Outer World X Christmas SP

Exploring New Worlds for the Holidays

Venue(s): Koenji Theatre Bacchus
Japanese Films: December 21 (Sun), 2025
Language: Japanese and others with English and Japanese subtitles
Theater website: bacchus-tokyo.com/12959/
Theater website: bacchus-tokyo.com/access/
Theater website: owx-xas2025.peatix.com/

Advance tickets: https://owx-xas2025.peatix.com/

Title: 外世界X Xmas SP (Gaisekai X Kurisumasu SP)
Director: Fumie Nishikawa, Rui Sakai, Jun Kitamikado Duration: 100 min

If you’re a fan of indie sci-fi—or if you’ve never heard of the genre but are curious—head to Theatre Bacchus Koenji for two days of caringly/daringly curated independent science-fiction films from Singapore, Taiwan, Europe and beyond. The films are part of the Xmas SP mini-fest curated by Outer World X, and all have English subtitles.

OuterWorld X has been introducing Japanese audiences to boundary-pushing, micro-budget sci-fi for several years now, highlighting filmmakers who build entire worlds through imagination, experimentation and personal vision—with works that rarely reach Japanese screens and are often unseen outside their regions of origin.

Xmas SP opens with a feature-length German film, The Final Land, before settling into selections of shorts grouped by theme. A major highlight of the event is Q&A sessions with filmmakers visiting from Singapore and Taiwan in Part 3, including a social gathering afterward. These are the emerging creators shaping the future of Southeast and East Asian genre cinema—artists whose work blends speculative storytelling with cultural specificity, DIY craft and bold narrative ideas.

Set within the intimate space of Koenji Theatre Bacchus, the showcase invites viewers into new worlds, alternative futures and unconventional cinematic voices. For those seeking discoveries beyond the mainstream, Outer World X delivers an engaging, globally minded journey through the possibilities of indie sci-fi.

Here are the flyers:
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Koenji Theatre Bacchus