U-SA-GUI

usagi ga kowai

Kurashige Tetsuji | Japan | 2002 | 13' |

| IFFR 2003

A perverted gourmet boardgame in which two rabbits and a young girl turn up. The story of a girl entrusted to a rabbit. ‘When I was still a child, I unexpectedly fell asleep during a meal. This work is the expression of such a desire and of desire in general.’ A very elegant, introverted and refined animation film that is a long way away from the usual Japanese anime for children.

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wüstenspringmaus
main programme short
‘The desert rat has for a long time been associated with new-world capitalism because of its inexhaustible energy.’
Pellet
main programme short
About a man, a woman and the deeper significance of an owl’s pellets.
The Frog Who Admired the Cow
main programme short
A contemporary reworking in animation of a fable by Aesop.
Blues Stories
main programme short
The Blues à la français.
American Pork
main programme short
The pig-rearing industry looked at in a realistic and hence not-very-comforting way.
Praise! Praise!! Praise!!!
main programme short
A life story, private obsessions, but above all cats – and then mainly cats’ eyes.
Chirpy
main programme short
A hilarious animation love story between a horse and a canary.