Women Make Animation: Animated Shorts from Japan on/from 13 March 2021

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, WOW Women’s Film Club invited Eiko Meredith, the director of Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival, to hand-pick a selection of animated shorts crafted by up-and-coming female animators working in Japan, and to organise an online Creative Workshop by Japanese animator and illustrator Chie Arai.

To view/download the full press release please click here.

You can also view a ‘Women Make Animation Flyer’: Women Make Animation Flyer

Date: 13th March

Watch online for FREE using the WOW Film Festival platform via: https://watch.eventive.org/wow2021/play/602e4314136d40003e56bd73/6036546b5be8a4003ed87023 

Women Make Animation: Animated Shorts from Japan

The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘choose to challenge’, so the Kotatsu Festival team have brought together a number of works by up-and-coming female film-makers, all of which are family-friendly and are rated U or PG.

Short Film Programme:

1. Dress Flowery (Hikari Haruta)

2. tiny world (Yuri Matsumoto)

3. OUT OF THE BOX (Hwang Dasom)

4. blue dog (Ji Zhaoqi)

5. to bee continued (Aki Ezure)

6. It is love (Akiho Shimizu)

7. nekoze kansatsuki (Hikari Yamashita)

8. Blessing 0-5 (Arisa Wakami)

9. Mommy (Yusio+Arisa Wakami)

10. Turtle’s Strol (Minori Matsuoka)

11. While You Sleep (Kano Ikeda)

12. Indoor Days (Asaki Nishino)

13. House Rattler (Shinobu Soejima)

14. Bath House of Whales (Mizuki Kiyama)

15. Good Night (Makiko Nanke)

The Japanese shorts will all be available to watch live via the Eventive website on 13 March, and will remain viewable for a week. https://watch.eventive.org/wow2021/play/602e4314136d40003e56bd73/6036546b5be8a4003ed87023 

All of these heart-warming films are fun for all ages and can be viewed by all family members.