26 up and coming next generation creators

They will be featured in the booklet "NEW MOTION Creatorcs File 2019." We will screen and exhibit mainly works of these creators who are on the booklet.

NEW MOTION -Short Films-

A program introducing animators and animation directors, apart from directors.
Presenting the next generation of creators, who are expanding the potential of animation as a means of expression. Comprised of creators making experimental and ambitious works with unique techniques and new ideas.

NEW MOTION -Directors-

A program introducing directors who primarily work in television.
Presenting directors who personify the future of Japanese animation, and their works. Each of them have developed their own unique styles, and are challenging the status quo.

ATSUSHI WADA Program

Screenings of animated works by Atsushi WADA, a director with a distinctive outlook. Wada himself will greet audiences.

Anime Tamago Screening

A program cultivating up and coming Japanese animators. Three works will be screened from the 2018 and 2019 editions.

Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" Live animation concert
(Cooperation: Center of Innovation, Tokyo University of the Arts / Graduate school of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts)

A concert featuring a collaboration between an orchestra playing live music, and four directors and their animated works: Anna Budanova, Priit Parn and Olga Parn, Atsushi Wada, and Theodore Ushev. A new way of enjoying animation - NEW MOTION.
Live music and animation will be brought together by world first artificial intelligence technology, developed through an industry-academic collaboration by Yamaha Corporation and Tokyo University of the Arts. This will be the French premiere of the concert, which was held in Los Angeles in January this year.

Japan, the New Generation

Four young Japanese creators — Keita ONISHI, Kiyotaka OSHIYAMA, Ryo ORIKASA and Sarina NIHEI — talk about their influences, production conditions making short films in Japan and their visions of the future.

MIFA Japan Booth

A total of 35 innovative forms of media, including animations, video installations, VR and AR content, as well as animation-inspired games, were exhibited in a 150 ㎡ space.
The visitors were able to witness the high quality and diversity of Japanese animation as well as acquire a sense of what is to come from the next generation in the years ahead.
At the site, not only did the visitors enthusiastically view and interact with the exhibits, but they also actively asked the artists questions.

Festival Official Screening

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  “Atsushi WADA Program” ＜June 10th＞
  Speaker: WADA Atsushi

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  “NEW MOTION - Short films” ＜June 13th＞
  Speakers: ONISHI Keita, USUHA Ryoya, ABE Shun, ORIKASA Ryo

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  “NEW MOTION - Short films” ＜June 10th＞
  Speakers: KONDOH Akino, NIHEI Sarina

“NEW MOTION - Short Films” and “NEW MOTION – Directors” showcased the next generation of creators. There were also screenings of works by WADA Atsushi, an animator with a unique perspective, and “Anime Tamago”, a program created by the Young Animator Training Project organized by the Agency for Cultural affairs, Government of Japan.

After the screening, the audience collected around the artist and asked questions. Their high level of interest in Japanese animation was impressive.

Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" Live animation concert
(Cooperation: Center of innovation, Tokyo University of the Arts / Graguate school of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts)

Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” Live animation concert was performed at the Château d'Annecy Hall.
A long line had formed before the opening of this innovative concert that had AI-based animation moving with live orchestra music. Visitors were delighted with the unusual performance.

"Lupin the 3rd -The Castle of Cagliostro" outdoor screening

“Lupin the 3rd -The Castle of Cagliostro” was played on a screen set up outdoor by the gates of the Château d'Annecy. Despite the drizzling rain and chilly temperatures, the audience genuinely enjoyed the screening. This response was again a strong indicator of French people’s love and respect for Japanese masterpieces.

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  Interview with CITIA artistic director Marcel JEAN

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  Interview with CITIA CEO Mickaël MARIN

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  Interview with the commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan MIYATA Ryohei and general director OKAMOTO Mitsuko

The 22nd Japan Media Arts Festival showcased its winning pieces in Odaiba, Tokyo. “Lupin the 3rd -The Castle of Cagliostro” was also screened for the event at the same time, with voice actor SHIMAMOTO Sumi appearing as a special guest. As a collaboration between the two places, SHIMAMOTO’s comments were aired before the screening at Annecy, and the Annecy audience was shown on the Odaiba screen.

BS Fuji, one of the business operators in the Japan Media Arts Festival, reported on Japan’s involvement in Annecy 2019 and this screening event for the feature “22nd Japan Media Arts Festival: Look, Hear, Feel. Experience Now” (aired July 7).

MIFA Campus

“OSHIYAMA Kiyotaka’s Correcting Sakuga Lesson; Break the Rules”

Many French students packed into the venue and listened enthusiastically to OSHIYAMA’s lecture. It covered the basic and important points of drawing and the challenges that can be undertaken only when you are young. The audience found the contents very relevant and insightful.

Animation Boot Camp in Annecy 2019　Project for the Promotion of Cooperation of Media Arts by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan(Cooperation : Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts)

22 French students participated in this animation workshop taught by top Japanese animators OSHIYAMA Kiyotaka, Ryo-timo, and ITAZU Yoshimi.
While CG animation is done in a consistent style around the world, this workshop was based around the students moving their own bodies to understand movement better and finding their own unique styles through pencil drawings. The lectures were filled with elements indispensable to basic animation and they drew a lot of interest from the attendees.
NHK reported on the event. The news was aired in Japan as well as China.

Masterclass

ONISHI Keita, OSHIYAMA Kiyotaka, ORIKASA Ryo and NIHEI Sarina were speakers at a masterclass seminar on animation. They spoke about artists who had inspired them, on the production of animation in Japan, and its future prospects.

Japan Reception

We had a reception party at an attractive venue overlooking the lake.

The event was attended by the commissioner of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan MIYATA Ryohei, head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs Planning Department TAKEDA Yasuhiro, general director OKAMOTO Mitsuko, festival organizer CITIA’s CEO Mickaël MARIN, as well as 19 artists who had travelled to the event. Six businesses from Tokyo were introduced at the event.
The event welcomed around 400 guests. They were able to chat while enjoying Japanese food and plum wine.

Closing Ceremony

The closing ceremony was held on the last day of the event at Bonliue.
All eyes were on festival director Marcel JEAN when he announced the winners and their works, leading to big celebrations. Although there were unfortunately no Japanese winners, the festival nominated a number of pieces that helped show the world the allure of Japanese animation.

・Winners / Nominated Japanese works ＜PDF＞

Annecy will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2020. The festival will be held from June 15 to 20, 2020 and the honorary baton passed on from Japan to the African continent. As always, the festival is expected to garner attention from all over the world and be packed with participants passionate about animation.