October 28th at Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Library
(500 yen for Adults, 250 yen for Children )
Sat. 3rd November (Bunka-no-hi, Culture Day - National Holiday in Japan),
is admission Free.
Sun. 28th Oct., (1)10:30am -, (2)2:00pm -,
(1) Virtuoso
Directed by: Ilja Novak 1983/7:00/Czechoslovakia
HIROSHIMA '85 Category F(Made for Children) 1st Place
An ambitions mother tries to make her son practice the piano, but his virtuosity lies in other directions, such as inventing methods to keep away from the piano.
(2) How to Become a Man
Directed by: Vladimir Petkevitch 1988/19:36/U.S.S.R.
HIROSHIMA '90 Special International Jury Prize
It's a story of an old devil intending to do good things. With this purpose he contacted an old priest begging the latter to teach him how to do it. However, the world in which the devil found himself was much more complicated and contradictory than he expected. Thus, the devil filed to realize what the good deeds and truth are.
(3) Spring
Directed by: Silke Parzich 1996/4:17/Germany
HIROSHIMA '98 Special Prize
A thousand green forks, twelve prancing white chairs and a table celebrate the rites of spring. (It is a kind of music-clip to Vivaldi's most famous music.)
(4) Fish Never Sleep
Directed by: Gaelle Denis 2003/6:18/U.K.
HIROSHIMA 2004 Special International Jury Prize
A film merging the fluid, sleepless lives of captured fish and a girl whose exhaustion goes unrelieved. Naoko is a complete insomniac. She tries everything to sleep. She works in her own sushi restaurant and lives close to the Tsukiji Market in Tokyo, the biggest fish market in the world. Why do the fish never sleep then?
(5) Balloon
Directed by: Ken Lidster 1991/12:00/U.K.
HIROSHIMA '92 Category B(Debut) 2nd Place
A little girl and her balloon meet the changing form of a darkness in a humorous struggle between good and evil.
(6) Dog
Directed by: Suzie Templeton 2001/5:40/U.K.
HIROSHIMA 2002 Hiroshima Prize
A young boy longs for reassurance about how his mother died.
(7) Apple Pie
Directed by: Isabelle Favez 2006/9:23/Switzerland
HIROSHIMA 2006 Special Prize
A baker falls in love with the butcher, but the hunter's dog muddles her plans.
(8) The Mighty River
Directed by: Frédéric Back 1994/24:00/Canada
HIROSHIMA '94 Grand Prize
The poetic vision of Frederic Back gazes lovingly on the waters that find their way to the wide-open sea, the waters of the majestic Saint Lawrence River.