Madonna

A wordless short homage to the maestro of pittura metafisica.

A short experimental animation by Keiichi Tanaami.

A joyfully psychedelic animation inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.

An animation mixing hand-drawn and cut-out techniques depicting the daily rituals of weekday morning that is occasionally interrupted by flights of fantasy delivered in stroboscopic flashes. Showing scenes of brushing teeth and face washing, Tanaami describes the film to be like a self-portrait on his favorite day of the week.

A trippy pop-art collage of phallic objects, naked women and American icons, most notably Elvis Presley.

An erotic pop animation seemingly symbolizing his youth when his soul was taken by the Hollywood actress.

A psychedelic collage of wartime stock footage and family photos, suggesting an underlying message of peace.

A short film by Keiichi Tanaami.

By the maker of Yellow Night. Also an exercise in the storyless and meaningless description of a drawn journey through the subconscious. Hallucination as a cheerful firework display. Made with style and skill, because nonchalance obviously has to be conquered. (IFFR)

A collaborative film between Keiichi Tanaami and Nobuhiro Aihara with a new interpretation of the traditional Japanese folk tale.

An experiment concerning the attempts at creating a ‘moving image’ long before the invention of cinema. A re-experiencing of the history of ‘magic with light’ unfolds through the use of various devices and techniques, including flip-book animation and Muybridge’s photographs in motion zoopraxiscope. (IFFR)

Blending psychedelic animation with haunting music. Centred around a black cat, it explores themes of misfortune and the uncanny through dreamlike visuals and Maki Asakawa’s melancholic song, "Fushiawase to Iu Na no Neko".

'There is a fusuma (paper sliding door) work based on the Hannya Shingyo (Prajna-paramita Hrdaya Sutram) by woodblock print artist Shikou Munakata. He wrote the sutra in one go without any rough drafts or scketches and the result is a very powerful and compelling work. Ever since I first saw this fusuma I have had a special interest in the Hannya Shingyo... ' (extract of the commentary by Keiichi Tanaami)

A short animared film by Tanaami Keiichi.

A compendium of independent Japanese animation, featuring a wide range of experimental techniques from drawn animation to pixilation.