About The 2020 Festival
The Festival that never was. So much hard work from staff and sponsors went into the 2020 festival, which was canceled a few days before opening night from the first of the COVID shutdowns. This page is to honor what could have been.
Children Of The Sea
A Film By Ayumu Watanabe, Japan, 2020
Animation
PITTSBURGH PREMIERE
A Girl Missing
A Film By Kôji Fukada, Japan, 2019
Drama
PITTSBURGH PREMIERE
Human Lost
A Film By Fuminori Kizaki, Japan, 2019
Animation
PITTSBURGH PREMIERE
We Are Little Zombies
A Film By Makoto Nagahisa, Japan, 2019
Family Comedy
The Island Of Cats
A Film By Mitsuaki Iwagô, Japan, 2019
Cats
OPENING NIGHT
PITTSBURGH PREMIERE
Ride Your Wave
A Film By Masaaki Yuasa, Japan, 2020
Animation
Rise Of The Machine Girls
A Film By Yûki Kobayashi, Japan, 2019
Drama
CLOSING NIGHT
PITTSBURGH PREMIERE
Sansho The Bailiff
A Film By Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1954
MIZOGUCHI TRIBUTE
Street Of Shame
A Film By Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1953
MIZOGUCHI TRIBUTE
Ugetsu
A Film By Kenji Mizoguchi, Japan, 1953
MIZOGUCHI TRIBUTE
Violet Evergarden: Eternity And Auto Memory Doll
A Film By Haruka Fujita, Japan, 2020
Animation
PITTSBURGH PREMIERE
Weathering With You
A Film By Makoto Shinkai, Japan, 2019
Animation
