Muybridge's Strings
Transformative elegy with a bearing on the immutability of time, of love and attachment, and of the sacred nature of the bond between parent and child.
The film
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Film identity
Original title: Muybridge's Strings
Directed by: Koji YAMAMURA
Born in Japan in 1964, Koji Yamamura graduated from Tokyo Zokei University in 1987 and founded Yamamura Animation, Inc. in 1993. His 2002 short "Mt. Head" was nominated for an Oscar and scored 6 Grand Prix at festivals, including Annecy, Zagreb and Hiroshima. In 2007, his film "Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor" won the Grand Prix in Ottawa. He has also illustrated several children's books, is a sub-chairman for the Japan Animation Association and teaches at Tokyo University of the Arts.
Country: Canada
Year of production: 2011
Running time: 13 min
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Technique
Category: Short film
Techniques used: Drawing on paper, 2D Computer
Process: Colour
Target public: Adults
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Credits
Directed by: Koji YAMAMURA
Production: ONF - OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA, Michael FUKUSHIMA, NHK - JAPAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, Keisuke TSUCHIHASHI, POLYGON PICTURES INC., Shuzo John SHIOTA
Distribution: ONF - OFFICE NATIONAL DU FILM DU CANADA, Christina ROGERS
Script: Koji Yamamura
Animation: Koji Yamamura
Music: Normand Roger, Pierre Yves Drapeau, Denis Chartrand
Editing: Koji Yamamura