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Focus on Japan: Films from the KINEKO Film Festival (Shorts Program)

Sun Jan 27: 1.00pm
Wed Jan 30: 3.00pm
Sat Feb 09: 3.00pm

Festival - Childrens Film Festival Seattle 2019: Shorts

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Ages 8+

** Presented in collaboration with KINEKO! **

Enter a magical realm where mysterious beings are half-mortal, half-god, patient animals are the guardians of boys and girls, and friendship is a force as magical as the wind. These animated, all-Japanese-language films are brought to Seattle through our festivals friendship and cooperation with the creators of the KINEKO International Childrens Film Festival in Tokyo.

64 min.

Fox Fears
(Miyo Sato, Japan, animation, 2015, 8 min, Japanese with English subtitles) North American premiere!

On the evening of a village festival, a young boy name Bunroku hears an old womans superstitious tale of foxes. The story sparks the boys fears, but his mothers loving words have the power to comfort him.
Grand Prix in Japanese Short Film Category at KINEKO 2016

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Matasaburo of the Wind
(Hiroki Yamada, Japan, animation, 2016, 22 min, Japanese with English subtitles)

In the countryside where children and their animal friends attend school together, a girl who has just moved from the city is mistaken for the child of the God of Wind. Her classmates do not immediately accept her, until but one boy reaches out to form a friendship.
Grand Prix in Japanese Short Film Category at KINEKO 2017

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Momo and Her Cat
(Yuka Imabayashi, Japan, animation, 2016, 10 min, Japanese with English subtitles) North American premiere!

With love and tenderness, this heartwarming animation shows how a girls relationship with her cat guides her into adulthood.

Genbanojo
(Takumi Doyama, Japan, animation, 2017, 24 min, in Japanese with English subtitles) North American premiere!

A popular troupe of traveling entertainers has a mystical secret to their success they are actually magical foxes in disguise! When a young girl happens to find out the truth, the foxes use their magic in ways they havent been able to for centuries.