Japanese Animation Trips
Combined programme
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IFFR 2006
Curated by Ken Okubo Refined selection made by Japanese film connoisseur Ken Okubo from the best that Japanese avant-garde animation has to offer. Works by a master with an imposing oeuvre, such as Kurosaka Keita, but also with young students of Okubo. Scratching dreams and flowing nightmares. Trips as explosive fireworks through the subconscious.
In this combined programme
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Yellow Night
Great scratching. Don’t think of a story or significance for a while. And look. Aren’t the drawings beautiful. -
Trip
Cheerfully sketched dream. Abstract, okay, but above all not too serious. Daydream and keep trying at the same time. A surprise. -
Souvenirs of Japan
Black & white brushstroke images of an appealing souvenir stall. The world comes together in front of this stall. And the old woman sees and… -
French
Paris seen through the eyes of a Japanese absinthe drinker. A hallucinogenic world of prints. -
Sea Roar
Fairytale animation fantasy about a fishing village. In reality it is peaceful, but in the hands of this animation master, it becomes an intriguing ni