29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Contour

Yoshiki Nishimura / Japan / 2021 / World Premiere / 8 min.


synopsis

The documentation of the river focuses on a set of rounded stones whose moving contours, flowing around invisible obstacles and pouring out of thin lines into changing surfaces, have been constructed from thousands of photographs using 3D graphics techniques.

biography

Yoshiki Nishimura (1954) is a Japanese experimental filmmaker and producer. In his work, he explores the borders between reality and virtual worlds, most commonly making use of 3D graphics and animation. His films are regularly screened at Ji.hlava IFDF. Last year, his film Dear Daisy, (2020), dealing with the relations between humans and technology, was presented at this festival.

more about film

director: Yoshiki Nishimura
producer: Yoshiki Nishimura

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2021
section:Fascinations
language:No Dialogue
subtitles:No Subtitle
colour:Colour

Info

director:Yoshiki Nishimura
original title:Contour
country:Japan
year:2021
running time:8 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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