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Program / Oko Kominkan

15-12 Kitaoko-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City 734-0042
tel: 082-254-6731
http://www.hitomachi.city.hiroshima.jp/oko-k/    (in Japanese only)

Mon. 12th Nov., 11:30am -

(1), 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.)
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(2), Ryan
Directed by:Chris Landreth /2004/13:50/Canada
HIROSHIMA 04/Renzo Kinoshita Prize

A gentleman panhandler. A pioneer of Canadian animation. Oscar nominee. Poor beggar. An artist unable to create. God observing the world. Fallen angel. Arrogant. Shy. Broken. Not destroyed.


(3), Loop Pool
Directed by:Daiki Aizawa /2004/2:59/Japan
HIROSHIMA ?04/International Special Jury Prize

The repetition of a rhythm of life in a tiny pond.


(4), Nibbles
Directed by:Christopher Hinton /2003/4:45/U.S.A.
HIROSHIMA 04/Special Prize

Based on the true story of a father who takes his sons on a fishing trip in the untamed forests of Montreal, this hilarious animated short is a paean to the joys of family travel and the multiple wonders of fast food. Nibbles presents the unvarnished truth about the pleasures of the road, the beauty of nature, and the unbridled desire for food consumption that lies at the heart of every family outing.


(5), One Day a Man Bought a House
Directed by:Pjotr Sapegin /1998/7:08/Norway
HIROSHIMA 2000/Hiroshima Prize

One day a man bought a house in the city section of Kampen. But someone was already living there...,


(6), Nyurka's Bath
Directed by:Oksana Cherkassova /1995/10:32/Russia
HIROSHIMA 96/International Special Jury Prize

A film about a traditional bathe before a wedding ceremony in Russia.
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(7), The Mermaid
Directed by:Alexander Petrov /1996/10:33/Russia
HIROSHIMA 98/Hiroshima Prize

In a lonely hut there live an old monk and his young novice. Many years ago, the old man betrayed his bride and she committed suicide. Now the girl reappeared as a mermaid to revenge herself upon him for his treachery by the most crafty and terrible way.


(8), Father and Daughter
Directed by:Michael Dudok de Wit /2000/8:30/U.K.
HIROSHIMA 02/Grand Prize

A father says goodbye to his young daughter and leaves.She awaits his return for days, seasons, years...