Acclaimed
independent animator Kōji Yamamura
will be presenting a selection of works by recent graduates of the animation graduate
programme of Tokyo University of the Arts (Geidai) at Nippon Connection 2014. The students are supervised by Yamamura
himself, animation producer Mitsuko
Okamoto, who
last year presented a selection of works at NC2013, and stop motion
animator Yūichi Itō (i-toon.org). Other animators who teach at the school
include Taruto Fuyama of Koma Koma Lab, who is currently
developing stop motion animation software, and Royal College of Arts graduate Hiromitsu Murakami.
Here are the
9 films that will be screened at Nippon
Connection 2014. The film
descriptions and student profiles were provided by Geidai’s Graduate
School of Film and New Media. I have added official websites/blogs/twitter handles if you'd like to learn more about these up-and-coming East Asian artists. I just saw some of these films at Stuttgart 2014 and there are some real gems that I will write about in the near future.
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2014
Time: 17:30
Venue: Naxoshalle Kino, Frankfurt am Main
For Tickets: Nippon Connection
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2014
Time: 17:30
Venue: Naxoshalle Kino, Frankfurt am Main
For Tickets: Nippon Connection
Catherine Munroe Hotes
Everyday Sins (日々の罪悪/Hibi no Zaiaku, 2014)
Guilty is an
art university student who is slacking off on her school work and feels
horrible about it. Plus, she's confused about her family and Christianity, and
she can't even get her ex-boyfriend to accept a small present she bought for
him.
Yewon Kim キム・イェオン
Filmography:
"Little Sweetheart" 2010, "LANGUAGE" 2011, "My
Frame" 2013, "Everyday Sins" 2014
Biography: Born in Republic of Korea, 1988. Graduated
from Korea Animation High school, Department of Animation in 2006. Tokyo Polytechnic
University, Department of Animation (2011). Tokyo University of the Arts,
Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation 2014).
Flower Bud (花芽/ Haname, 2014)
The
uncertainty, struggles, and joy of the moment upon becoming an adult. Between
lullabies and songs I hum to myself. Between a man and myself. That subtle
flickering in a single instant, forgotten once it is over. Never forget that moment. . .
Saki Nakano 中野咲
Fimography: “Fragments
of One” 2012, “Ream” 2013
Biography: Born
in Gunma, 1988. Joshibi University of
Design. Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media,
Department of Animation (2014).
PAMON (パモン, 2014)
PAMON are
magical and mysterious creatures who can move the hair on their head however
they wish, and communicate using their chest hair. This tale takes a peek at an
ordinary day for the PAMON.
Kazushige Tōma 当真一茂
Filmography:
"BANABANAFRIENDS of Work" 2010 "Scary of crack of Work"
2011, "Happy fluffy time of Work" 2013
Biography: Born
in Okinawa, 1988. Okinawa Prefectural
University of the Arts, Department of Design and Crafts Design (2012). Tokyo
University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of
Animation (2014).
Mrs. KABAGOdZILLA (ミセス・カバゴジラ, 2014)
“Mrs.
KABAGodZILLA had a daughter whose feet and arms looked just like her own.”
Mother and child were always together, but the mother's hospitalization makes
the daughter remember the past, and think a little about what lies ahead.
Moe Koyano 小谷野萌 https://www.youtube.com/user/MoyanoKOE
Filmography:
"Kyu-ri" (2010), "No Sound, I'm Here." (2011), "OPENIT"
(2012), "My Dear Flesh" (2013)
Biography: Born
in Tokyo, 1989. Tokyo Polytechnic
University, Department of Animation (2012). Tokyo University of the Arts,
Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation (2014).
Lonesome Hero (ひとりぼっちのヒーロー/Hitori botchi no hīrō, 2014)
This is for
children who couldn't be on their own. And, for the time when you're older and
you've forgotten your determination to be on your own.
Manami Wakai 若井麻奈美 http://jitojito.ninja-web.net/top.html
Filmography:
"TRAIANGLE", 2010 "Daily Lives at Daisy Lodge", 2013
Biography: Born
in Kanagawa, 1989. Tama Art University, Department
of Paintings, Oil paintings (2012). Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate
School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation (2014).
00:08 (2014)
This piece
takes 8 seconds, and creates intervals between the frames, and then makes them
bigger. It's about expansion and enlargement, not the passage of time. 8
seconds becomes that much more luxuriant.
Yūtarō Kubo 久保雄太郎 https://twitter.com/yutaro960
Filmography:
"crazy for it" 2012, "Kicking Rocks" 2013
Biography: Born
in Oita, 1990. Polytechnic University,
Department of Animation (2012). Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School
of Film and New Media, Department of Animation (2014).
Crazy Little Thing (澱みの騒ぎ/Yodomi no Sakagi, 2014)
The two of
them, all alone at home. All alone with her father's corpse. Memories, ideals,
and reality all sink beneath the muck. Everyone is alone. Everyone is in
solitude.
Onohana
小野ハナ
(Hana Ono) http://ginkgo.raindrop.jp/
Filmography:
"Do as the Fish Tells You" 2013
Biography: Born
in Iwate, 1986. Iwate University,
Department of education, Art and Culture (2009). Tokyo University of the Arts,
Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation (2014).
Exit My Room (おでかけ/Odekake, 2014)
He lives his
life everyday like it's nothing special. Today he eats, gets dressed, and heads
out once again.
Ayaho Kawakami 川上彩穂 http://moment-moment.tumblr.com/
Filmography:
"I'm nothing" (2013)
Biography: Born
in 1989. Tokyo University of Agriculture
and Technology, Department of Ecoregion Science (2012). Graduated from the
Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department
of Animation (2014).
My Milk Cup Cow (コップの中の子牛/Koppu no naka no Koushi, 2014)
Father tells
his 4-year-old daughter Nunu that there's a cow at the bottom of her milk cup.
Nunu believes him and drinks all of her milk, but there is no cow. Nunu
gradually stops believing her father, who constantly tells her various lies.
Yantong Zhu 朱彦潼 https://twitter.com/marumaru_ken
Filmography:
"Loft" 2010, "The Man Who Ate an Apple" 2012
Biography: Born
in Nanjing China, 1988. After graduating from Nanjing University of Finance and
Economics, Department of Adverting in 2010, Zhu came to Japan and started
making animated shorts. Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film
and New Media, Department of Animation (2014).
Adapted from
official press notes provided to Nippon
Connection 2014 by Geidai Graduate School of Film and New Media
Catherine Munroe Hotes 2014