Animation DayIN TOKYO
"Animation of the World 1
- Award Winning Titles of Hiroshima International Animation Festival"
Sat. 13th Oct. 16:40 〜
A special screening of 7 award winning titles from the past fourteen Hiroshima Festival, including Grand Prix and Hiroshima Prize.
(1) Metamorph
Directed by ：Rastko Ciric 2005 / 10:39 / Serbia
HIROSHIMA ’06 / International Special Jury Prize
An account of a life cycle of the Metamoph, a considerably strange, ever changing creature.
(2) Madame Tutli-Putli
Directed by ： Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski 2007 / 17:15 / Canada
HIROSHIMA ’08 / International Special Jury Prize
Madame Tutli-Putli boards the night train, weighed down by all her earthly possessions and the ghosts of her past. She travels alone, facing both the kindness and menace of strangers. As day descends into dark, she finds herself caught up in a desparate metaphysical adveture. Adrift between real and imagined worlds, Madame Tutli-Putli confronts her demons and is drawn into an undertow of mystery and suspense.
(3) Apple Pie
Directed by ： Isabelle Favez 2006 / 9:23 / Switzerland
HIROSHIMA ’06 / Special Prize
A baker falls in love with the butcher, but the hunter's dog muddles her plans.
(4) Britannia
Directed by ： Joanna Quinn 1993 / 5:00 / U.K.
HIROSHIMA ’94 / Categoty E(within 5min.) 1st
“Britannia” takes a satirical look at the British character and how, in pursuit of wealth and
power, it has robbed other nations of their pride and natural wealth. However, in the end,
justice is done.
(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) The Ride to the Abyss
Directed by ： Georges Schwizgebel 1992 / 4:00 / Switzerland
HIROSHIMA ’92 / Categoty E (within 5min.) 2nd
Two riders on galloping horses, they disappear, then reappear alternating with other animated images moving to the same rhythm as their own.
(7) Balance
Directed by ： Wolfgang Lauenstein, Christoph Lauenstein
1989 / 7:40 / Germany
HIROSHIMA ’90 / Categoty F(within 15min.)1st
Five figures are moving upon a floating platform. It only can be kept in balance, when all persons apportion their weight on the platform evenly. . .
(8) The Village
Directed by ： Mark Baker 1993 / 14:00 / U.K.
HIROSHIMA ’94 / Hiroshima Prize
A small isolated village viewed from the outside is a picture of peace and tranquility. But the
reality is slowly revealed as envy, greed and gossip are pushed to the limit.
(9) Milch
Directed by ： Igor Kovalyov 2005 / 15:30 / Russia, U.S.A.
HIROSHIMA ’06 / Grand Prize
A boy discovers love and comes face to face with the mortality of his family. The film speaks of this through a web of oblique details, attempting to capture the flesh of relations and, perhaps, the very tenshion of being.