Warmth in a Puddle
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In a dimly lit room where only the sound is the reverberation of ventilation fan, a young man is delivered a fish. The distorted face of the fish somehow seems to resemble the young man himself.
The limp fish suddenly flops up and flies out the window as if floating in water. The young man stares at the fish disappearing into a puddle on the street, and is suddenly drawn into a strange, dark, cavern-like place.
This otherworld, in solitude and dark, somehow resembles the mental state of the young man.
A short film that expresses, through a hallucinatory animation style, the "difficulty of living" in the outside world created by the director.
- Director
- Sorao Sakimura
- Time
- 0:10:08
- Country
- Japan
- Genre
- Animation
- Year
- 2024
- Cast
- Ryohei Kitsunai
Director
Sorao Sakimura
Born in 2001. Visual creator, animator. Started making an animated short film while in high school. He self-taught hand-drawn animation, 3DCG, and live-action photography. He uses his own style of workflow that combines them in an unique way to express the emotions and images in his head as original images.
His 2019 short animation “The Sound of Cicadas, Touch the Wind” won the Grand Prix at “WIRED CREATIVE HACK AWARD 2020,” won the Youth Gold award at the “22nd DigiCon6 JAPAN,” and was selected for the “Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2020 U-25 Project.” Also, in February 2021, it was selected for Apple's PR (“Mac no muk? kara”).
In June 2021, he was part of the production team that created the animated web commercial for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Calorie Mate. The commercial had a huge, successful response with over 10 million views on YouTube.
In July 2022, his animated short film “The Swamp (All That I Can’t Leave Behind)” was released. It received the Best Film award in the Student Category at the 2022 Asian Digital Art Award Exhibition FUKUOKA, and was exhibited at the Yebisu Film Festival 2023, receiving critical praise.
Currently, he is involved in various projects as a visual and animation artist while studying in the media design course of the Faculty of Design and Engineering at Kyushu University. He aspires to be a film director.
Cast
Ryohei Kitsunai
Screening
Screening Venue
| Venue | Schedule | Ticket Reservation |
|---|---|---|
| Omotesando Hills Space O | 2024.06.06 [Thu] 15:30-17:20 (Screening80min+Q&A30min) |
Online Screening
| Online | schedule | Online Screening |
|---|---|---|
| Online Grand Theater | 2024.06.01 [Sat] - 06.30 [Sun] |
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Sponsors
U25 Project Partner
Digital Innovation Partner
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Creative Partner
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