Trend of the world Talk Show

Saving Sally

Philippines, France

2016／94min.

Schedule / Tickets

Adult ¥1,500

Student ¥1,000

Under19 ¥500

02.23(Mon)

16:00

17:34

Niigata Citizen Plaza

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L-code: 38555

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Introduction

Marty is an aspiring comic-book artist who is secretly in love with his best friend, Sally, the gadget inventor. Like every love story, there are complications: Sally has monsters for parents and a literal dick for a boyfriend, while Marty has the innate ability to do nothing about everything despite his vivid fantasies of defending the love of his life from the big bad world.

★2/23(Mon.) 16:00 A talk show will be held after screening
Speaker: Avid Liongoren(Director, Jury of NIAFF2026)

Director

Avid Liongoren

Avid Liongoren has made 2 feature films, several shorts, hundreds of commercials and thousands of artworks. He works in both live action and animated productions. He is the founder of Rocketsheep, a tiny indie animation studio made up of highly talented artists who specialize in animation and friendsheep. Their first feature, Saving Sally (2016), was made with the aid of the CNC French film grant. It went on to win the Jury Prize at Belgium's BIFFF, Portugal's Fantasporto and South Korea's SICAF as well as several other international awards. Their second film, Hayop Ka! (2020) competed at the prestigious Annecy Festival in France. In the several years that Avid has been pursuing film, he has yet to experience financial success so he is always willing to sell his internal organs to fund his projects.

Subtitles provided by Osaka Asian Film Festival