Extremely Short

Totemo mijikai

Quinzaine 2024 | Short film | 5 min | Japan

World premiere

The shortest film in the selection, but by no means the least intense, is by a master of Japanese animation, Kōji Yamamura. Somewhere between calligraphy, embryology and words from beyond the grave, a convulsive poem wraps itself around the Japanese syllable 'da' – a breath that could just as well be the first as the last.

Director

Kōji Yamamura

Born in 1964, Kōji Yamamura is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and is a professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts. Nominated for an Oscar, his short Mt. Head won grand prizes and was selected for 100 Films for a Century of Animation. In total, his films have won over 140 awards.