Yamamura Animation, Inc.

Best International Animation Short: 1st North London Animation Festival

Polar Bear Bears Boredom

Painted, Animated and Directed by Yamamura Koji
English Supervisor: Michael Lazarin
Digital Work & Producers: Yamamura Koji / sanae
Production: Yamamura Animation
Music: CASIO Toruko Onsen
Written by Yamamura Koji, PKNY & MTG
Composed & Performed by PKNY & MTG
Voice Performed by PKNY / MTG / Chiyaji / Botsu (Dos Monos)
Sound Designer: Takino Masumi
Vocal Recording: Studio oden studio, Recording: Engineer Koizumi Chinatsu
Music Mixer: Motoki Kazunari, Sound Mixing Studio: IYUNO STUDIOS
Re-recoding: Asakura Tsutomu, Assistant: Re-recoding Miyoshi Yusuke
This project enjoyed the NEF Animation Writing Residency in Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud, Odyssée Program - ACCR, with the support of the French Ministry of culture, the French National Center for Cinema and the Moving lmage (CNC) and the French Region Pays de la Loire.

A polar bear who is very bored with various marine animals in the deep blue sea.
It continues an ancient tradition of "Caricatures of Frolicking animals" in scroll painting-style; this time, "Frolicking Sea Animals," in animation form, with a play on Japanese and English language word-plays: "Hokyoku-Guma Suggoku Hima. / Polar bear bears boredom", "Kawauso Kawaisou./Other otter, poor otter," etc.

Awards (8):
Best International Animation Short: 1st North London Animation Festival, UK, 2021.11
BEST OF FEST for SEPTEMBER: 7th Animalis Fabula Film Festival, US, 2021.09
Best Kid’s Animation: 2nd International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo, Japan, 2022.02
Audience award for Best Film for All Ages: 2nd FluXus Animation Film Festival, Netherlands, 2022.08
Special Mention: 6th Animation Marathon, Greece, 2021.11
Special Mention: 10th International animation film festival Tindirindis, Lithuania, 2021.12
Jury Selections: 25th Japan Media Arts Festival, Japan, 2022.03
Special mention of the Jury:20th International Charity Film Festival «Luchezarny Angel≫, Moscow, 2024.11

Official Selection (60):
39th Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, US, 2021.08
17th Korean Independent Animation Film Festival Indie-AniFest2021, Korea, 2021.09
17th World Festival of Animated Film Varna, Bulgaria, 2021.09
6th S.O.F.A Film Festival (Animals, Wildlife, Environment, Conservation), Cyprus, 2021.10
10th ANIMA, Córdoba International Animation Festival, Argentina, 2021.10
11th Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taiwan, 2021.10
1st Children’s International Film Festival of Wales, UK, 2021.10
15th TAIS Animation Showcase 2021, Canada, 2021.10
12th TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival, Georgia, 2021.10
15th Big Cartoon Festival, Russia, 2021.10
14th ANIMANIMA International Animation Festival, Serbia, 2021.11
38th Chicago International Children's Film Festival, US, 2021.11
45th CINANIMA - International Animated Film Festival of Espinho, Portugal, 2021.11
25th Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Canada, 2021.11
15th Sapporo International Short Film Festival, Japan, 2021.11
9th Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, US, 2021.11
28th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima, Poland, 2021.11
14th Piccolo Festival Animazione, Italy, 2021.11
6th Animation Marathon, Greece, 2021.11
5th Children Short Film Festival, UK, 2021.11
7th Animalis Fabula Film Festival, US, 2021.11
4th Panama Animation Festival, Panama, 2021.11
3rd Children's Film Tour, Mexico, 2021.11
5th FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival, US, 2021.12
3rd Feinaki Beijing Animation Week 2021, China, 2021.12
21st Future Film Festival, Italy, 2021.12
10th International animation film festival Tindirindis, Lithuania, 2021.12
3rd Feinaki Beijing Animation Week 2022, China, 2021.12
14th Paris International Animation Film Festival, France, 2022.01
14th BAMkids Film Festival, US, 2022.02
18th Dam Short Film Festival, US, 2022.02
17th Children's Film Festival Seattle, US, 2022.02
8th FINDECOIN – Independent International Short Film Festival "The day is short", Venezuela, 2022.02
26th ANIMAC International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain, 2022.03
Feinaki Spring Animation Carnival, China, 2022.02 in Shanghai, 2022.03 in Hangzhou
10th Animation Dingle 2022, Dublin, 2022.03
21st MONSTRA - Lisbon Animation Festival, Portugal, 2022.03
28th Kineko International Film Festival, Japan, 2022.03
24th New York International Children's Film Festival, US, 2022.03
5th PSIAF Palm Springs Animation Festival, US, 2022.03
16th Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival, US, 2022.04
7th GLAS Animation Festival, US, 2022.04
2nd Happy Valley Animation Festival, US, 2022.04
16th Flatpack Festival, UK, 2022.05
Animatricks International Animation Festival, Finland, 2022.05
Nippon Connection 22nd Japanese Film Festival, Germany, 2022.05
13rd International Animation Film Festival - Golden Kuker Sofia, Bulgaria, 2022.05
11th Big Eyes, Big Minds - Singapore International Children's Film Festival, Singapore, 2022.06
61st Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France, 2022.06
23rd Wiesbaden International Animation Festival 2022, Germany, 2022.06
15th International Animation Festival Fest Anča 2022, Slovakia, 2022.07
The Festival AESON Italy, 2022.07
9th Insomnia International Animation Film Festival, Russian, 2022.07
San Diego International Children’s Film Festival, US, 2022.07
2nd Animist Tallinn 2022, Estonia, 2022.08
10th La Guarimba Film Festival, Italy, 2022.08
2nd FluXus Animation Film Festival, Netherlands, 2022.08
2nd Tulum World Environment Film Festival, Mexico, 2022.08
TULUM WE Film Festival, Mexico, 2022.08
20th FANTOCHE International Animation Film Festival, Schweiz, 2022.09
4th Khem Animation Film Festival, US, 2022.09
33rd Cinemagic International Film Festival, UK, 2022.10
1st Ehime International Film Festival, Japan, 2022.10
6th Still Voices Short Film Festival, Ireland, 2022.11
13th Tehran International Animation Festival, Iran, 2024.03
20th International Charity Film Festival «Luchezarny Angel≫, Moscow, 2024.11

Finalist:
12th Los Angeles Animation Festival, US, 2021.12
Semi-Finalist:
3rd Children Cinema Awards (CCA), Netherlands, 2021.12
23rd Glasgow Short Film Festival, UK, 2022.03
2nd Moscow International Children's Film Festival, Russian, 2022.04
Quarter-Finalist:
2nd AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival, Australia, 2022

Screenings:
"Dozens of Norths" and 3 Shorts, Japan, 2023.01~
24th FilmColumbia in Chatham, 2024.10.26, NY, US »Site

Reviews:
»2021: Polar Bear Bears Boredom (Hokkyoku-Guma Suggoku Hima) | Animación para adultos | Ray Laguna | 2022 | Spain