girl who is herself being pursued…
You should see this if… you’re in the mood for a fast-paced boy-meets-girl adventure. Coicent, Towa no Quon, and Five Numbers are complementary shorts that will screen alongside each other.
Towa no Quon
Director: Umanosuke Iida
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Tickets: Edinburgh, October 16th at 2030
Synopsis: In a futuristic Tokyo, supernatural powers have awoken in some human beings. The people who have inherited these mysterious strengths- Attracters- are hunted by Kestos, an organisation with an agenda of destruction. One visionary Attracter leads the stand against Kestos, determined to defend his kind.
You should see this if… you like the sound of a classic superhero struggle of good against evil set in a high-tech metropolis. This is the first instalment of a three-part story.
Five Numbers
Director: Hiroaki Ando
Language: Japanese with English subtitles
Tickets: Edinburgh, October 16th at 2030
Synopsis: Five people from very different walks of life find themselves incarcerated in the same prison. They do not understand how but their lives are connected. They must piece their stories together if they are to have any hope of escape but only one of them seems to have a clue and he’s not talking…
You should see this if… you relish the puzzle of an intense locked room mystery. Will you be able to work it out before the prisoners do?
