Teleportent

A Short Film About Escape and Discovery

Teleportent is a short film about an overworked man who naps in a tent in his room and wakes up on a mountaintop.

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Written, directed, shot, edited and produced by
Naohiko Yamane
Cast
Sota Yamamoto
Ayane Fukushima
Masakazu Hiraide
First Unit (Room Scenes)
Yuka Oizumi
Kai Kudo
Teru Taniguchi
Sayaka Umebayashi
Hiroshi Tomishima
Second Unit (Mountain Scenes)
Tadashi Sakuma
Moena Mori
Takara Hada
Ayane Fukushima
Sota Yamamoto
Trekking Support
Tadashi Sakuma
Music
Raindrop by Tewar
Spherical Dances by Celine Love
The Tiny Crafter by Tiny Music
Lux by Tenacious Orchestra
Wonders of Life by Francesco D'Andre
Location
Kamimachi Base
Daitenso
Mount Otensho
Mount Tsubakuro
Nakabusa Onsen
Special Thanks
New Cinema Workshop
Seijo University Wandervogel Club
Enzanso Group
Yuhei Kobayashi
Tomomi Yuyama
Hiromi Taniguchi
Aiko Yamane
Sarasa Kikuchi
Toru Matsuzaki
Masahide Osada

A
mysterious
tent

A man looking out from his tent at a mountain view

A man loves hiking, but work has kept him off the mountains for months.

One day, he sets up a tent in his room for a quick nap. But when he wakes up, he finds himself on top of a mountain.

A man standing motionless beside a yellow tent above a sea of clouds

That's
when
he
teleported

A man gazing at mountain ridges from his tentA man photographing the mountainsA man sitting in front of his laptop in a dark room

A shallow escape
leads only to
an empty reality

Somehow, he gains the ability to teleport freely between his room and the mountains.

As he becomes increasingly enchanted by the mountains, his work begins to fall by the wayside.

He becomes so obsessed with the mountains that he lies to his client.

When they finally confront him about the delays, he finds himself unable to do anything at all.

A man holding a framed photo of himself at the summit

True
achievement
changes
him

A mountaineer raising her arms in joy on a mountain trail

A mountaineer who overcomes hardship on her own two feet.

A hiker in a yellow jacket looking out over rugged mountain peaks

In her, he sees a reflection of the accomplishment he once felt at the summit.

A man sitting at a mountain campsite

He remembers why he climbs.

A man working on his laptop in his room

He stops running away —

and begins climbing the mountain of work, the mountain of reality.

A mountaineer watching the sunrise above a sea of clouds

Once you've made itthe best view awaits