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TIFF 2007 Hosts "Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor"
posted on by Evan Miller
Internationally recognized anime director Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor") on October 20. The director attended a premiere screening of the film, which was also used as the opening animation for the conference, and held a before the screening to discuss the film and his career.
The film is based on the surrealist earned the "Grand Prize for Best Independent Short Animation" award at the 2007 Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Yamamura confessed that his work isn't that familiar to fans of regular broadcast anime series, but stressed that Japan's "art animation" and art animation directors continue to impress audiences at film festivals around the world.
Aside from "A Country Doctor," Yamamura's other films "Man & Whale," a commercial that Yamamura did for Greenpeace Japan.
Source: animeanime.jp
Image © Koji Yamamura
