Synopsis

Our common pain, although experienced individually and uniquely, is what connects us. It is the ambiguity and variety of our existence that allows us to imagine an infinity of variables, some of these alternatives may be malignant, and some benign.

Shunsaku Hayashi

Shunsaku Hayashi (1992, Osaka) is a painter and experimental filmmaker, explores the intersection of experimental film, animation and painting. Interstitial (2017) won the Grand Jury Prize for Animation Short at 23rd Slamdance Film Festival. Railment (2017) received the Chris Frayne Award for Best Animated Film at 55th Ann Arbor Film Festival. Leaking Life (2019) was official selected at the 69th Berlin International Film Festival 2019.