Aug 19th (Wed) 11:20～ @JMS ASTER PLAZA Medium Hall
This program showcases works by the main festival staff (including producers and directors) alongside artists invited through the Hiroshima Artist in Residence (H-AIR) program, an artist-in-residence initiative run by the festival.
Gest: Bence Hlavay, Zohar Dvir, Clara Trevisan, Honami Yano, Koji Yamamura, Nobuaki Doi, Shizuka Miyazaki
Marci, the main character in his twenties, bursts into her former residence, into the peaceful rural environment, on a crowded subway train. His friends welcome him and they go to their favorite place. On the way, it quickly becomes clear that Marci cannot settle back into the old idyll. He keeps wandering off and on. How can he return to this place with the help of his friends?
My name is Bence Hlavay, I was born on December 21, 1993 in Balassagyarmat. I graduated from the MOME Animation BA course in 2017, and then graduated from the MA course in 2023 with my short film called I would eat it if I could. During the university years, we created an animation studio, PIROS Animation. A mainly artistic collective that deals with both applied and original animations. In addition to the development of the studio, I would like to deal with the production of individual projects and films.
Carol panics and quarrels with her girlfriend Ray after an unexpected proposal. The situation worsens when she wakes up to an apocalyptic reality and dreadfully discovers that Ray had transformed into a butterfly. Ray’s metamorphosis, the invasion of the outside world into their home and the growing tension between the two threaten their relationship. Carol is afraid of losing Ray...
...but devoting to her girlfriend might come at a price.
Zohar Dvir is an animation director, based in Hamburg, Germany. She obtained her bachelor’s degree at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design and her MA at the Royal College of Art in London. Her distinctive animation style is self-taught, and blends 2D and 3D elements as well as a healthy dose of surrealism. She’s currently developing her first animated series.
In the darkness of night, a mysterious creature searches for food. A pair of goldfish swimming in the void attract it to the beginning of a myth of transformation. Blood is fuel, stars become the sun, the serpent continues eating its own tail. Having its role in the continuous cycle of the passing days, the creature is the stage for a transformation that must always repeat itself for life to flourish.
Clara Trevisan is a Brazilian visual artist whose work focuses primarily on animation and illustration. She has produced animated music videos for Brazilian and international artists, and has also contributed as art director to various short film projects and visual identity projects for cultural initiatives. Her visual research focuses on the realm of fantasy and imagination. In 2024, Clara completed her first short film as a director, Mother of Dawn.
When immersed in the contours swelling and waning in the forest of needles, the mundane world drifts away, and we only live to breathe.
Born in Tokyo in 1989. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Intermedia Art in 2015. In 2017, he completed the animation major at the same school. In 2020 he entered the doctoral program at the same graduate school. ”RADIO WAVE” ”AEON” ”CASTLE”, and others have won 23 awards and have been selected for over 180 film festivals.
In a world where dairy cows must bear calves to survive, Eri, a Holstein, falls in love with another cow.
Her sighs linger through sleepless nights — will they find their way to the one she loves?
Honami YANO is a Japanese animation filmmaker born on a small island in Japan. Her short film A Bite of Bone (2021) won the Grand Prize for Short Animation at the 45th Ottawa International Animation Festival. Alongside her filmmaking practice, she researches sexuality and gender in animation and curates screenings dedicated to queer animation.
Ordinary life repeats itself every day. The succession of moments that we repeat over and over again is never the same, and everything changes and wavers. The moment we touch something, our consciousness can go to a place that does not exist anywhere in the past, nor in the future. In an uncertain and fluctuating world, only the feeling of the body touching something, which exists only in this present reality, can be recognized as “now”. That moment is lovely.
Born in 1984. She creates animations that use body parts andeveryday objects as motifs for tactile expression. In addition tomaking short films, she is also involved in the production of musicvideos, advertisements, and movie for installations. Her short filmshave been screened and awarded at festivals worldwide, includingAnxious Body, completed in 2021, premiered in the Directors'Fortnight Competition at the 74th Cannes Film Festival and has won15 international awards.
In 2025, marking 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, NHK Hiroshima launched the project "80 Years Since Atomic Bombing: I Will Carry It On." As part of the project's effort to help more people learn about the atomic bombing, we commissioned PORNOGRAFFITTI, a famous rock band from Hiroshima, to create a theme song. After listening to the experiences and thoughts of atomic bomb survivors and other citizens of Hiroshima, the band created KOTOZUTE (Message to the future). The song is inspired by the "First Streetcar"—a streetcar that remarkably ran just three days after the bombing. This program brings the song to life through animation. Hoping to reach a wide audience—including children and people overseas—the director, Tarafu Otani and the production team carefully considered how to convey the reality and legacy of the atomic bombing in a way that would resonate deeply with viewers. Beginning in 2026, the project continues its mission under a new name "Everyone's Peace Project." The same theme song and animation remain at the heart of its activities.
2004-
Join 6nin
which is a group that consists of filmmakers,
designer, musician, and programmer.
2008-
Started to create artworks by myself.
Makes animation works on the theme of sound and abstraction.