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New Feature Animation project Dozens of Norths co-production with MIYU in France Yammaura Animaton and MIYU Produstions in Frenchas produce Yamamura Koji's a new feature animation Dozens of Norths that is based on cover images and text of Monthly Bungaku-Kai (2012-2014), Bungeishunju. Running time is 64 minutes. This movie's music by Dutch indie jazz musician Willem Breukerand sound design is Kasamatsu 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 perception changes shape little by little. >Official Site >Traler on Vimeo >2KTrailer on YouTube >4KTrailer on YouTube   Official Selection: World premiere: 8th New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan, November 2021 International premiere: PÖFF25 25th Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia, November 2021 |
New Animation short Polar Bear Bears Boredom 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. Using the short rhythm of the poem, you will enjoy the various sea animals' thoughts and life. This rhyme verse in both English and Japanese at same means and this film is continued in one scene and one cut for 7 minutes. >Trailer Vimeo 2K >Trailer YouTube 4K >Official Site Officila Selection: 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 3rd Feinaki Beijing Animation Week 2021, China, 2021.11 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 10th Tindirindis International Animation Film, Lithuania, 2021.11 7th Animalis Fabula Film Festival, US, 2021.11 5th FEEDBACK Animation Film & Screenplay Festival, US, 2021.12 |
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| April 2021 T-Short 2021 Festival Chair Jury, 2021.04.07-04.30 https://t-short.net/festival/site-pages/jury |
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| YAMAMURA Koji Works Archive Yamamura Animation are producing YAMAMURA Koji's Archive website since 2020. It is suported by Agency for Cultural Affairs, Goverment of Japan, Media Archive project. A Material photographs are published mainly focusing on the original works of animation artist Yamamura Koji. Currently around 10,300 images can be viewed. >YAMAMURA Koji Works Archive       |
New Animation short & Picture book Dreams into Drawing Short animation / 23rd August 2019 / 10min 10sec / Japan / 5.1ch, Stereo / Vista / 4K / Dialogue: English, Japanese Synopsis The painter KUWAGATA KEISAI lived over 200 years ago. He illustrated Ways to Sketch a series of picture books depicting humans and animals, all richly expressed. One day he was sketching a carp when suddenly he fell asleep and, in his dream, transfigured into a carp. The carp was enjoying his swim, but when a fisherman caught him things suddenly took a turn for the worse... Awards: Best Animated Short Film (from 1 to 10 min): 11th International Animation Film Festival - Golden Kuker Sofia, Bulgaria, 2020 Special Mention of the Jury: “for the artistic value of animation”: 18th Imaginaria – Int. animated film festival, Italy, 2020 Official Site: www.yamamura-animation.jp/yumeminoe.html  DVD2020.05 Yamamura Animation General customer sales: Amazon Disc on Demand Library, audiovisual library, commercial use sales: BBB Sale in Japan  Picture BookKodomo no Tomo February 2021 issue Text & Illustration: Yamamura Koji Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers 2021.02.01 |