Synopsis:
A huge pig is lying down in front of a house man's family lives in.Each of them notices the other exist.but each of them doesn't understand how the other understands.The mother doesn't understand the father either.
- Director:
- Atsushi Wada
- Year:
- 2010
- Country:
- Japan
- Running time:
- 10 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- わからないブタ(和田 淳)
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Koji Yamamura
- Animator:
- Atsushi Wada
- Script writer:
- Atsushi Wada
- Music composer:
- Atsushi Wada
- Sound designer:
- Atsushi Wada
- Editor:
- Atsushi Wada
- School:
- Tokyo University of the Arts
- Tag:
- Body Image
- Audience:
- All audiences
- Website:
- www.instagram.com
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film, Ottawa International Animation Festival
- Awards:
- Fantoche International Animation Film Festival / 2010 / Best Film, London International Animation Festival / 2010 / Grand Prix (Best Film), Kavalan International Short Film Festival / 2010 / Best Short Animation, Japan Media Arts Festival / 2010 / Excellence Award (Animation Division)
- Submitted by:
- Ivona Barbaričová
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