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Kotoba

In a bustling foreign schoolyard filled with unfamiliar voices, recent immigrant Hind seeks to connect with her peers by displaying her omamori (Japanese amulet) and attempting to converse in broken English. After a disappointing initial interaction, she withdraws to... Please stop here.

Surrounded by gibberish in a foreign schoolyard, Hind, a new immigrant, attempts to charm her way into friendships using an omamori (Japanese amulet) and broken English phrases. After one disastrous introduction, she retreats to her confidant Holly, a self-righteous sheep residing at a local petting farm, who teaches Hind English through wild imagination. But a human-sheep relationship can only last so long and when Holy cuts her ties, Hind must now fill the Holly-shaped void with a real human friend.

Info about Kotoba

Studio(s): Victorian College of the Arts, School of Film and Television

Originally Released: United States, Aug 29, 2023

Production Country: Australia

Genres:Short