IN KYOTO/Program

Animation of the World 02
-Award Winning Titles of Hiroshima International Animation Festival

Wednesday 23rd November, 18:20 - 19:30

(1) The Old Man and the Sea

Directed by : Alexandre Petrov / 1999 / 21’15” / Russia, Canada, Japan

HIROSHIMA 2000 / Special Prize

An animated version of Ernest Hemingway’s story “The Old Man and the Sea”.

(2) Birdcalls

Directed by : Malcom Sutherland / 2006 / 4’58” / Canada

HIROSHIMA ’06 / Debut Prize

While checking messages on an answering machine, the written languages of birds come alive to show us a birds point of view.

(3) Franz Kafka

Directed by : Piotr Dumala / 1991 / 18’00” / Poland

HIROSHIMA ’92 / Category G(15-30min.) 1st

A film inspired by Franz Kafka’s “Diary” as well as his novels and letters. An
attempt to show his physical life; his artistic way throughout his life and the worldseen through his eyes when he was a child, a teenager, through the time of his sexual initiation and maturity until his complete isolation. We see characters from Kafka’s novels, scenes from his home life and his world of dreams and imagination.

(4) Instinct

Directed by:Rao Heidmets /2003/10:25/Estonia

HIROSHIMA 04/Special Prize

What happens when the Maker loses control over His Creation and if it starts to obey following its own will? Highly recommended for everyone involved in cloning, A.I., and otherwise witty people.

(5) Repete

Directed by:Michaela Pavlatova /1995/9:09/Czech Rep.

HIROSHIMA 96/Grand Prize

We are all part of a mechanism that determines our lives. Three couples - red, green and blue - long to break free from their routine.