Wareware wa Uchuujin (We Are Aliens), the first original feature-length animation from the Japanese film label NOTHING NEW, is in the middle of an international festival run. It won the Grand Prize in the feature-length competition at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
We Are Aliens is the first original feature-length animation from the Japanese film label NOTHING NEW, directed by Kohei Kadowaki as his first feature-length animated work. The film follows elementary schoolers Tsubasa and Akitaro and their trouble with one another. Kadowaki built the film using previs and child actors.
The festival run started with selections at Cannes and Annecy. In July the film was selected for three more festivals: the Melbourne International Film Festival, the New Zealand International Film Festival, and the Ottawa International Animation Festival. Kadowaki said he was surprised and grateful at the growing run.
Ottawa then awarded the film the Grand Prize in the feature-length competition. In October the YouTuber group Comdot, five childhood friends, released a video of their impressions of the film, discussing how they related to the trouble between Tsubasa and Akitaro. Kadowaki said he would watch the video in real time. For Comdot's audience, the film's long-standing friendship material meets a group built on the same thing.
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YouTuber group Comdot released a video of their impressions of Kohei Kadowaki's animated film 'We Are Aliens.' Comdot, five childhood friends, discuss how they related to the film's depiction of trouble between elementary schoolers Tsubasa and Akitaro. Kadowaki, who directed the film as his first feature-length animated work, said he would watch the video in real time. The film won the Grand Prize in the feature-length competition at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Jul 19
The first original feature-length animation from Japanese film label NOTHING NEW, 'We Are Aliens,' has been selected for three additional international film festivals: the Melbourne International Film Festival, the New Zealand International Film Festival, and the Ottawa International Animation Festival. The film was previously selected for Cannes and Annecy. Director Kohei Kadowaki expressed surprise and gratitude at the growing festival run.