'Once Upon A Studio' (2023)
A short hybrid film featuring everyone's favorite Disney characters.

Bullied at school and beaten by her mother, Taiwanese-Japanese teenager Rei runs away from home and is spontaneously taken in by Aoi, an office worker stigmatized by petty gossip. After a traumatic event binds them even closer together, the pair flee Tokyo and hide away in an abandoned inn. Together, they create a utopian space of female camaraderie and solace, but before long are forced to face reality.
A short hybrid film featuring everyone's favorite Disney characters.
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