Lightning sends a samurai hurtling forward through time.

The line between historical fact and fiction blurs in this drama comedy following a lone samurai struck by lightning and sent slipping 140 years through time before turning up in the middle of a modern day samurai film set. While his samurai skills now seem obsolete, the modern world of luxury and convenience causes him to wonder whether his future exists in the past as he becomes the new face of a samurai film production.

• Director

  YASUDA Junichi

• Cast

  YAMAGUCHI Makiya, FUKE Norimasa, SAKURA Yuno

• Screening Venue

  Sokoine University of Agriculture

A long-time crush, another side job, and a new war!

In the future everything happens in OZ, a digital world which Kenji and his classmate Sakuma monitor part time. When Kenji’s long-time school crush Natsuki comes looking for some to visit Natsuki’s hometown in Nagano and meet her great-grandmother Sakae, head of the Jinnouchi clan, Kenji volunteers without hesitation. But when OZ is hacked by a rogue AI called Love Machine the finger of suspicion points at him, leaving Kenji, Natsuki, and her relatives no option but to figure out who is behind the hack and stop both worlds from being destroyed.

• Director

  HOSODA Mamoru

• Cast

  KAMIKI Ryunosuke, SAKURABA Nanami

• Screening Venue

  Sokoine University of Agriculture

You can find these adorable goblins in Japan!

11-year-old Momo lost her father in an accident without reconciling after saying harsh things to him. And when she moves with her mother from the big city to a small, remote island where time seems to have stopped, she has a hard time adjusting. Then, one day, Momo meets a trio of goblins... Set on a picturesque small island, this animated fantasy film depicts the heartwarming friendship between greedy, selfish, but lovable goblins and a young girl, and the bond of family.

• Director

  OKIURA Hiroyuki

• Cast

  MIYAMA Karen, Yuka, NISHIDA Toshiyuki

• Screening Venue

  University of Dodoma

I can be strong with you.

The world of humans and the world of beasts were never meant to intersect. Until one day, a lonely boy and a solitary beast are brought together. The boy stumbles into the world of beasts, and becomes the disciple of the beast Kumatetsu and is given the name Kyuta. This chance encounter was the beginning of an adventure beyond imagination.

• Director

  HOSODA Mamoru

• Cast

  YAKUSHO Koji, MIYAZAKI Aoi, SOMETANI Shota

• Screening Venue

  University of Dodoma

Lightning sends a samurai hurtling forward through time.

The line between historical fact and fiction blurs in this drama comedy following a lone samurai struck by lightning and sent slipping 140 years through time before turning up in the middle of a modern day samurai film set. While his samurai skills now seem obsolete, the modern world of luxury and convenience causes him to wonder whether his future exists in the past as he becomes the new face of a samurai film production.

• Director

  YASUDA Junichi

• Cast

  YAMAGUCHI Makiya, FUKE Norimasa, SAKURA Yuno

• Screening Venue

  State University of Zanzibar

A long-time crush, another side job, and a new war!

In the future everything happens in OZ, a digital world which Kenji and his classmate Sakuma monitor part time. When Kenji’s long-time school crush Natsuki comes looking for some to visit Natsuki’s hometown in Nagano and meet her great-grandmother Sakae, head of the Jinnouchi clan, Kenji volunteers without hesitation. But when OZ is hacked by a rogue AI called Love Machine the finger of suspicion points at him, leaving Kenji, Natsuki, and her relatives no option but to figure out who is behind the hack and stop both worlds from being destroyed.

• Director

  HOSODA Mamoru

• Cast

  KAMIKI Ryunosuke, SAKURABA Nanami

• Screening Venue

  State University of Zanzibar