Yamamura Animation, Inc.

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2025

Advisor: EU-JP residency in the margin of Osaka EXPO 2025, EU Cultural Relations Platform, EU-Japan »Site

Advisor: Agency for Cultural Affairs “New Way, New World: Program for Connecting Japanese Animators to the World" Phase 1&2, Japan »Site

2009-2024

Planning: »Introduction to Contemporary Animation at Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
Award: Japan Society for Animation Studies, Academic Special Award for 10 years of series Open lecture "Introduction to Contemporary Animation", Japan, 2019
1st "Laugh the Foolishness of Human being, Phil Mulloy" Lecturer: Yamamura Koji, 2009
2nd "The Post Successor of McLaren, The Abstract of Chris Christopher Hinton and Malcolm Sutherland" Lecturer: Yamamura Koji, 2009
3rd "Gianluigi Toccafondo's Temptation" Lecturer: Yamamura Koji, Iran Nguyén, 2009
4th "Priit & Olga Pärn" Instructor: Priit & Olga Pärn, 2010 »Film and New Media Studies Vol.2
5th "Priit Pärn in the Soviet era" lecturer: Yamamura Koji, 2010 »Film and New Media Studies Vol.2
6th "Priit Pärn in Estonia" Lecturer: Yamamura Koji, 2010 »Film and New Media Studies Vol.2
7th "Muybridge's Strings" Lecturer: Michael Fukushimal, Yamamura Koji, 2011 »Film and New Media Studies Vol.3
8th "Caroline Leaf, Drawing, Motion" Lecturer: Caroline Leaf, 2011 »Film and New Media Studies Vol.3
9th "Sensitivity and Intelligence, Gil Alkabetz" Lecturer: Gil Alkabetz, 2011
10th "Pinscreen Tradition" Lecturer: Michèle Lemieux, 2012
11th "Individual Works and Commercial Works" Lecturer: Igor Kovalyov, 2012 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.5@amazon
12th "Animation as Media of Social Criticism: The History of Channel 4" Lecturer: Clare Kitson, 2012 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.5@amazon
13th "Feel-bad film making" lecturer: Ruth Lingford, »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.11@amazon
14th "How I make animated film" lecturer: Georges Schwizgebel, 2013
15th "Situation of Contemporary Japanese Independent Animation" Lecturer: Yamamura Koji, Atsushi Wada, Kotobuki Shiriagari, Masaaki Yuasa, 2013 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.7@amazon
16th "Brothers Quay, a Labyrinth of Failure" Lecturer: Suzanne Bachan, 2014 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.6@amazon
17th "Okamoto Tadanari's Work" Lecturer: Yamamura Koji, Junko Hosaka, Minoru Tamura, Yoshihiro Shinohara, 2014 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.6@amazon
18th "Co Hoedman, Technique, Children, Message" Lecturer: Yamamura Koji, Iran Nguyén, Yukio Hiruma, 2014
19th "The Shock of Andreas Hykade" Lecturer: Andreas Hykade, 2015
20th "Latest Chinese Independent Situation 1: Various Artists" Lecturer: Ray Lei, Yamamura Koji, 2015
21st "Latest Chinese Independent Situation 2: Xi Chen" Lecturer: Xi Chen, Yamamura Koji, 2015
22nd "Narrative and Abstract in Stereoscope" Lecturer: Theodore Ushev, Yamamura Koji, 2016 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.7@amazon
23rd "Occurrence and matter" Lecturer: Yuri Norshteyn, Yamamura Koji, 2016 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.7@amazon
24th "Animation Documentary 1" Lecturer: Mathieu Labaye, Yamamura Koji, 2016 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.8@amazon
25th "Metaphor of Line and Multi-screen" Instructor: Paul Driessen, Yamamura Koji, 2017 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.9@amazon
26th "Trick of the Eye , Reversal of the Lord and the Slave" Lecturer: Raimund Krumme, Yamamura Koji, 2017 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.9@amazon
27th "Individuals and the World" Lecturer: Wendy Tilby, Amanda Forbis, Yamamura Koji, 2017 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.9@amazon
28th "The Potential of Animation's Possibility " Lecturer: Sébastien Laudenbach, Yamamura Koji, 2018 »LOOP ilm and New Media Studies Vol.10@amazon
29th "Current Artist Residence" Lecturer: Xavier Kawa-Topor, Yamamura Koji, 2018 »LOOP ilm and New Media Studies Vol.10@amazon
30th "Forefront of Experiment Animation" Lecturer: Boris Labbé, Yamamura Koji, 2018 »LOOP ilm and New Media Studies Vol.10@amazon
31st "Grotesque Euphoria" by Špela Čadež, Yamamura Koji, 2019
32th "Lonely Animals" Instructor: Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Yamamura Koji, 2019
33th "Unconsciousness and Metamorphosis" Lecturer: Michèle Cournoyer, Yamamura Koji, 2019
34th "A Decade of Contemporary Animation.", Yamamura Koji, 2020 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.12@amazon
35th "Korean Society Through Animation" Lecturer: Yojin Choi, Yamamura Koji, 2021 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.13@amazon
36th "Contemporary Korean Animation Artists" Lecturers: Yojin Choi, Yamamura Koji, 2021 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.13@amazon
37th "The Pärn School? Artists Studying in Estonia" Lecturers: Akira Arimochi, Koji Yamamura, 2022
38th "Animation of Engraving Techniques - From Stone to Pixels" Lecturers: Regina Pessoa, Yamamura Koji, 2023 »LOOP Film and New Media Studies Vol.14@amazon
39th "Taiwan Dreamy and Fantastic" Lecturers: Fish Wang, Yamamura Koji, 2024

2023

Curation: “Doors Open Toronto”
Animated Short Films & Soundscapes of Japan
“City of Sounds”, 2023.05.27-28, Asian Arts Festival , 2023.06.03

Supervision: "Joy of Life"
(Director: Song Yungsung, 2023, 5 min., Music: Normand Roger, Escola Superior de Música Lisboa)

Curation: Japanese Animation Masters, Atsushi Wada + New Generation, Short films produced at Tokyo University of Arts
22nd Monstra Lisbon Animation Film Festival, »Guest Country: Japan, 2023.03, Portugal

2022

Artistic Director of the Festival: »Hiroshima Animation Seson

Supervision: continuum exhibition, Japan Foundation, Sydney, 2022.02.18-07.02

Curation: Land of Rising Sun: Independent animation in Japan」13th Tehran International Animation Film Festival (TIAF), 2022.05.29-06.02

Curation: IDoors Open 2022、ANIMATED SHORT FILMS by GEIDAI STUDENTS, Japan Foundation, Toronto,2022. 05

2020

Expert selection committee: VULTURE "»The 100 Sequences That Shaped Animation" NY, US
Award: 2021 New York Press Club Award in the Critical Arts Review category

Curation: International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival LINOLEUM
2020.09.02-06、»Contemporary JapaneseAnimation Program, Kyiv, Ukraine

2018

Planning: <Animation Cabin vol.1> Koji Yamamura selection, best animated shorts in 2015 (Au Praxinoscope), Japan

Planning: <Animation Cabin vol.2> Boris LABBÉ (Au Praxinoscope), Japan

Planning: <Animation Cabin vol.3> "Nonsense for kids ?!" !(Au Praxinoscope), Japan

2017

Planning: <Animation Cabin vol.5> Invisibie Figure (Au Praxinoscope), Japan

Planning: Pärn's “KILPLASED” prints exihibiton (Au Praxinoscope), Japan

Planning: ORDINARY DRAWINGS FROM Theodore Ushev OF LIPSETT DIARIES (Au Praxinoscope), Japan

2016

Planning: <Animation Cabin vol.1> Koji Yamamura selection, best animated shorts in 2015, Au Praxinoscope, Japan

Planning: <Animation Cabin vol.2> Boris LABBÉ, Au Praxinoscope, Japan

Planning: <Animation Cabin vol.3> Nonsense for kids ?!, Au Praxinoscope, Japan

2015

Planning: Lecture "Kihachiro Kawamoto: His Person and Works" in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the birth of Kihachiro Kawamoto, Tokyo University of the Arts, MEXT Super Global University Support Project, Lecturer: Serge-Eric Segura, Special Guest Lecturer: Ko Hodeman, Tokyo University of the Arts, Bashamichi, Yokohama »Site

Curation: Canada in Focus" 1 "Synesthesia of Music and Visuals" 2 "Feast of Techniques" 3 "Resisting the Worst of the Worst" 4 "Another Reality" 5 "Watakushi no Monogatari" 6 "Journey to the Other Shore" 7 "Marcel Jean Special" Tokyo Anime Award Festival 2015 (2015.03.19-23)

Planning: Georges Schwizgebelsolo exhibition, Au Praxinoscope, Japan

Planning: Karo & Piyobpt exhibition, Au Praxinoscope),Japan

Planning: ”MYSELF LA” by Andreas Hykade, Au Praxinoscope) Japan

2014

Supervision: TAAF Tokyo Anime Award Festival Program Supervisor

Planning: Priit Pärn solo exhibition 2, Au Praxinoscope, Japan

Planning: Igor Kovalyov solo exhibition, Au Praxinoscope, Japan

Planning: Collection by Koji Yamamura: World Animation filmmaker's Artworks, Au Praxinoscope, Japan

2013

Planning: Priit Pärn solo exhibition (Au Praxinoscope), Japan

2011

Supervision: Special Exhibition: Karel Zeman: Another Master of Czech Animation, Avant-garde of Trick Films, Japan

2010

Planning: Animations Festival 2010(Kichijoji Baus Theater), Japan

2009

Planning: Animations at EIZONEShowcase Session, Japan

Planning: Animations Screening of new works + Talk in Hiroshima, Japan

2008

Planning: Geidai Animation Talk Session "OPEN TALK " Takahata Isao × Yamamura Koji "Possibility of Animation Expression" (Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse No.1, 3F Hall), Japan

2006

Selection of animated films for DVD

International Art Animation Index: Koji Yamamura select; Unkown Animations Vol.1

TDKCore
2006.08.09
53 mint., Japan
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International Art Animation Index: Koji Yamamura select; Unkown Animations Vol. Vol.2

TDK Core
2006.08.09
54 mint., Japan
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1999

Planning: Public Event "Your Choose!" Public Event "Your Choose!" Talk Show Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan