A joint project that came together through an encounter between Igarashi Kohei and Damien Manivel at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival. Set in Hirosakishi, Aomori Prefecture, The Night I Swam follows a boy’s journey through a day. The father is a fisherman who wakes up before sunrise and heads to the fish market. His early departure wakes his 6-year- old son. Unable to fall back asleep, the boy gets under the covers and begins to draw a picture. Later, on his way to school, the boy strays from the path and heads in a direction away from the school. He is headed to the market to give his father the picture he drew. The 6-year-old main character is played by Kogawa Takara who made his onscreen debut with this film. His every move betrays the audience’s expectations and breathes life into the still screen. Against the backdrop of the snowy Tohoku, this film presents the wonderful and special flow of time that exists solely in childhood. (MIURA Tetsuya)