CAMERA JAPAN KICK OFF: ALIENS DAYDREAM

A long-cherished tradition, Camera Japan kicks off its yearly film festival at WORM with a screening of a Japanese underground classic in the making, this year followed by a magnetic performance by Japanese, Berlin based Tot Onyx (included in your film ticket or separately available)

**Alien’s Daydream
by Yoshiki MATSUMOTO
2023 / Japan / 99min. / Japanese w/ English subtitles

Reporter Uto has a strong sense of justice and hates lies. When he receives news about an alien abducting a university student in Hakui, Ishikawa, aka UFO Town, he begins an investigation to uncover the lies, but is drawn into a swamp of unexplained incidents.
The micro-budget bonanza won two main prizes at last year’s Skip City International D-Cinema Festival, which wrote: Despite the low-key sci-fi title, Alien’s Daydream is an astonishingly high-quality film, both socially concerned and entertaining. With a consistent visual style of camera work, cutbacks, location choices and tasteful VFX, and a thrilling screenplay which begins with cheesily obvious UFO story, the film expands, from our planet to the cosmos beyond. Director Yoshiki Matsumoto, who makes his feature debut with this film, performs a number of roles, including writer, editor and production designer as well as cinematographer. Yukichi Tanaka, who has often appeared in productions by the Ishikawa-based Theater Angelus, plays the difficult role of magazine reporter Uto, who confronts himself during the investigation. Natsuki Yamada, as key character Noa, overwhelms the viewer with her mysterious aura. She is co-credited, along with Matsumoto, as creator of the impressive painting which are seen in the film.

Cineville valid at the door but be in time because this event is likely to sell out fast! Box office opens at 20h