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Kawauso     カワウソ

” kawauso” means Japanese river otter.

One day, a girl meets a Japanese river otter. They try to communicate, but it doesn't go very well. This is because the Japanese river otter is already extinct, and it is not possible to actually interact with the girl. They existed in separate spaces.

 

By depicting the Japanese river otter, which is said to have gone extinct in 2012, this short film presents an opportunity to reconsider what the modern society has sacrificed.

"What is a rich life, and what can we do for the future symbolized by this girl?"

The clear eyes of the silent Japanese river otter ask.

 

Director : Akihito Izuhara 

Script : Ikuko Mizokami & Akihito Izuhara

Sound : Tetsuro Nishi

TitleMusic : Soragoro Uwanosuke

Soragoro : Vocal, Ukulele, Drums

Yusuke Minami : Contrabass

Koji Ataka : Guitar

Agatha : Chorus

Kosuke Nakamura : Rec&Mix&Mastering

Object Drawing : Aiko Okamura, Kaho Kasuga, Keisuke Mada, Makiko Ito,

Marina Akegawa, Sabi Hodumi, Katsuhiko Watanabe

Duration : 15min 22sec

2023

◆  Awards

Best Japanese Short Film Award "Japanese Serbian Film Festival"

Best International Animation Film Award     "Brittany International Film Festival"

Golden Dragon   "Krakow International Film Festival64"

Japan Premiere Award   "Sapporo Short Fest 2023"

◆  Selected

​​​・Brussels International Animation Film Festival "Anima"

​​​・Prague shorts Film Festival

Vilnius Short Film Festival

Phenomena Festival

​​​・Japanese Serbian Film Festival

​​​・Aguilar Film Festival

​​​・Cairo International Film Festival

​​​・Festival Internacional de Cine de Villa de Leyva

​​​・Tindirindis International Animation Film Festival

Fenêtres sur courts

​​​・Kurzfilmtage Winterthur  

​​​・24FRAME Future Film Fest

​​​・San Diego Asian Film Festival

​​​​・SPARK AN IMATION2024

​​​・AL SIDR ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL

​・Canlandıranlar Film Festival

・ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival

Science New Wave

PARISCIENCE International Science Film Festival

Sitges Film Festival

Blue Danube Film Festival

​・ORVIETO CINEMA FEST

​・Ottawa International Animation Festival

​・Seoul Independent Animation Festival

​・Film festival "der NEUE HEIMAT film #20"

​・MoliseCinema Film Festival

International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala

Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival

​・Brittany International Film Festival

​・Unknown Film Festival 

Annecy International Animation Film Festival

Krakow International Film Festival64

Moscow International Film Festival

Bolzano Film Festival 2024  (Berlinale Shorts program)

​・Hong Kong International Film Festival

Berlin International Film Festival74 short section

Sapporo International Short Film Festival

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