SAMANSA Adds Four Short Films for Second Week of August
The August 14 slate mixes an Oscar-winning animation with genre films, showing SAMANSA's continued push to offer varied short-form content beyond typical domestic VOD selections.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
SAMANSA Inc. will add four short films to its streaming service on August 14, 2026. The lineup includes the Academy Award-winning animated short 'The Girl with Pearl Tears,' a horror film about a missing brother, a lecture-style piece on a conversational method, and a drama about an ALS patient recording his voice.
SAMANSA, the short film subscription service run by SAMANSA Inc., will release four new titles on Friday, August 14, 2026. The slate spans animation, horror, comedy, and drama, and includes the 2026 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Short Film.
The service, which costs 490 yen per month and carries over 500 short films, signs licensing agreements directly with creators worldwide to offer works not available on other domestic VOD platforms.
- The Girl with Pearl Tears: 2026 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Short Film; directed by Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski; runtime 17 minutes 31 seconds
- Missing Child Videotape: Horror about a brother who went missing during hide-and-seek; directed by Ryota Kondo; runtime 25 minutes 34 seconds
- N U O A Conversation Method: A lecture on a four-sound conversational technique; directed by Choi Na-hye; runtime 16 minutes 27 seconds
- How I Went to the Moon by Subway: Drama about an ALS patient recording his voice; directed by Tyler Rabinowitz; runtime 12 minutes 23 seconds
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