Animation DayIN TOKYO/Program
International Animation Day 2013 in TOKYO
Mon. 4th Nov. 13:00 〜
(1) The Young Girl and the Clouds
Directed by : Georges Schwizgebel / 2000 / 4’30” / Switzerland
HIROSHIMA ’02 / Special Prize
The adventures of Cinderella told in several scenes and cloud images.
(2) The Man Who Was Planting Trees
Directed by : Frédéric Back / 1987 / 30’00” / Canada
HIROSHIMA ’87 / Grand Prize
A story of a man existed in Provence, South France, who continually planted trees on deserted ground from before the World War Ⅰ to after the World War Ⅱ to bring green back there. Written by Jean Giono, and narrated by a French well-known actor Phillippe Noiret.
(3) Achilles
Directed by:Barry J.C. Purves /1995/11:17/U.K.
HIROSHIMA 96/Special Prize
Following nine years of war between Greeks and Trojans stress begins to destroy the complex relationship between the temperamental Greek leader Achilles and his loyal, impetuous lover Patroclus until tragedy is inevitable. The film use puppets modelled on classical Greek sculptures.
(4) The Ten Commandments:
Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbour's Wife
Directed by:Phil Mulloy /1995/9:35/U.K.
HIROSHIMA 96/Special Prize
"The Ten Commandments" takes the commandments and re-interprets them in humorously unexpected and thought provoking ways.
(5) L’Aréne
Directed by : Nicolas Jacquet / 1998 / 2’34” / France
HIROSHIMA ’98 / Renzo Kinoshita Prize
It’s milking time. A man chases his cow into a corral inhabited by a bull. The man is sandwiched, a victim of natural instincts between the two beasts.
(6) The Albatross
Directed by : Paul Bush / 1998 / 14’57” / U.K.
HIROSHIMA ’98 / Special Prize
A ship sets sail on an epic voyage and one man alone survives. Based on ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ by Samuel Taylor Coleridge illustrated by 19th century wood engravings which are animated by scratching directly onto colour filmstock.
(7) 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.