Dozens of Norths

Japanese: Ikuta no Kita | French: Pléthore de nords | Simplified Chinese: 万千北方 | Traditional Chinese: 北國奇遇記 | Russian: Север, и не один / МНОЖЕСТВО СЕВЕРОВ | Bulgarian: ДУЗИНА СЕВЕРНЯЦИ | Slovenian: Množica severov | Hungarian: TÖBB TUCATNYI ÉSZAK | Slovak: Mnoho severov |
| Feature animation | 4th August 2021 | Japan, France | 64'00" | 1.85:1, 16:9 | 5.1ch, Stereo | No dialogue | Subtitles: Japanese, English, French | Trailer@Vimeo | 2KTrailer@YouTube | 4KTrailer@YouTube | Interview | | Official Site | TVOD/SVOD platform UNIVERSCINE only in France |

Music: Willem Breuker
Soundtrack from　“Drums In The Night / The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui”
Willem Breuker Kollektief 1983 BVHaast Grammofoonplaten
De gauche (La revolution), The Announcer, La valse de la Bourgeoisie (Au piano casserole), La complainte du soldat mort, Ouverture, Je ne veux pas aller avec toi (Anna et Murk), Spartakus, Anna, Hotel Mammoth Ui's Suite, Arturo Ui
Based on the Illustrations and Text by Yamamura Koji, published at the Monthly Bungaku-Kai (2012-2014), Bungeishunju
Animation: Yamamura Koji, Yano Honami, Nakata Ayaka
Coloring & Background Art: Yamamura Koji
Compositing & Visula Effects: Yamamura Koji
Digital Work Assistant: Yammaura Sanae
Sound Desiner & Re-recordingMixer: Kasamatsu Koji
Dubbing Stage: Rakuonsha Studio 2001:
English translation: Michael Lazarin
French translation: Ilan Nguyên
Thanks to Tanaka Mitsuko, Ohshima Yumiko, Asai Mariko, Sekiguchi Seiji, Nicolás Guarín León, Julia Ai Sai, Arjen Gorter, Bernard Hunnekink
Producers: Yamamrua Koji, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron
Chief Financial Officer: Cyril Smet
Director of Productions: Tanguy Olivier
Production Manager: Pierre Boivin
Production Assistants: Yammaura Sanae, Emilie Coppier
Technical Manager: Christian Serres
Administrative assistant: David Dos Santos
Festival & International Sale: Miyu Distribution
Distributor: Luce Grosjean
Produced by Yamamura Animation, Miyu Productions
Script, Editing and Direction Yamamura Koji



Synopsis: North is everywhere solitary.
Here is all North.
This is a record of the people I met in these Norths.
However, my memory is fragmented and does not get the point at all.
Now I'm starting to wonder my efforts came to nothing.
I'm just getting the occasional recognition of the existence of the world through the dull pain changes shape little by little.



Awards (9):
Grand Prize for Feature Animation: 46h Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada, 2022.09
Contrechamp Crystal Award: 61st Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France, 2022.06
Best Feature animated film award (over 45 min): 13rd International Animation Film Festival - Golden Kuker Sofia, Bulgaria, 2022.05
Best Animated Film: Mavoy Movie Awards 2023, Poland, 2023.03
Excellence Award: 25th Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2022.03
Jury Prize: 24th Bucheon International Animation Festival, Korea, 2022.10
Special Jury Award for the Feature Films: 8th New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan, 2021.11
Special Mansion: 46th World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb, Croatia, 2022.06
Audience Award in Kyoto: 36th Image Forum Festival, Japan, 2022.10

Official Selection (44):
World premiere: 8th New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan, 2021.11
International premiere: PÖFF25 25th Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, 2021.11
Official invitation film, Closing Film: 2nd Tatsuno International Film Festival, Japan, 2021.11
Openeing film of the International Animated Feature Films competition: 21st Future Film Festival, Italy, 2021.12
76th Mainichi Film Awards the Animation Film Award and the Ōfuji Noburō Award, Japan, 2021.12
25th Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2022.03
Portuguese premiere: 21st MONSTRA - Lisbon Animation Festival, Portugal, 2022.03
South American Premiere: 18th Fantaspoa - International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre
Brazil, 2022.05
Czech Premiere: 21st International Animation Film Festival ANIFILM, Czech Republic, 2022.05
North American Premiere: 20th Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Canada, 2022.05
German Premier: 22nd Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival, Germany, 2022.05
Bulgarian Premier: 13rd International Animation Film Festival - Golden Kuker Sofia, Bulgaria, 2022.05
Croatian Premier: 46th World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb, Croatia, 2022.06
French Premiere: 61st Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France, 2022.06
Polish Premiere: 13th Animator: International Animated Film Festival, Poland, 2022.07
Kosovo Premiere: 12th Anibar International Animation Festival, Kosovo, 2022.07
US Premiere: 40th Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2022, US, 2022.08
12th Beijing International Film Festival, China, 2022.08
1st Hiroshima Animation Season 2022, Japan, 2022.08
20th Imaginaria, Italy, 2022.08
Russian Premiere: 44th Moscow International Film Festival, Russia, 2022.08
African Premiere: 13th CELLUDROID film festival, South Africa, 2022.09
Festival Tecnica Mista, Italy, 2022.09
Switzerland Premiere: 20th FANTOCHE International Animation Film Festival, Schweiz, 2022.09
Bulgarian Premier: 18th World Festival of Animated Film, Varna 2022, Bulgaria, 2022.09
46h Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada, Ottawa, 2022.09
36th Image Forum Festival, Japan, 2022.09
Holand Premier: 16th CAMERA JAPAN Festival, Holland, 2022.09
Taiwan Premiere: 8th Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan, 2022.09
17th Sardinia Film Festival, Italy, 2022.09-10
Slovakia Premiere: 32nd Biennial of Animation Bratislava, Slovakia, 2022.10
Belgium Premiere: 2nd Electric Shadows Asian Film Festival, Belgium, 2022.10
Spanish Premiere: 55th SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain, 2022.10
South Korean Premiere: 24th Bucheon International Animation Festival, Korea, 2022.10
Singapore Premiere: 39th Japanese Film Festival 2022, Singapore, 2022.10
Egypt Premiere: 13th Cairo International Animation Forum, Egypt, 2022.10
16th Big Cartoon Festival, Russian, 2022.10-11
17th InDPanda International Film Festival, China, 2022.11
46th CINANIMA - International Animated Film Festival, Portugal, 2022.11
20th Ravenna Nightmare Film Festival, Italy, 2022.11
20th Ottobre Giapponese, Italy, 2022.11
53rd International Film Festival of India 2022 - IFFI Goa, India, 2022.11
20th Anilogue International Animation Festival, Hungary, 2022.11
19th Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia, 2022.11-12
29th International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima, Poland, 2022.11-12
13th Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran, 2024.03

Exibition:
SDGsxARTs Exibition, 2021.07.22-08.31, University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan » Site
25th Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2022.09.16-26



Reviews:
»2021: Dozens of Norths (Ikuta no kita) | Animación para adultos | by Ray Laguna | 2022 | Spain
»Zagreb Festival 2022 Part 1 Winners | Big Cartoon Festival Blog | by Dina Goder | 2022.07 | Russia
»"BLINK BLANK # 5" | FILMS & SÉRIES Pléthore de nords Yamamura Kôji "Dans les limbes de l’imaginaire" | by Jacques Kermabon | April 2022 | France
»Asian Movie Pules by Marina D. Richter
»DMovies by Redmond Bacon
»Note by Nejimura89
»Filmarks 幾多の北 (Japan)
»豆瓣电影 万千北方 (Chine)
»FILMEXPLORER | Text: Giuseppe Di Salvatore | 10 September, 2022 | Switzerland
»Kinema-jyunpo" Early March 2023 No.1916 | Caricature Diary 185 All genres are closely intertwined technically | Tatsuya Masutou | 2023.02.20 | Japan
»Unseen Films | Dozens of Norths (2021) | Steve Kopian | 2023.03.26 |

Press: Interview:
The 25th Japan Media Arts Festival »"The Fourth Wall" Grand Prize in Animation Division, "Ikuta no Kita" Excellence Award, Talk Session, Media Arts Current Contents, 2022.12.28
"BLINK BLANK #3", April 2021, France »Site
Interview: "InCG Issue 47:Non-creative thinking of animators", June 2021, Taiwan »Site
Interview: Gifu Shimbun's 140th Anniversary Project "HIBINO EARTH PAPER 2021", 26 September 2021, Japan