Dates of events
Venue :
Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts, Klap Cinema
Collection of Japanese films awarded at international festivals presented by the director Sayoko Kinoshita, the head of the International Animation Festival in Hiroshima
AGE OF OBSCURE, 2015, 3´50´´ Direction: Mirai Mizue, Hana Ono
FUTON, 2013, 6´26´´ Direction: Yoriko Mizushiri
GYMNASIUMANY, 2014, 5´ Direction: Yoshihisa Nakanishi
WAKARANAI BUTA, 2010, 10´10´´ Direction: Atsushi Wada
KAFKA INAKA ISHA, 2007, 20´56´´ Direction: Koji Yamamura
LAUGHIN MOON, WARAU TSUKI, 2000, 6´ Direction: Kiyoshi Nishimoto
RINKAKU, 2012, 6´ Direction: Keita Kurosaka
SCRAPLAND, 2006, 4´ Direction: Dino Sato
NATSU NO GERO WA HUYU NO SAKANA, 2016, 3´ Direction: Sawako Kabuki
TSUMIKI NO LE, 2008, 12´8´´ Direction: Kunio Kato
Sayoko Kinoshita, Japan
Syoko Kinoshita is an animation director and producer. Together with her partner Renzo Kinoshita, she makes independent documentary animation shorts. Their films have received many prizes at various international festivals.
Since 1960s, she has been working energetically on the development of animation art, including education, research and promotion. In 1985, together with Renzo, she founded the first international animation festival Hiroshima in Asia, endorsed by ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film d’Animation) and she has been the festival director since then.
She has just finished the 17th year of HIROSHIMA 2018 that took place in August with much success and the next 18th HIROSHIMA 2020 will be held in August 2020.
Sayoko was the President of ASIFA from 2006 to 2009 and she is the vice-president of ASIFA now as well as the president of ASIFA-Japan, advisor of Japan Society of Animation Studies, visiting professor at Osaka University of Arts, member of the board of Joshibi University of Art and Design, president of International Animation Library and president of Studio Lotus.
