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Special Programmes
Original title: Kodomo no keijijogaku
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: Japan
Year of production: 2007
Running time: 05 min 08 s
Category: Short film out of competition
Techniques used: drawing on paper
Process: Colour
Target public: All audiences
Directed by: Koji YAMAMURA
Production: YAMAMURA ANIMATION, INC., Koji YAMAMURA
Distribution: SHOCHIKU CO., LTD., Tareya ITO
Script: Koji Yamamura
Graphics: Koji Yamamura
Storyboard: Koji Yamamura
Layout: Koji Yamamura
Sets: Koji Yamamura
Animation: Koji Yamamura
Camera: Koji Yamamura
Compositing: Koji Yamamura
Music: Sergei Prokofiev
Sound: Koji Kasamatsu
Editing: Koji Yamamura
Voice: Kotaro Tsukamoto