October 21, 2013

The omnibus film Anime Mirai was greeted with the Focus Asia Jury's Special Mention at the 46th SITGES International Film Festival of Catalonia (Sitges 2013), held in Sitges, Spain from October 11 to 20, 2013. The screening at Sitges marked the movie's Spanish premiere.

The Focus Asia awards are given to all films produced by Asian companies in 2012/13, and included in any of the festival's sections. Anime Mirai was screening in the Anima't Feature Film Section.

Anime Mirai ("the future of animation") is a collective project from four leading Japanese production studios selected by the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA) under the patronage of the Agency for Cultural Affairs for the purpose of training young animators on-the-job. All key animators have been selected among staff with less than five years of experience.
The four episodes are, Juju the Weightless Dugong (directed by Hiroshi Kawamata), Pretending Not to See (directed by Shinpei Miyashita), Li'l Spider Girl (directed by Toshihisa Kaiya) and Buta (directed by Kazuhide Tomonaga). Production I.G produced Li'l Spider Girl, directed by Toshihisa Kaiya.

"A kaleidoscope of expressive techniques and resources, a pleasure for tasters of oriental delicacies." (Sitges 2013)

SITGES International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia is the number one fantasy film festival in the world and represents, at the same time, the cultural expression with the most media impact in Catalonia. The Sitges Festival is a stimulating universe of encounters, exhibitions, presentations and screenings of fantasy films from all over the world. Born in 1968 as the 1st International Week of Fantasy and Horror Movies, today the Festival is an essential rendezvous for movie lovers and audiences eager to come into contact with new tendencies and technologies applied to film and the audiovisual world.

Screening schedule:
Date: October 12, 2013 (Sat)
Time: 14:30
Place: Retiro

SITGES 2013 official website:
http://sitgesfilmfestival.com/eng

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