Hiroshima International Animation Festival

The International Animation Festival Hiroshima is a biannual animation festival hosted in Hiroshima, Japan. The festival was found in 1985 by Association International du Film d'Animation or ASIFA as International Animation Festival for the World Peace. The city of Hiroshima was one of the sights 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 is now considered one of the most respected animated festivals, along with Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, and Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films.

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 takes place for 5 days (Aug. 7-Aug. 11). The city of Hiroshima co-hosts the festival, which takes place in Aste Plaza near the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park at the center of Hiroshima city.

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.[1] Sayoko Kinoshita has been the festival director since the first festival and is now also the president of ASIFA.

In the festival's first year in 1985, the Grand Prize was awarded to "Broken Down Film" by Osamu Tezuka and the animator 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 57 countries and regions, and had more than 34,000 participants.[2]

Grand Prize winners

Year English title Director(s) Country
1985 Broken Down Film Osamu Tezuka  Japan
1987 The Man Who Planted Trees Frédéric Back  Canada
1990The Cow Aleksandr Petrov  Soviet Union
1992The Sandman Paul Berry  United Kingdom
1994The Mighty River Frédéric Back  Canada
1996Repete Michaela Pavlátová  Czech Republic
1998The Old Lady and the Pigeons Sylvain Chomet  France
2000When the Day Breaks Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis  Canada
2002Father and Daughter Michaël Dudok de Wit  Netherlands
2004Mount Head Kōji Yamamura  Japan
2006Milch Igor Kovalyov  United States
2008A Country Doctor Kōji Yamamura  Japan
2010Angry Man[3][4] Anita Killi  Norway
2012I Saw Mice Burying a Cat[5] Dmitry Geller  Russia
2014The Bigger Picture[6] Daisy Jacobs  United Kingdom

Hiroshima Prize Winners

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.11/articles/deneroff-kinoshita1.11.html
  2. ↑ Hiroshima International Animation Festival official site - About
  3. ↑ http://mdn.mainichi.jp/arts/news/20100812p2g00m0et073000c.html
  4. ↑ http://hiroanim.org/en2010/e03compe/3-06e.html
  5. ↑ "International Animation Festival Hiroshima - 2012 Winners". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
  6. 1 2 "International Animation Festival Hiroshima - 2014 Winners". Hiroshima International Animation Festival. Retrieved 2015-11-09.
  7. ↑ http://hiroanim.org/

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