Hana Shimizu

The short film companion to Mac Miller's Balloonerism follows a group of school friends who are transfigured by the music of a chord organ and launched into a shadow world. Swallowed by the turtle of time, they must plod through the underbelly of adulthood.

Set in Hokkaidō’s Tsurui Village and nearby Kushiro: as depopulation forces the closure of their beloved elementary school, Mei and her friend Ken, now pursuing local-revival studies, try to save memories of their hometown.