Saito Kisin's Debut Feature Kefi Screens at Tokyo International Film Festival
The film, showing in the Nippon Cinema Now section, blends multiple visual styles and follows three sisters, with Saito credited in five roles.
Saito Kisin's debut feature Kefi is screening in the Nippon Cinema Now section of the Tokyo International Film Festival, according to Variety. The film follows three sisters: oldest Kyo, middle child Asumi and youngest Kino.
Kefi mixes multiple short stories and multiple visual styles, including color and monochrome and handheld and steady camerawork. The film features aliens, dinosaurs and dream affairs.
Saito is credited on Kefi as director, writer, cinematographer, gaffer and editor.
In 2024, Saito received news that his father had died. His parents divorced about 10 years before the interview, and he had not met his father for about 10 years.
Saito originally planned four short films with themes of ethics, hypocrisy, discrimination, and life and death, to be combined into a feature.
Quick answers
What is Kefi about?
Kefi follows three sisters—Kyo, Asumi and Kino—and mixes multiple short stories and visual styles, featuring aliens, dinosaurs and dream affairs.
Who is Saito Kisin?
Saito Kisin is the director, writer, cinematographer, gaffer and editor of Kefi, his debut feature.
Where is Kefi screening?
Kefi is screening in the Nippon Cinema Now section of the Tokyo International Film Festival.