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

Thursday, 8th November, at 19:40 - 20:50

(1) 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.


(2) In Dividu
Directed by : Nicle Hewitt / 1999 / 7’33” / Croatia.
HIROSHIMA 2000 / Special International Jury Prize

Deconstruction, decomposition and dislocation of the living and the dead.


(3) The Tight-Rope Walker
Directed by : Roberto Catani / 2002 / 6’13” / Italy
HIROSHIMA ’02 / Special Prize

A woman lives her life like a Tight-Rope Walker.


(4) The Heart is a Metronome
Directed by : Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo / 2007 / 4’30” / France
HIROSHIMA ’08 / Debut Prize

A quick-tempered father argues with his son for the last time. The child decides to leave the family home. Dancing is the high point of the exchanges between the two characters because it is their only mean of communication.


(5) 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.


(6) 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”.