16min 10sec, 4096 × 1716 pixel, music by Makoto Itabashi
Synopsis: Our common pain, although experienced individually and uniquely, is what connects us. It is the ambiguity and variety of our existence that allows us to imagine an infinity of variables, some of these alternatives may be malignant, and some benign.
Synopsis: Our common pain, although experienced individually and uniquely, is what connects us. It is the ambiguity and variety of our existence that allows us to imagine an infinity of variables, some of these alternatives may be malignant, and some benign.
他者の痛みは体験できない。それでも共通の痛みという幻想によって繋がり合うことはできる。想像することは祈ることに似ている。しかし同時に暴力的でもある。当事者性を奪い合う時代において、想像することの暴力性は増大していく。
Prizes
2023.09.05 Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland < High Risk Award >
05.24 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, USA < Best Animation >
06.10 Animafest Zagreb, Croatia < Jury’s Special Mention >
10.14 Animatou Film Festival, Switzerland < Jury’s Special Mention >
05.24 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, USA < Best Animation >
06.10 Animafest Zagreb, Croatia < Jury’s Special Mention >
10.14 Animatou Film Festival, Switzerland < Jury’s Special Mention >
Screenings
2023.03.31 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival
04.19 35th Filmfest Dresden, Germany
05.24 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, USA
05.28 63rd Krakow Film Festival, Poland
05.28 Vienna Shorts, Austria
06.06 Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
06.10 Animafest Zagreb, Croatia
06.20 20th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria
07.21 Aegean Film Festival, Greece
07.25 ANIMAPHIX International Animated Film Festival, Italy
08.19 Sidewalk Film Festival, Switzerland
08.25 Silhouette Film Festival, France
09.05 Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland
09.14 Seoul Indie-AniFest, South Korea
09.21 Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada
09.27 Encounters Film Festival, UK
10.04 Bolton International Film Festival, UK
10.14 Animatou Film Festival, Switzerland
11.03 PÖFF Shorts, Estonia
11.09 St. Louis International Film Festival, USA
11.13 Cinanima International Animated Film Festival, Portugal
11.21 Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Poland
04.19 35th Filmfest Dresden, Germany
05.24 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival, USA
05.28 63rd Krakow Film Festival, Poland
05.28 Vienna Shorts, Austria
06.06 Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, Germany
06.10 Animafest Zagreb, Croatia
06.20 20th IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria
07.21 Aegean Film Festival, Greece
07.25 ANIMAPHIX International Animated Film Festival, Italy
08.19 Sidewalk Film Festival, Switzerland
08.25 Silhouette Film Festival, France
09.05 Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Switzerland
09.14 Seoul Indie-AniFest, South Korea
09.21 Ottawa International Animation Festival, Canada
09.27 Encounters Film Festival, UK
10.04 Bolton International Film Festival, UK
10.14 Animatou Film Festival, Switzerland
11.03 PÖFF Shorts, Estonia
11.09 St. Louis International Film Festival, USA
11.13 Cinanima International Animated Film Festival, Portugal
11.21 Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Poland