28th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
5 MARCH → 15 MARCH 2026
TRIBUTES: Theme: Troubled Innocence

Japan 43 Betacam Color
There are six children in the Komatsu family: three boys and three girls.The youngest boy, Kenta (12), has cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheelchair. As he approaches the end of his elementary school education, Kenta makes a life-changing decision: He will board at a middle school for disabled children.When his mother asks him why, he tells her that he wants to learn how to help her like his brothers and sisters. But having made his decision, Kenta has to struggle with his own anxiety.Will he be lonely? Will he really be able to live away from home?