IN TOKYO

"Animation of the World 2
- Award Winning Titles of Hiroshima International Animation Festival"

Sun. 14th Oct. 15:00 〜

A special screening of 8 award winning titles from the past fourteen Hiroshima Festival, including Grand Prix and Hiroshima Prize.

(1) Revolver

Directed by ： Jonas Odell, Stig Bergqvist, Lars Ohlson, Martti Enstrand
1993 / 7:53 / Sweden

HIROSHIMA ’94 / International Special Jury Prize

A short history of the passing of time.

(2) The Suspect

Directed by ： Jose Miguel Ribeiro　1999 / 24:45 / Portugal

HIROSHIMA 2000 / International Special Jury Prize

A train compartment, four people, a ticket collector, a Swiss Army knife and a potential assassin. Will they all make it to the end of the journey?

(3) KJFG No.5

Directed by ： Alexey Alekseev　2007 / 2:00 / Hungary

HIROSHIMA ’08 / International Special Jury Prize

Three "professional" musicians, the Bear, the Rabbit and the Wolf, are practicing their art in the forrest, but suddenly the hunter turns up on the scene. . .

(4) The Glove

Directed by ： Juan Pablo Zaramella　　2001 / 9:53 / Argentina

HIROSHIMA ’02 / Special Prize

It is the story of one who is mysteriously chosen to receive a strange box with a glove inside. From that moment on he becomes a part of a plan that may change his life forever.

(5) Quiet Story

Directed by ： Alexei Demin　　2003 / 10:00 / Alexei Demin

HIROSHIMA ’04 / Special Prize

A bear cub fails to listen to his mother and gets lost in a forest, where he meets a big fir that looks like his mother.

(6) Divers In The Rain

Directed by ： Priit Parn, Olga Parn　　2010 / 23:19 / Estonia

HIROSHIMA ’10 / Hiroshima Prize

This is a story about an everyday diver and a night dentist. Their kisses are always good-bye kisses. He is a diver and he has to dive. She is tired and has to sleep. But there are no silent places in her dreams. And a big ship is slowly sinking in the rain. Nobody knows when it is time for the last cigarette.

(7) Ex-Child

Directed by ： Jacques Drouin　　 1994 / 4:49 / Canada

HIROSHIMA ’96 / Special Prize

A soldier burst into a quiet country home and demands to enlist a 13-year-old boy and his father. The country is at war. Unable to comprehend the magnitude of war, they boy proudly flaunts his gun, puffed up with self-importance. What will bring him back to reality?

(8) Father and Daughter

Directed by ： Michael Dudok de Wit　　2000 / 8:30 / The Netherlands, U.K.

HIROSHIMA ’02 / Grand Prize

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