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Film classification regulations in Australia require all films to
either be formally classified OR restricted to an audience of either
15 years of age or 18 years of age and over, depending on the content
of the program. Like most festivals, we do not have the resources
to formally classify our programs/films, and it is for this reason
alone that MIAF has a limited range of age restrictions.
Two programs that open the window – at
least a little – on what’s going on in the young Japanese
animation scene.
#2 - The CALF Collective is a small group of
young Japanese indie animators that decided to pool resources and
take their work to the world under a single banner. It’s worked
extremely well with CALF screenings of one kind or another in a
vast array of festivals around the world in the last 18 months.
And now it’s our turn to check out this group of Japanese
indie animation trendsetters.
The
Mechanism Of Spring
Atsushi Wada
Japan, 4'20, 2011 Upside down turtles, rotating frog wheels and
a deer sniffing a t-shirt. Spring is in the air.
Consultation
Room
Kei Ohyama
Japan, 8’45, 2005 A lonely moment in a consultation room –
the indications are not good. But the news isn’t made any
better by turning it all into a macabre stage play.
Playground
Mirai Mizue
Japan, 3'50, 2011 A graceful collection of
intricately created abstract creatures comes out to play.
The
Thaw
Kei Ohyama
Japan, 6’50, 2004 The slow journey towards
thawing is part natural phenomena, part frightening inner battle.
Beluga
Shin Hashimoto
Japan, 6’10, 2011 A magnificently macabre,
deliciously dark vision of the inner demons that race around the mind
of a little match-seller condemned to the cold and dark.
Hand
Soap
Kei Ohyama
Japan, 15’50, 2008 Some moments take
a lot more cleaning up after than others. Just as some moments are
harder to explain than others.
Steps
Tochka
Japan, 2'00, 2010 An ingeniously simple idea
brilliantly executed. The most fun you can have in a room with a few
flashlights and some fake steps!
Modern
No.2
Mirai Mizue
Japan, 4’14, 2011 An elegant, almost
art-deco-ish piece of rolling geometrical imagery from the master
of the form.