"15 short films with an animated end-title sequence by young women directors born in late ‘80s to ‘90s."
21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.
Serena Motola
(segment "Out of Fashion")
Ai Hashimoto
(segment "Low Resolution, High Emotion")
Aki Asakura
(segment "Mirror")
Sairi Ito
(segment "Projection")
Erika Karata
(segment "For Lonesome Blossoms")
Shizuka Ishibashi
(segment "Muse")
Ayu Kitaura
(segment "Anytime, anywhere")
Akari Kinoshita
(segment "I wanna be your cat")
Mei Kurokawa
(segment "Sex-less, Sex-friends")
21st Century Girl is an omnibus feature that is of the girls, by the girls and for the girls. The work of 15 women directors under the age of 30, each of whom contributed an 8-minute film, the package highlights a range of genres, visions and thematic concerns.
Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.
The story follows the social intercourse between a cameraman, Masaya, with a visual impairment, and Misako who disconnects from the world.
A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.
Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
A former child actress attends college in search of independence and ends up becoming romantically involved with a female professor. Their relationship thrives until an opportunity to return to acting forces her to make life-altering decisions.