09 May 2016

A Wild Patience - Indie Animated Shorts by Women


A Wild Patience - Indie Animated Shorts by Women
Sunday, May 29, 17:15 Naxoshalle Kino (buy tickets)

For this year’s Nippon Connection (May 24-29, 2016) I have curated a selection of films by women animators.  It used to be a rarity for women directors to feature on animation programmes but in recent years, they have become a force to be reckoned with on the indie animation scene.  This selection of rare and new animated shorts celebrates some of Japan’s most innovative women animators from indie pioneer Sayoko Kinoshita, co-founder of the Hiroshima International Animation Festival to up-and-coming young artist Chihiro Sato

Germany-based animator Maya Yonesho will be on hand at the screening for a short Q+A.  Many thanks to Florian Höhr with his assistance in putting this programme together.


Ryukyu Okoku – Made in Okinawa
琉球王国 - MADE IN OKINAWA
Renzo and Sayoko KINOSHITA, 2004, 17’43”


Home Alone
るすばん
Nozomi NAGASAKI, 1996, 4


An Instant
Azuru ISSHIKI, 2004, 3’30


Wiener Wuast
まぜまぜウィーン
Maya YONESHO, 2006, 4’48
Point in Time
Shizuko TABATA, 2013, 547”


Face to Face
お向かいさん
Mika SEIKE, 2007, 8’42


GAKI Biwa hoshi
GAKI琵琶法師
Reiko YOKOSUKA, 2005, 6’00
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Sato no Chihiro
さとうのちひろ
Chihiro SATO, 2004, 4’42



What They Believe
アンケート
Shoko HARA, 2016, 10’20


Chorus
Arisa WAKAMI, 2009, 4’20


Blessing
Arisa WAKAMI, 2011, 2’00


The Fox of Shichigorosawa
七五郎沢の狐
Tune SUGIHARA, 2014, 13’45