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Best of Japan Media Arts Festival award winners
August 19th, 2008

One of the pleasures of film festivals, whether you’re watching them or organizing them, is in discovering unintended themes in the films.

Sometimes it’s inevitable, such as when social or political issues are on everyone’s mind, but these are so unsurprising as to almost be banal. It’s the small, quirky and sometimes trivial themes that are the most interesting to discover, and last year’s award-winning short animation offerings from the Japan Media Arts Festival has a few worth mentioning.

Check out Frames Per Second for the complete rundown:

Livin’ La Vida Low-Res

Happy Birthday

Not So Short Shorts

Entertain Me

(Crossposted from Frames Per Second)

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10:44 AM Emru Townsend • Permalink
Events | Film, TV, manga & anime
Tagged with: anime festivals
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