Hiroshima International Animation Festival

Last updated

International Animation Festival Hiroshima
Hiroshima International Animation Festival Logo 2020.png
LocationHiroshima, Japan
Founded1985
LanguageJapanese

The International Animation Festival Hiroshima, founded as International Animation Festival for the World Peace in 1985, was a biennial film festival for animated films held in Hiroshima, Japan. Its last edition was held in 2020.

Contents

History

The festival was founded in 1985 by the Association International du Film d'Animation (ASIFA) as the International Animation Festival for the World Peace. The city of Hiroshima was one of the sites of nuclear bombings in 1945 at the end of World War II, and it was chosen to inspire thoughts of unity through the arts. The festival was considered one of the most respected animated film festival, along with Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, and Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films. [1] The founding of the festival is largely credited to Sayoko Kinoshita and her late husband Renzo Kinoshita. The married couple were renowned figures in the independent animation world and also founders of ASIFA's Japan chapter. [2]

The first two festivals were held in odd years: 1985 and 1987. Since 1990, the festival has been held biennially in even years. In 2008, the 12th Festival took place for five days (August 7–11).[ citation needed ]

In the festival's first year in 1985, the Grand Prize was awarded to Broken Down Film by Osamu Tezuka. [3] Tezuka became one of the members of the jury for the following festival. This cycle has often repeated and many of the grand prize winners have become judges for the following festival.

In 2010, the Festival had nearly 1,937 entries from 58 countries and regions, and had more than 34,516 participants. [4]

In November 2020, the city of Hiroshima announced ending its partnership with ASIFA, and plans to replace the festival. [5]

Description

The city of Hiroshima co-hosts the festival, which takes place in JMS Aster Plaza near the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park at the center of Hiroshima city.[ citation needed ]

Sayoko Kinoshita has been the festival director since the first festival and is now[ when? ] also the president of ASIFA.[ citation needed ]

Grand Prize winners

YearEnglish titleDirector(s)Country
1985Broken Down Film [6] Osamu Tezuka Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
1987 The Man Who Planted Trees Frédéric Back Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1990 The Cow Aleksandr Petrov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
1992 The Sandman Paul Berry Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
1994 The Mighty River Frédéric Back Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1996Repete Michaela Pavlátová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
1998 The Old Lady and the Pigeons Sylvain Chomet Flag of France.svg  France
2000 When the Day Breaks Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2002 Father and Daughter Michaël Dudok de Wit Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
2004 Mt. Head Kōji Yamamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2006MilchIgor KovalyovFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
2008 A Country Doctor Kōji Yamamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
2010Angry Man [7] [8] Anita Killi Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
2012I Saw Mice Burying a Cat [9] Dmitry Geller Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
2014 The Bigger Picture [10] Daisy JacobsFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
2016The Empty [11] Jeong DaheeFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
2018The Blissful Accidental DeathSergiu NeguliciFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
2020 Daughter Daria Kashcheeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic

Notable Hiroshima Prize winners

Best of the World (Honorable Mention)

See also

Related Research Articles

<i>Astro Boy</i> Japanese manga series

Astro Boy, known in Japan as Mighty Atom, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka. It was serialized in Kobunsha's Shōnen from 1952 to 1968. The 112 chapters were collected into 23 tankōbon volumes by Akita Shoten. Dark Horse Comics published an English translation in 2002. The story follows Astro Boy, an android young boy with human emotions who is created by Umataro Tenma after the recent death of his son Tobio. Eventually, Astro is sold to a robot circus run by Hamegg, but is saved from his servitude by Professor Ochanomizu. Astro becomes a surrogate son to Ochanomizu who creates a robotic family for Astro and helps him to live a normal life like an average human boy, while accompanying him on his adventures.

<i>Kimba the White Lion</i> 1950 Japanese manga

Kimba the White Lion, known in Japan as Jungle Emperor, is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Osamu Tezuka which was serialized in the Manga Shōnen magazine from November 1950 to April 1954. An anime based on the manga was created by Mushi Production and was broadcast on Fuji Television from 1965 to 1967. It was the first color animated television series created in Japan. It began airing in North America from 1966. The later series was produced by Tezuka Productions.

The history of anime can be traced back to the start of the 20th century, with the earliest verifiable films dating from 1917. Before the advent of film, Japan already had a rich tradition of entertainment with colourful painted figures moving across the projection screen in utsushi-e (写し絵), a particular Japanese type of magic lantern show popular in the 19th century. Possibly inspired by European phantasmagoria shows, utsushi-e showmen used mechanical slides and developed lightweight wooden projectors (furo) that were handheld so that several performers could each control the motions of different projected figures.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Osamu Tezuka</span> Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989)

Osamu Tezuka was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as "the Father of Manga", "the Godfather of Manga" and "the God of Manga". Additionally, he is often considered the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney, who served as a major inspiration during Tezuka's formative years. Though this phrase praises the quality of his early manga works for children and animations, it also blurs the significant influence of his later, more literary, gekiga works.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Priit Pärn</span> Estonian animation director and caricaturist

Priit Pärn is an Estonian cartoonist and animation director whose films have enjoyed success among critics as well as the public at various film festivals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">ASIFA-Hollywood</span> American non-profit film organization

ASIFA-Hollywood, an American non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, is a branch member of the International Animated Film Association. Its purpose is to promote the art of film animation in a variety of ways, including its own archive and an annual awards presentation, the Annie Awards. It is also known as the International Animated Film Society.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Annecy International Animation Film Festival</span> Annual film festival in Annecy, France

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became an annual event in 1998. It is one of the four international animated film festivals sponsored by the International Animated Film Association.

Makoto Tezuka, officially romanized as Macoto Tezka, is a Japanese film and anime director, born in Tokyo. He fashions himself as a visualist and is involved in the creation of moving images beyond film and animation. He partially owns Tezuka Productions and helped in releasing the posthumous works of his father, Osamu Tezuka.

The International Animated Film Association is an international non-profit organization founded in 1960 in Annecy, France by well-known animation artists including Canadian animator Norman McLaren. There are now more than 30 chapters of the Association located in many countries of the world.

Mainichi Kaasan is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Rieko Saibara, based on her experiences as a housewife and mother. It was serialized on a weekly basis in the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper's morning edition from October 2002 to 26 June 2017. The manga was later collected into 14 tankōbon volumes. It won several awards, including the Excellence Award at the 8th Japan Media Arts Festival in 2004, the Short Story Award at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes in 2005, and the President of the House of Councilors Award at the 40th Japan Cartoonist Awards in 2011. Mainichi Kaasan was adapted into an anime television series directed by Mitsuru Hongo that aired on TV Tokyo from 1 April 2009 to 25 March 2012. Spanning 142 episodes, the anime was licensed in English under the title Kaasan: Mom's Life on Crunchyroll's video streaming website. Mainichi Kaasan was also adapted into a live-action film directed by Shōtarō Kobayashi, released in theaters in Japan on 5 February 2011. The film starred the real-life divorced couple Kyōko Koizumi and Masatoshi Nagase as the titular kaasan and her husband. It won the Best Film for Asian New Talent Award at the 14th Shanghai International Film Festival in 2011. Additionally, Koizumi won the Best Actress Award at the 66th Mainichi Film Awards in 2012 and Nagase won the Best Actor Award at the 20th Japanese Movie Critics Awards.

<i>A Thousand and One Nights</i> (1969 film) 1969 Japanese anime film

A Thousand and One Nights is a 1969 Japanese adult animated fantasy film directed by Eiichi Yamamoto, conceived by Osamu Tezuka. The film is the first part of Mushi Production's adult-oriented Animerama trilogy, and was followed by Cleopatra (1970) and Belladonna of Sadness (1973).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Noureddin Zarrinkelk</span> Iranian animator

Noureddin Zarrinkelk, also spelled Zarrin-Kelk, also known as Noori or Nouri, is an Iranian animator, concept artist, editor, graphic designer, illustrator, layout artist, photographer, script writer, educator, and sculptor.

Tezuka Productions Co., Ltd. is a Japanese animation studio founded by Osamu Tezuka in 1968. It is known for animating notable works such as Marvelous Melmo, the 1980 and 2003 Astro Boy series, and Black Jack. It is also the holder of the intellectual property of Tezuka's works; his son, Makoto Tezuka, currently aims to use the company to extend Tezuka's manga series with new issues and publish posthumous works such as Legend of the Forest.

<i>Village of Idiots</i> 1999 Canadian film

Village of Idiots is a short animated comedy based on the classic humorous Jewish folk tales about the Wise Men of Chełm, directed and animated by Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove, written by John Lazarus, and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). Fedorenko is the Academy Award-winning animator of the 1979 NFB short Every Child. In 1999, it was one of four films in the 1st Annual Animation Show of Shows.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Animafest Zagreb</span> Film festival in Croatia

World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb, best known as Animafest Zagreb, is a film festival entirely dedicated to animated film held annually in Zagreb, Croatia. Initiated by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA), the event was established in 1972. Animafest is the second oldest animation festival in the World, after the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

The Ōfuji Noburō Award is an animation award given at the Mainichi Film Awards. It is named after Japanese animator Noburō Ōfuji.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alê Abreu</span> Brazilian film director and screenwriter (born 1971)

Alê Abreu is a Brazilian film director, screenwriter, character animator, film editor and producer. Sírius, his first short film, debuted at the 1993 Anima Mundi as the only Brazilian animation that year. It won the Best Film Award at the Festival de Cine para Niños y Jovenes and was also screened at the Mostra Internacional de Cinema São Paulo and at the section Animation for Children of the Hiroshima International Animation Festival. His second short film, Espantalho, released in 1998, won the 3rd Best Brazilian Animation at the Anima Mundi, the Best Art Direction Award at the Brazilian Film Festival of Miami, and was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 1st Grande Prêmio Cinema Brasil. His first feature film, Garoto Cósmico, debuted at the 2007 Anima Mundi. In 2013, at the Ottawa International Animation Festival, he released his second film, Boy and the World. This film became an international success, was nominated at the 88th Academy Awards for Best Animated Feature, and won several prizes, including the Best Feature Film at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival and the Best Animated Feature-Independent at the Annie Awards.

Kōsei Ono is a Japanese film critic, cartoon critic, comic translator and overseas comic / animation researcher. Ono is the leading authority on the publication, research and introduction of overseas comics in Japan. From 1963 to 1974 he worked for NHK. He is a visiting professor in the Asia Department of Kokushikan University, a board member of the Japan Society for Studies in Manga and Comic Art, and a member of ASIFA JAPAN, the Japan Cartoonists Association, and the Japan Science Fiction Writer's Club.

The 49th ceremony of the Annie Awards, honoring excellence in the field of animation for the year of 2021, was held on March 12, 2022, at the University of California, Los Angeles's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California as a virtual event. The nominations were announced on December 21, 2021.

Legend of the Forest is a 1987 Japanese animated film by Osamu Tezuka and his studio, Tezuka Productions.

References

  1. Hiroshima Int’l Animation Festival Closes After 35 Years, To Be Replaced By General Arts Event|Cartoon Brew
  2. "Renzo Kinoshita: A Talk with Miyasan Sadao Miyamoto".
  3. Broken Down Film: ANIMATION/Film: TezukaOsamu.net(EN)
  4. "Hiroshima International Animation Festival official site - About". Archived from the original on 21 January 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  5. "Petition Launched to Save Hiroshima Animation Festival". Animation World Network. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  6. Broken Down Film (S) (1985)-FilmAffinity
  7. "毎日jp(毎日新聞)". Archived from the original on 21 July 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
  8. "International Animation Festival Hiroshima | Winners".
  9. "International Animation Festival Hiroshima - 2012 Winners". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  10. "International Animation Festival Hiroshima - 2014 Winners". Hiroshima International Animation Festival. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
  11. "International Animation Festival Hiroshima - 2016 Winners". Hiroshima International Animation Festival. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  12. Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "HIROSHIMA 1987(2nd)". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  13. Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "HIROSHIMA 1992(4th)". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  14. Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "HIROSHIMA 2000(8th)". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  15. Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "HIROSHIMA 2004(10th)". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  16. Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "HIROSHIMA 2006(11th)". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  17. Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "HIROSHIMA 2008(12th)". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  18. Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "HIROSHIMA 2010(13th)". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  19. Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "HIROSHIMA 2014(15th)". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  20. Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "HIROSHIMA 2016(16th)". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  21. Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "HIROSHIMA 2018(17th)". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  22. Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "HIROSHIMA 2020(18th)". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  23. 1 2 Hiroshima, International Animation Festival. "Best of the World". International Animation Festival Hiroshima. Retrieved 19 September 2024.