Montag | 01.12.2025 | 19:00 h (hybrid)

Kurzfilmprogramm: Calling Cinematheque

kuratiert von Yüiho Umeoka, Kyoto, Japan)

Die Filmorganisation 'Calling' wurde 2019 von vier Filmemacher*innen gegründet, die in der Metropolregion Keihanshin mit den Städten Kyoto, Osaka und Kobe leben und aktiv sind. Die Gruppe sucht nach einer neuen Art, bewegte Bildwerke zu präsentieren, indem sie verschiedene Genres, Stile und Orte miteinander in Interaktion bringt. Ihre Projekte und Vorführungen führten sie unter anderem nach Tokio (Shibuya Theater, Image Forum) und nach Busan, Südkorea (Busan International Film Festival).

(Im Rahmen der Japan-Exkursion und schon am Ende dieser Woche trifft die Filmklasse die FilmCoop zu einem Austauschevent in Kyoto)

 

Filmprogramm (71 min)

Reika Matsumoto - In the ginkgo forest
2:09 min | 2023 | HD (4:3) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog)

Takumi Kataoka - Shadow wave
6:00 min | 2018 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog)

Shiori Watanabe - Roll Call
2:04 min | 2017 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OVjp (SUBen)

Ryota Higashi - Half Star, Half Sleep
10:04 min | 2018 | HD (16:9) | bw | stereo | OVjp (SUBen)

Ayano Niwa - 21:00
2:34 min | 2022 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog)

Naoya Shibahara - Vision of one day
1:10 min | 2018 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog)

Yu-Jin Kim - Prayer to our Father
11:15 min | 2018 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OVkr (SUBen)

Yüiho Umeoka - alter
7:30 min | 2019 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog)

Yuka Sato - Yesterday will be flipped.
3:35 min | 2015 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog)

Takahiro Miyazaki - ANIMA
25:00 min | 2019 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OVjp (SUBen)

 

Yüiho Umeoka (*1995 in Kobe) graduated from Kyoto Seika University in 2018. Umeoka creates works derived from the theme of "the possibilities of analog technology in the digital age”. He is involved in a wide range of video and media art practice, including producing artworks using programming and video, media authoring, and video/audio operator and organizing small-scale screening events.

[ https://callingcinematheque.jimdofree.com ]

 

Details

Reika Matsumoto - In the ginkgo forest
2:09 min | 2023 | HD (4:3) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog)
"This is an animation in which fluffy snowmen gather in a ginkgo forest at the sound of a flute and begin to dance. The overlapping ginkgo leaves on the ground, the warm atmosphere of the forest, and the joyful movements of the many snowmen all come together to express a sense of “healing.” I created this work with the hope that those who watch it will feel deeply soothed, and that such a world could truly come into being."
Reika Matsumoto
Creates animated works using a wide range of techniques, including hybrid methods that combine analog and digital drawing as well as rotoscoping.

Takumi Kataoka - Shadow wave
6:00 min | 2018 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog)
This work visually expresses elusive words that appear and vanish, by deconstructing and reconstructing the shapes of characters.
Takumi Kataoka
"Born in Osaka in 1995. She creates calligraphy works using moving images, as well as live-action films."

Shiori Watanabe - Roll Call
2:04 min | 2017 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OVjp (SUBen)
During morning roll call at school, Wataya gets more and more nervous as her turn approaches. The tension causes her to lose the ability to control her own body.
Shiori Watanabe
"Born in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture. Completed the Animation course (9th cohort) at the Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts. Using experimental techniques such as melting wax or sanding drawing paper, creates works that explore fading and forgotten memories."

Ryota Higashi - Half Star, Half Sleep
10:04 min | 2018 | HD (16:9) | bw | stereo | OVjp (SUBen)
I created this work while reflecting on the sensation that arises the moment one awakens from a deep sleep—when the sense of who you are and where you are becomes blurred—and on the possibility that I might have become a different version of myself than the one I am now.
Ryota Higashi
"Film artist and educator. Driven by a fascination and longing for the act of “seeing,” he both watches works from across time and cultures and creates his own moving image works as a way of life."

Ayano Niwa - 21:00
2:34 min | 2022 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog)
Each day, after returning home at 9:00 p.m., I spent the hours until bedtime recording the ordinary household items around me as 3D objects. The modeling for this animation was created with the iPad app Nomad Sculpt, approached with the immediacy and spontaneity of sketching.
Ayano Niwa
Born in 1992, based in Japan. Completed studies at the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences [IAMAS]. Produces experimental animation by establishing unique rules and introducing intentional constraints into the drawing process.

Naoya Shibahara - Vision of one day
1:10 min | 2018 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog)
woodblock print animation
Naoya Shibahara
"Born in 1995 in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. He creates animations using woodblock prints through a unique technique inspired by ukiyo-e. The images, carved from freely drawn lines."

Yu-Jin Kim - Prayer to our Father
11:15 min | 2018 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OVkr (SUBen)
During morning roll call at school, Wataya gets more and more nervous as her turn approaches. The tension causes her to lose the ability to control her own body.
Yu-Jin Kim
Youjin Kim was born in Busan, South Korea, and graduated from the Braunschweig University of Art in Germany with a degree in Fine Arts (Freie Kunst). Through installation, video, and performance, Kim explores her artistic practice across diverse media. Her short film Prayer to Our Father was screened at the European Media Art Festival in 2019, and in the same year, she received the Jungwoon Award at the Seoul International Experimental Film Festival (EXiS).

Yüiho Umeoka - alter
7:30 min | 2019 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog)
"Two fractals, one composed of black-and-white patterns and the other of colorful, psychedelic designs, express the self in a way that is both self and other. The ego is then determined by the unceasing noise."
Yüiho Umeoka
"Based in Osaka, Japan. creates works derived from the theme of ""the possibilities of analog technology in the digital age”. He is involved in a wide range of video and media art practice, including producing artworks using programming and video, media authoring, and video/audio operator and organizing small-scale screening events."

Yuka Sato - Yesterday will be flipped.
3:35 min | 2015 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OV (nodialog)
Everything is constantly changing. What was obvious until yesterday changes to something completely different. Abstract animation drawn using printmaking techniques with the theme of invariance.
Yuka Sato
Yuka Sato was born in Hokkaido, Japan in 1992. She is an animation artist and a lecturer at Ikueikan University. She creates abstract animations using printmaking techniques, as well as stop-motion animations employing a variety of materials. Her works have been nominated and awarded at numerous film festivals both in Japan and abroad. In recent years, she has been producing works using fabric-based film and projectors.

Takahiro Miyazaki - ANIMA
25:00 min | 2019 | HD (16:9) | col | stereo | OVjp (SUBen) "A 14-year-old boy has killed someone. In the wake of this shocking incident in a newly built town, interviews are conducted with the residents who live there. Yet it remains unclear whether what emerges is mere mischief, rumor, lies, or truth. Something hidden within the new town and its very soil begins to surface, and faint breaths can be heard. - This is the second work in the Landscape Film: Incident Trilogy series."
Takahiro Miyazaki
"Born in 1995 in Tokyo. Graduated from the Department of Cinema, College of Art, Nihon University, and later from the Graduate School of Kyoto Seika University.
Currently works at an advertising agency in Tokyo."

 

[ Abbildung oben: aus dem Film ‚Progress and Harmony for Mankind 2025' (2025) von Yüiho Umeoka ]