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A GUM BOY
The primary schoolboy "Kuchao" is hated person in his class. Even if everyone fly balloons, only he doesn't part with his it. When he immediately begins to chew a bubble gum, he enter the imagination world after school. When his balloon becomes the face and begins to chew a bubble gum, it changes into various things. His imagination makes rapid progress more. Then, the bird approaches while flying and...
3min48sec/Color/Stereo/2010/16:9
Direction, Script, Animation&Editing:Masaki Okuda
Music:Daisuke Matsuoka
Song:Yushiro Kuramochi
Samisen:Kohdai Minoda
Sound Design:Kyohei Takahashi
Mixing Engineer:Yoshito Morita
Music Mixing Engineer:Shinpei Kusaka
Production:Tokyo University of the Arts
Awards:
Fantoche - New Talent
Animadrid - Best Short Film of Animation Schools
International Animated Films Festival KROK -
The Category Prize 'student Films which were Created During the Studies'
ANIMAFEST Zagreb - Special Mention
Anifest - Special Mention
Tokyo Anime Awards - Special Prize
SHIMOKITAZA FILM FESTIVAL - Semi Grand-prix
Himeji International Short Film Festival - Prize for an excellent work
TBS DigiCon6 - Prize for Effort
Media Contents Awards 2010 - Prize for an excellent work
Screenings:
-2014-
London International Animation Festival/UK
Festival Image par Image/France
-2013-
Young Japanese Animation- Masaki OKuda presents-/Canada
TORONTO ANIMATION ARTS FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL/Canada
Chitrakatha'13/India
-2012-
ANIMAFEST Zagreb/Croatia
Tidal Currents in Japanese Animation/Korea
FIFF-Festival International de Films de Fribourg/Switzerland
-2011-
Berilnale - Berlin Internationale Film Festival/Germany
International Short Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand/France
BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL/England
Japan Media Art Festival/Japan
INTERNATIONALES TRICKFILM FESTIVAL /Germany
Tehran International Animation Festival/Iran
Anifest/Czech Republic
İstanbul Animation Festival/Turkey
Animated Dreams/Estonia
ANIMA/Belguim
Japan & Korea Strait Area Movie Awards in Jeju/Japan,Korea
2011 Toronto Japanese Short Film Festival/Canada
Monstra 2011/Portugal
New York Int'l Children's Film Festival/USA
Gwacheon International Science-Fiction Festival 2011 in Korea/Korea
Puchon International Student Animation Festival /Korea
Toyama Waterfront Film Festival2011/Japan
Nerima Animation Carnival 2011/Japan
arita contempolary art garden place 2011/Japan
Tokyo Game Show 2011/Japan
SKIP CITY INTERNATIONAL D-Cinema FESTIVAL 2011/Japan
3rd Off and Free International Film Festival/Korea
2011 Irish Film Institute - Family Festival/Ireland
FILE/Brazil
Zubroffka/Poland
Short Piece! Sendai Short Film Festival/Japan
SAPPORO SHORT FEST/Japan
Hiroshima Media Art Project!/Japan
-2010-
Ottawa International Animation Festival/Canada
Hiroshima International Animation Festival in Japan/Japan
Fantoche/Switzerland
Animadrid/Spain
INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILMS FESTIVAL KROK/Ukraine,Russia
Anima Mundi/Brazil
Biennial of Animation Bratislava/Slovakia
Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation de Montréal/Canada
INTERNATIONALES COMIX - FESTIVAL LUZERN/Switzerland
Brisbane International Film Festival/Australia
Animateka/Slovenia
SHIMOKITAZA FILM FESTIVAL/Japan
Himeji International Film Festival/Japan
TOKYO ANIMA! 2010/Japan
TOUCH OF IMAGE Asamino Contemporary vol.1/Japan
INDIELISBOA - International Independent Film Festival/Portugal
OPEN THEATER 2010/Japan
13th SEOUL INTERNATIONAL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL/Korea
Flat Animation/Japan
NEUCHATEL INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL/Switzerland
17th International Children's Film Festival India /India
ASK? FILM FESTIVAL 2010/Japan
Festival du film d’animation francais a Yokohama 2010/Japan
Kyoto International Indies-Cinema/Japan
ICAF 2010/Japan
GEIDAI ANIMATION 01+ /Japan