
Japanese Animation Scene - The CALF Collective (2012)
The first of two programs that open the window - at least a little - on what's going on in the young Japanese animation scene. The CALF Collective is a small group of young Japanese indie animators that decided to pool resources and take their work to the world under a single banner. It's worked extremely well with CALF screenings of one kind or another in a vast array of festivals around the world in the last 18 months. And now it's our turn to check out this group of Japanese indie animation trendsetters.
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The Mechanism Of Spring Atsushi Wada Upside down turtles, rotating frog wheels and a deer sniffing a t-shirt. Spring is in the air. Japan
Runtime: 4:12Year: 2011 |
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Consultation Room Kei Oyama A lonely moment in a consultation room - the indications are not good. But the news isn't made any better by turning it all into a macabre stage play. Japan
Runtime: 8:44Year: 2005 |
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Playground Mirai Mizue A graceful collection of intricately created abstract creatures comes out to play. Japan
Runtime: 3:49Year: 2011 |
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The Thaw Kei Oyama The slow journey towards thawing is part natural phenomena, part frightening inner battle. Japan
Runtime: 6:45Year: 2004 |
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Beluga Shin Hashimoto A magnificently macabre, deliciously dark vision of the inner demons that race around the mind of a little match-seller condemned to the cold and dark. Japan
Runtime: 5:27Year: 2011 |
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Jam Mirai Mizue The increasingly varied the sounds, the greater is the number of creatures. Japan
Runtime: 2:37Year: 2009 |
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Hand Soap Kei Oyama Some moments take a lot more cleaning up after than others. Just as some moments are harder to explain than others. Japan
Runtime: 15:50Year: 2008 |
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Steps Tochka An ingeniously simple idea brilliantly executed. The most fun you can have in a room with a few flashlights and some fake steps! Japan
Runtime: 1:56Year: 2010 |
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Modern No.2 Mirai Mizue An elegant, almost art-deco-ish piece of rolling geometrical imagery from the master of the form. Japan
Runtime: 4:09Year: 2011 |