Ordinary Life (film)
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- Pierre Baussaron
- Nobuaki Doi
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| Japanese | 普通の生活 |
| Directed by | Yoriko Mizushiri |
| Written by | Yoriko Mizushiri |
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| Starring | Sumi Mizushiri |
| Cinematography | Yoriko Mizushiri |
| Edited by | Yoriko Mizushiri |
| Music by | Kengo Tokusashi |
| Animation by | Yoriko Mizushiri |
| Color process | Color |
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| Distributed by | Miyu Productions |
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Running time | 10 minutes |
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Ordinary Life (Japanese: 普通の生活 (Futsu no seikatsu)) is a 2025 short, 2D digital animated film written and directed by Yoriko Mizushiri.[1] The French-Japanese co-production film depicts the succession of moments that we repeat over and over again in ordinary life but they are never the same, and everything changes and wavers.[2][3]
It was selected in the Berlinale Shorts section at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its World premiere on 15 February and compete for Golden Bear for Best Short Film.[4]
Life may seem repetitive, but each moment is unique and ever-changing. While the mind wanders, the body remains anchored in the present, constantly drawing us back to truly experience it. Fully feeling sensations through the body may be life's greatest joy.
Release
Ordinary Life had its World premiere on 15 February 2025, as part of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, in the Berlinale Shorts 3.[5]
The film was also part of Shorts Programmes, Animation at the 2025 Atlantic International Film Festival and screened on September 15, 2025.[6]
The film also made it to Shorts Program 2: Animation at the 61st Chicago International Film Festival and was screened on October 24, 2025,[7] where it won the Silver Hugo for Animation Short Film.[8]