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| Short animation | 2025 | Japan | 05'04" |Director & Animation: »Ryotaro Miyajima
Music & Sound Design: Takayuki Noami (Non-REM Studio)
Producer: Koji Yamamura
Co-Producers: Tarte Nunoyama, Takashi Kiriyama
Special Thanks: Shunji Gondo, Alexandre Noyer, Tokyo University of the Arts
Production: MIYAJIMA FILM
When immersed in the contours swelling and waning in the forest of needles, the mundane world drifts away, and we only live to breathe.
Awards (4)
Best Experimental Animated Film: 2nd Chitkara International Animation and Film Festival, India, 2026.03
Silver International Experimental Short: 19th Los Angeles Animation Festival, US, 2025.12
Award Winner: 6th Onyko Films Awards 2025, Ukraine / Online, 2025
Special Mention: 10th Animation Marathon 2025, Greece, 2025.11
Official Selection (41)
Short Shot Fest (6th Festival Season 2025/26), Russia, 2025
Mobile Animation Film Festival (MAFF), US, 2025
6th Onyko Films Awards 2025, Ukraine / Online, 2025
32nd Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Poland, 2025.10
7th Open World Animation Festival, US, 2025.11
10th Animation Marathon, Greece, 2025.11
35th EUROSHORTS, Poland, 2025.12
22nd Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia, 2025.12
4th Animators Guild India Fest, India, 2025.12
19th Los Angeles Animation Festival, US, 2025.12
22nd 24FPS International Animation Awards, India, 2025.12
30th New York International Children’s Film Festival, US, 2026.02
2nd Chitkara International Animation and Film Festival, India, 2026.03
30th SPE Media Festival, US, 2026.03
15th American Documentary and Animation Film Festival (AmDocs 2026), US, 2026.03
25th 2300 Plan 9: Les Étranges Nuits du Cinéma, Switzerland, 2026.03
53rd Athens International Film + Video Festival, US, 2026.04
5th Brighton International Animation Festival, UK, 2026.04
9th Festival du Film d’Animation d’Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 2026.04
25th Anifilm, Czech Republic, 2026.05
17th Golden Kuker – Sofia International Animation Film Festival, Bulgaria, 2026.05
6th Framed International Animation Film Festival, Netherlands, 2026.05
9th Animotion Film Festival, Italy, 2026.05
Pulse of Animation Festival, Bulgaria, 2026.05
26th deadCenter Film Festival, US, 2026.06
50th Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France, 2026.06
19th Fest Anča, Slovakia, 2026.06
14th Insomnia International Open-Air Animation Film Festival, Russia, 2026.07
26th Animix, Israel, 2026.08
Imaginaria 24th International Animated Film Festival, Italy, 2026.08
14th Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology, US, 2026.08
4th Almaty Animation Festival, Kazakhstan, 2026.09
8th BANG Awards – International Animation Film Festival, Portugal, 2026.09
13th LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Ukraine, 2026.09-10
10th Bolton International Film Festival, UK, 2026.09-10
21st Animatou Geneva Animation Festival, Switzerland, 2026.10
12th Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan, 2026.10
14th Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Hungary, 2026.10
21st Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market, Japan, 2026.10
6th CRAFT International Animation Festival, Indonesia, 2026.10
20th Big Cartoon Festival, Russia, 2026.10
Screening (2)
"All About Koji Yamamura: A is for Animation," Theater Shinjuku, Japan, 2025.12.05-18
3rd Hiroshima Animation Season 2026, Japan, 2026.08
