Muybridge's Strings

Muybridge's Strings
Japaneseマイブリッジの糸
Directed byKōji Yamamura
Written byKōji Yamamura
Produced byKeisuke Tsuchihashi
Michael Fukushima
Shuzo John Shiota
Edited byKōji Yamamura
Music byNormand Roger
Pierre Yves Drapeau
Denis Chartrand
Animation byKōji Yamamura
Production
companies
Distributed byPolygon Pictures
Release date
  • September 17, 2011 (2011-09-17)
Running time
13 minutes
CountriesCanada
Japan

Muybridge's Strings (Japanese: マイブリッジの糸; Maiburijji no ito) is a Canadian-Japanese animated short film, directed by Kōji Yamamura and released in 2011.[1] A meditation on the passage of time, the film contrasts the story of Eadweard Muybridge, the British photographer who was a key innovator in the concept of photographically recording motion, with the story of a contemporary mother in Tokyo who realizes that her daughter is growing up and slipping away from her.[2]

The film won the Excellence Prize at the 2011 Japan Media Arts Festival,[3] and a special prize at the 2012 Hiroshima International Animation Festival.[4] It received a Genie Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.[5]

  1. ^ Ramin S. Khanjani, "Chronos Pulls the Strings: Roaming thoughts On Koji Yamamura’s Muybridge’s Strings (2011)". Off Screen, March 2014.
  2. ^ Catherine Munroe Hotes, "Muybridge’s Strings (マイブリッジの糸, 2011)". Nishikata Film Review, June 15, 2012.
  3. ^ Egan Loo, "Madoka Magica, Saturn Apartments Win Media Arts Awards". Anime News Network, December 15, 2011.
  4. ^ Crystalyn Hodgkins, "'Great Rabbit,' 'Muybridge's Strings' Win Awards at Hiroshima Animation Fest". Anime News Network, August 28, 2012.
  5. ^ Brian D. Johnson, "Quebec and Croneberg (sic) lead Genies". Maclean's, January 17, 2012.