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Program / Funakoshi Kominkan

5-22-23 Funakoshi, Aki-ku, Hiroshima City 736-0081
Tel: 082-823-4261
http://www.hitomachi.city.hiroshima.jp/funakoshi-k/ (in Japanese only)

Sat. 1st November, 1:30pm-

(1), The Fish Hunters
Directed by:Rosana Liera /2001/6:11/France
HIROSHIMA 02/Renzo Kinoshita Prize

Where there is no water, we find today the fish hunters. These men, armed with nets, terrorize desert inhabitants in search of fish.


(2), Angel
Directed by:Aaron Lim /2001/6:17/Rep. of Korea
HIROSHIMA 02/Special Prize

Wing who has been shut up in a room for ages, dreams of freedom as he watches an angel doll hanging from the window sill. He makes several attempts to become an angel himself... A short fable about people who try to achieve the impossible.


(3), The Demon
Directed by:Shin Hosokawa /2004/9:10/Japan
HIROSHIMA ?04/Debut Prize

The people are frightened by the demon who appears in the village. A young man cannot stand, and he heads for the island where the demon lives. He meets an aged demon and presses him with spear and sword. He refuses to listen to the words of the demon and kills him. But when the young man losts himself in anger, he was the same as the demon./04??/


(4), Britannia
Directed by:Joanna Quinn /1993/5:00/U.K.
HIROSHIMA ?94/Categoty E(within 5min.)1st

Britannia? takes a satirical look at the British character and how, in pursuit of wealth and power, it has robbed other nations of their pride and natural wealth. However, in the end, justice is done.


(5), The Glove
Directed by:Juan Pablo Zaramella /2001/10:00/Argentina
HIROSHIMA 02/Special Prize

It is the story of one who is mysteriously chosen to receive a strange box with a glove inside. From that moment on he becomes a part of a plan that may change his life forever.


(6), The Village
Directed by:Mark Baker /1993/14:00/U.K.
HIROSHIMA 94/Hiroshima Prize

A small isolated village viewed from the outside is a picture of peace and tranquility. But the reality is slowly revealed as envy, greed and gossip are pushed to the limit.


(7), When the Day Breaks
Directed by:Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis Forbis, Amanda
1999/9:35/Canada
HIROSHIMA 2000/Grand Prize

After witnessing the accidental death of a stranger, a pig named Ruby seeks affirmation in the city around her, and finds it in surprising places. With deft humour and finely rendered detail, ?When the Day Breaks? illuminates the links which connect our urban lives, while evoking the promise and fragility of a new day.