A Bite of Bone

咬骨

YANO Honami
0:09:45
2021
Japan 日本
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25th Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division New Face Award
第廿五屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭新人奬

There are a number of regions scattered throughout Japan that practice the tradition of honekami (lit. “biting the bones”). Honekami involves eating the bones that remain after cremation so that the deceased becomes part of you, in an attempt to overcome one’s grief. For better or worse, there were families who practiced this tradition on the island I come from. And in my own first experience with death – the death of my father – I too was encouraged to eat one of his bones, but could not bring myself to do it. Still very young, I had no way to come to terms with and accept my father’s death. My memory of the experience is traumatic; the bone I did not eat stayed with me, as if stuck in my throat, and I found myself unable to express the experience in words or forget it.

An old wartime ammunition dump still stands on the island where I was born. The fact that it was an ammunition dump, rather than an air raid shelter, near my childhood home made me feel that I was on the side that imposed death and ruthless violence, rather than on the side that was subjected to it. Reflecting on this experience as an adult, I found there to be a link between my father’s remains and the ammunition dump, and so I decided to confront honekami again.

Through this project, I wanted to face up to the bones I could not eat before by blurring the boundaries between life and death.

在日本各地有某些地區會舉行「咬骨」(Honekami) 的傳統儀式，這個儀式包括吃下火化後剩下的骨頭，這樣逝者便會成為你的一部份，以試圖撫平一個人的傷痛。無論好壞， 在我來自的那個島嶼上是有一些家庭會這樣做的。在我自己第一次接觸死亡 – 我父親的死亡，我也被鼓勵吃掉火化剩下的⻣頭，但我做不到。那時候的我還很年青，我無法理解及接受父親的逝去，我的那部份記憶是創傷，那塊沒被吃進去的骨頭一直伴隨著我，就似是卡在喉嚨裡，我無法用言語去表達這段經歷，也無法忘記。

在我出生的小島上，一個舊的戰時彈藥庫仍然矗立著，重點是它真的是彈藥庫而非防空洞，它讓我覺得自己是站在死亡與無情暴力的那邊，而非受制於人的一邊。成長後我發現我父親的遺骨與這個彈藥庫的存在是有相當連結的，是故我決定再次面對「咬骨」這件事。

通過是次項目，我想要透過模糊掉生死的邊界去面對那根我未能下咬的⻣頭。

Animator and Director 動畫及導演: YANO Honami
Producer監製: YAMAMURA Koji
Assistant Producer助理監製: sanae
Production製作: Au Praxinoscope
Voice聲演: TANO Ayamo
Sound Designer 聲音設計: TAKINO Masumi

©Honami Yano/Au Praxinoscope

Anxious Body

焦慮的軀體

MIZUSHIRI Yoriko
0:05:47
2021
France, Japan 法國、日本
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25th Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Jury Selections
第廿五屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭評審奬

Living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines. When these different things encounter, a new direction is born.
生物、人工物、幾何物與線體，當這些不一樣的東西碰撞起來，新方向便會產生。

Animation動畫: MIZUSHIRI Yoriko
Scenario, Script 場景、劇本: MIZUSHIRI Yoriko
Set 佈景: MIZUSHIRI Yoriko
Image 影像: MIZUSHIRI Yoriko
Film editor 剪接: MIZUSHIRI Yoriko
Mix 混音: ONO Seigen
Soundtrack 配樂: Yuka C. HONDA
Production Company 製作公司: Miyu Productions
Co-Production Company 共製公司: New Deer

©MIYU Productions, New Deer, Yoriko Mizushiri

Steakhouse

牛排館

Špela ČADEŽ
0:09:30
2021
Slovenia, Germany, France
斯洛文尼亞、德國、法國
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25th Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Jury Selections
第廿五屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭評審奬

Living things, artificial things, geometry shapes, and lines. When these different things encounter, a new direction is born.
生物、人工物、幾何物與線體，當這些不一樣的東西碰撞起來，新方向便會產生。

The steak has been marinating for a few days now. The pan is heated. Franc’s stomach is rumbling. But Liza’s co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will she be home on time?
牛排已經腌製了好幾天了，鍋也熱了，法朗克的肚子在咕咕叫，但莉莎的同事為她準備了驚喜生日派對，她到底會不會準時回家呢？

Animation 動畫: Špela ČADEZ, Anka KOČEVAR, Zarja MENART, Clémentine ROBACH
Scenario, Script 場景、劇本: Gregor ZORC
Image 影像: Špela ČADEZ
Film editor 剪接: Iva KRALJEVIC
Sound engineer 聲音工程: Johanna WIENERT, bvft (sound designer)
Mix 混音: Julij Zornik
Soundtrack 配樂: Olfamož, Tomaž GROM
Production Company 製作公司: Finta Film
Co-Production Company 共製公司: Fabian&Fred, Miyu Productions

Letter to a Pig

給豬寫的信

Tal KANTOR
0:16:47
2022
France, Israel 法國、以色列
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25th Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Excellence Award
第廿五屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭優異奬

A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life.

A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.

一位大屠殺生還者讀著一封他給豬寫的信，那頭豬救了他的命。

一位女學生在課堂上聽著他的証詞轉眼陷入一場扭曲的夢境之中，在那裡她面對身份、集體創傷以及人性的極端問題。

Animation 動畫: Meton JOFFILY, Anne KRAEHN, Tal KANTOR
Animation Intern & paint animation 動畫實習生及繪畫: Teresa BAROET
Scenario, Script 場景、劇本: Tal KANTOR
Backgrounds 背景: Dafi BEN-AMI, Tal KANTOR
Actors 人物角色: Moriyah MEERSON, Alex PELEG, Ayelet MARGALIT, Indra MAHARIK
Voice 聲演: Alex PELEG
Special effects 特別效果: Shachaer KANTOR, Shahar DAVIS
Film editor 剪接: Efrat BERGER
D.O.P 攝影師: Arbel ROM
Compositing 合成 : Shahar DAVIS
Sound engineer 聲音工程: Erez EYNI-SHAVIT
Sound editor 聲音剪接: Erez EYNI-SHAVIT
Mix 混音: Erez EYNI-SHAVIT
Soundtrack 配樂: Pierre OBERKAMPF
Production Company 製作公司: Miyu Productions

Cuushe “Magic”

魔法Cuushe

TAJIMA Tao
0:03:47
2020
Japan 日本
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25th Japan Media Arts Festival Entertainment Division Jury Selections
第廿五屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭娛樂組別評審奬

A music video for the musician Cuushe’s song, Magic. Photographic background images of majestic mountains and the Earth's landscapes, taken by the filmmaker TAJIMA Tao, are combined with the lighthearted, airy hand-drawn animation by KUNO Yoko. This mystical video with two girls and animals is the fruit of the three creators’ communication through sound and images.

作品是為音樂人Cuushe的樂曲《魔法》所創作的音樂錄影帶，結合由電影人Tajima Tao拍攝的雄偉山脈和地球景觀的攝影背景圖以及Kuno Yoko的輕柔手繪動畫而成。這部裝載著由兩個女孩與動物的神秘音樂錄影帶是三位創作者通過聲音與影像交流的成果。

Director 導演: TAJIMA Tao
Animation 動畫: KUNO Yoko
Music 音樂: Cuushe

DARKEN

暗黑

hanabushi
0:04:18
2021
Japan 日本
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25th Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Jury Selections
第廿五屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭動畫組別評審奬

A music video for the song DARKEN by ZUTOMAYO. The animation portrays a story of a maid android left behind in a collapsed civilization, who finds a baby with a horn in an abandoned building and begins to raise it. The ambience and story of the animation are constructed based on the song and lyrics by vocalist ACA-Ne, and the artist’s unique cartoon-style characters hop around in this individually produced animation. This personal project outside animation studios was completed entirely remotely, pursuing quality beyond studio works with its creativity and originality. With over 4,000 million views, it showcases the skillful expression of ZUTOMAYO’s ambience, attracting a wide range of viewers rather than just anime fans.

作品是Zutomayo的歌曲《Darken》的音樂錄影帶，動畫內容描述了一個被遺棄在崩潰文明中的女僕機器人的故事 - 她在一座廢棄的大樓中發現了一名頭上帶角的嬰兒，，並打算打始撫養他。動畫的氛圍及故事是根據主音ACA-Ne的歌與詞而構建的，動畫創作者的獨特卡通風格跳躍在這片獨立製作的動畫世界之中。作品是工作室以外之作，這個人項目是遙距完成的，以其創造性與原創性去看均超越出工作室的作品質量。作品擁有超過4,000萬次瀏覽量，展示了Zutomayo的氛圍，吸引了廣泛的觀眾而不僅僅是動漫迷。

Story & Design & Direction 故事、設計及導演: hanabushi
Lyrics & Music & Vocal 歌、詞及演唱: ACA-Ne
Arrangement 編曲 : 100kaiouto, ZTMY
Sound Direction 音樂導演: MATSUMOTO Kohei

© ZUTOMAYO

PUI PUI MOLCAR

佩佩莫爾卡

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Episode 1: "The Traffic Jam!"

第一回：塞車！

MISATO Tomoki
0:02:40 (total of 12eps) （共十二回）
2021
Japan 日本
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25th Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Social Impact Award
第廿五屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭動畫組別社會影響力奬

This work is an original animation using the technique of stop motion. In a world where guinea pigs became cars—the "Molcars" made of wool felt move around expressively.

The sound of Molcars are taken from an actual guinea pig, and live actors appear using pixilation technique. This is an animation full of guinea pigs with healing, friendship, adventure, and crazy action around various situations unique to cars.

這部原創動畫作品使用了定格動畫技術；在一個天竺鼠變成汔車的世界裡，由羊毛毡造成的「莫爾卡」活潑地遊動著。

莫爾卡的聲音是摘自一只真的天兰鼠，通過使用像素化技術在真實演員身上；而這部動畫裡面充滿了療癒、友愛、冒險、瘋狂的情節，糅合了天竺鼠與汔車的狀況。

Director / Script 導演/劇本: MISATO Tomoki
Production: 製作 MOLCARS

©Tomoki Misato JGH, Shin-ei Animation / MOLCARS

I’m Late

我晚來了

KABUKI Sawako
0:10:35
2021
France, Japan 法國、日本
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25th Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Jury Selections
第廿五屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭動畫組別評審奬

Have you or your partner ever had an experience where you missed your period or been “late”?

你或你的伴侶有沒有否試過月經錯亂又或是晚來了？

Director 導演: KABUKI Sawako
Animation 動畫: ZHOU Xiaolin, UMEBAYASHI Ikumi, SHIMIZU Haruka
Film editor剪接: Albane du Plessix
Soundtrack 配樂: Hikariko
Production Company 製作公司: Miyu Productions
Co-Production Company 共製公司: New Deer

©MIYU Productions, New Deer, Sawako Kabuki

The Fourth Wall

第四度牆

Mahboobeh KALAEE
0:09:50
2021
Iran 伊朗
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25th Japan Media Arts Festival Animation Division Grand Prize
第廿五屆日本文化廳媒體藝術祭動畫組別大奬

Home and family, relationships, desires, wishes and everything are summarized in a kitchen. The stuttering boy is alone there, playing with his imagination.

家與家庭、關係、慾望、願望以及所有東西都在一個廚房由集合起來，口吃的男孩在那自顧自把玩著他的想像。

Director 導演: Mahboobeh KALAEE
Writer 作者: Mahboobeh KALAEE
Cinematographer 攝影: Mahboobeh KALAEE
Animator 動畫: Mahboobeh KALAEE
Editor 剪接: Mahboobeh KALAEE
Producer 監製: Mahboobeh KALAEE & DEFC (Documentary and Experimental Film Center 紀錄片及實驗電影中心)
Sound Designer 聲音設計: Hossein GHOORCHIAN
Narrator 旁述: Taha ASADI
Cast 招募: Mohammad Amin NEMATI