November 12, 2010

Australia's annual Japanese Film Festival will be screening Tokyo Marble Chocolate and Oblivion Island: Haruka at the Magic Mirror, and anime creator Naoyoshi Shiotani will appear as guest of honour.

The bittersweet romantic comedy Tokyo Marble Chocolate (2007) is Shiotani's directorial debut, and it was awarded the Grand Prize in the Feature Film Category of the 12th Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF 2008). Japan Academy Prizes-winner and APSA-nominated Oblivion Island (2009) is Production I.G's first 3DCGI movie, for which Shiotani contributed animation direction, storyboards, the island concept design, and the design for Cotton, the movie heroine's supercute stuffed animal.

Learn more about Naoyoshi Shiotani in our featured interviews about Tokyo Marble Chocolate and Oblivion Island.

The two movies will be screened within the Special Event: Anime Matsuri 2 programme in Sydney only on November 27, 2010. Both movies are showing in Australia for the first time.

Organized by the Japan Foundation, Sydney, and now in its fourteenth year, the Japanese Film Festival showcases the latest Japanese movies to the Australian audience.

Screening schedule (Anime Matsuri 2 programme):
Date: November 27, 2010 (Sat)
Time: 4:45pm
Place: Event Cinemas George Street (505 - 525 George St, Sydney)

Screening schedule may change. Please refer to the 14th Japanese Film Festival official website:
http://14th.japanesefilmfestival.net/filmlist.html

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