Steven J. Martin

The lives of two lesbian couples intersect in the oppressive urban corridors of Tokyo when one of the partners enlists the services of another to document her suicide in a defiant act against physical and mental breakdown. Anonymous Gods, structured in the form of an adult fairy-tale, raises questions about the nature of art, sexuality, family, and dysfunctional relationships in a social-media driven landscape.

Over the course of 24 hours, five characters will face dilemmas suffocating through another day in their dead end worlds. Their lives will intersect as the story builds to a tragic climax for some and liberation for others.

Shot on location in beautiful Miho Matsubara in Shizuoka, Japan, Unplayed Lullaby tells the story of a mysterious friendship that takes place over the course of five days between the guarded Sae and the uninhibited Sara. Told through magical realism, extended takes, powerful performances and photography, together they discover revelations about trauma, family, growing up, and what it means to be a mother, wife, friend, and daughter in an increasingly distant society.

Spun in the form of an extended beat poem, Requiem for Poets and Dogs tells the tale of an eclectic group of homeless rooftop squatters who spend one last eternal day trying to cope with the misery of their existence through humor, fighting, and distraction before facing their inevitable eviction from their beloved armpit of Tokyo