{"id":11453,"date":"2021-04-20T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/?post_type=news_en&p=11453"},"modified":"2021-04-20T02:11:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T17:11:44","slug":"j-pop-group-ikimonogakari-japan-academy-award-winner-eiji-uchida-collaborate-on-a-short-film-stardust%e3%80%80children-world-premiere-opening-film-at-short-shorts-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"news_en","link":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/news_en\/creators\/j-pop-group-ikimonogakari-japan-academy-award-winner-eiji-uchida-collaborate-on-a-short-film-stardust%e3%80%80children-world-premiere-opening-film-at-short-shorts-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"J-Pop Group Ikimonogakari & Japan Academy Award Winner Eiji Uchida Collaborate on a Short Film \u201cStardust\u3000Children\u201d World Premiere Opening film at Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2021 Online Venue 04\/27!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Academy Awards\u00ae accredited Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, will world premiere \u201cStardust Children\u201d as the opening film of the festival online theater, which kicks-off on Tuesday, 04\/27. Story based on the hit song by Ikimonogakari\u2019s \u201cKirakira ni Hikaru\u201d. Directed by Eiji Uchida, director of the Japan Academy Award winning film \u201cMidnight Swan\u201d & the subject of the hit film \u201cNaked Director.\u201d The film was shot entirely on Sony\u2019s smartphone Xperia™.<\/p>\n

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World Premiere at 2:00pm on April 27, JST<\/b>\u3000<\/b><\/p>\n

The film is based on \u201cStardust Children\u201d\uff08Hoshikuzu no ko), which was inspired by Ikimonogakari\u2019s hit song \u201cKirakra ni Hikaru\u201d & was chosen from submissions to Sony Music Entertainment\u2019s\u3000 platform for user generated contents, monogatary.com.<\/p>\n

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Title<\/b>\uff1a<\/b>\u300e<\/b>Stardust<\/b> Children<\/b>\u300f<\/b><\/p>\n

Story: Annin\u3000Gogatsu\u00a0 {https:\/\/monogatary.com\/story\/86452}<\/p>\n

Original Concept: \u201cKirakira ni Hikaru\u201d Written by Yoshiki Mizuno (Ikimonogakari) {https:\/\/youtu.be\/AKICeCLHLsw}<\/p>\n

Directed by: Eiji Uchida\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Maki It\u014d\u00a0\u00a0 Written by Eiji Uchida & Lee Nawon<\/p>\n

Cast: Haru Nakamura (Maruta), Ry\u014dka Minamide (Senebu), Mai Kikuchi (Bella)<\/p>\n

Genre: Sci-fi, Fantasy\u00a0 \u300024:00 minutes<\/p>\n

Synopsis: Themed on the song \u201cKirakira ni Hikaru\u201d by Ikimonogakari & submitted to monogatary.com the story is based on the winning submission \u201cStardust Children\u201d (Hoshikuzu no Ko)\u201d. Maruta is driven out of his land after he is considered to be cursed. After wandering through the forest, he encounters a stardust children who are righteous & pure. Maruta befriends Senebu & Bella & the children but as the Star festival approaches\u2026<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Eiji Uchida Profile:<\/b><\/p>\n

Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After working as a reporter for Playboy japan, he debuted as a writer for TBS TV network in 1999. After 2005 \u201dGekidan Engisha” for Fuji TV, constantly released films a s writer & director to worldwide critical acclaim. His 2014 film \u201cGrateful Dead\u201d was selected & screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, the Fantastic Fest (USA), the Raindance Film Festival (UK) & at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival.<\/p>\n

In 2016 he wrote & directed \u201cLowlife Love\u201d which was distributed through Third Window Films. The film\u00a0 was a smash hit at Teatro in Shinjuku. The film was screened at over 30 film festivals worldwide including the Tokyo international FF, & the Rotterdam International FF. the film was also distributed in England, Germany, Singapore & Hong Kong. In 2019, he wrote & directed the Tokyo TV drama \u201cI Turn\u201d & wrote & directed 2 episodes of the Netflix hit film \u201cthe Naked Director.\u201d His 2020 film \u201cMidnight Swan\u201d which he wrote & directed, won the Best Screenplay, Best Director & Best Film Awards at the 44th Japan Academy Awards.<\/p>\n

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Ikimonogakari Profile: <\/b>Formed in 1999. Yoshiki Mizuno, Kiyoe Yoshioka, Hotaka Yamashita. Made their major label debut with \u201cSakura\u201d in 2006 which was followed by the hits \u201cBluebird, \u201dYell,\u201d & \u201cArigatou.\u201d On March 31, 2021, they released their 9th album \u201cWho?\u201d which includes the song \u201cKirakira ni Hikaru.\u201d<\/p>\n

m<\/b>onogatary.com <\/b><\/p>\n

Sony Music Entertainment\u2019s social network service. For the monthly topic,\u00a0 users entry their original stories and enjoy communication with each other through the works.<\/p>\n

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This year Sony Group Corporation and Sony Corporation (summarize two companies as Sony) will once again support the Official Competitions (International, Asia International, Japan) to support the filmmakers who will create & set the new trends & styles of visual contents & is the gateway to a possible nomination in the short film category at the Academy Awards\u00a9\ufe0e. In addition, \u201cSmartphone Film Competition\u201d is supported to expand creative expression & opportunities for new challenges in discovering new forms of creativity unique to smartphones. We will once again hold various special events as the Creator\u2019s Junction partnered with Xperia following last year\u2019s successful talk show held in September. We will announce the details in the near future. Here\u2019s the link for further information on the joint project by SSFF & ASIA 2021 & Sony’s Xperia.\u00a0 https:\/\/www.shortshorts.org\/sony\/<\/a><\/p>\n

\u203bOn April 1st, Sony Mobile Communications Corporation has been changed to its name to Sony Corporation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11441,"parent":0,"template":"","e_news_cat":[550,548,641,552],"class_list":["post-11453","news_en","type-news_en","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","e_news_cat-creators","e_news_cat-event","e_news_cat-filmfestival","e_news_cat-streaming"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_en\/11453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_en"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news_en"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"e_news_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shortshorts.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/e_news_cat?post=11453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}