109 CINEMAS, 155 seats, 5+, Animation Film, E - 61 Minutes, Japan, No Subtitle, Short Film

Komaneko -A New Journey

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Country: Japan
Director: Tsuneo Goda
Runtime: 08:00
Section: Films for Children
Film Completion Date: 2024
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Ojii plans to go on an overseas trip with Koma. Koma is happy, but she has to leave her beloved dolls at home. Will she be okay with being away from them?

Komaneko -A New Journey Still -2 - KINEKO International film festival 2024 — ©dwarfKFP ©dwarf

Director Biography – Tsuneo Goda

komaneko-a-new-journey_director - KINEKO International film festival 2024

Tsuneo Goda started his directing career with TV commercials.

Developing “Domo”, the character for NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), led Goda into the field of animation. He established dwarf studios in 2003, whereby he became a creator of animation. Goda displays his talent not only in animation, but also in illustration and in books for children. His artistic philosophy is to visualize what he feels and experiences in daily life through puppet animation, in which even the unrealistic is possible.

His most notable character to date is “Domo”, whose TV series(2’×26 episodes) was broadcasted on the world’s most watched children’s channel, Nickelodeon in 2008. By now, it was aired in more than 170 regions worldwide.

While “Komaneko” series, which are one of his most outstanding works, are shown and highly praised at the various film festivals all over the world, “The Curious Kitty & Friends” participated the pilot season of Amazon Studios that launched in 2016 in the US, UK, Germany, Austria and Japan

In 2023 dwarf celebrated its 20th anniversary and “dwarf 20th Anniversary Exhibition” was held at Gallery Aamo in Tokyo Dome City to great acclaim. The 20th anniversary film, “Komaneko -A New Journey-” directed by Goda is scheduled for release in spring 2024.

Film Director’s Statement about the Film

This is the latest addition to the 20 year long “Komaneko” series.

In this short film inspired by footage of children evacuating Ukraine with their stuffed toys in their arms, I wanted to encapsulate the experience of ever-changing emotion. The things that seem permanent in childhood may not always stay that way growing up.