Gentle Motions: Atsushi Wada’s Short Animation

Gentle Motions: Atsushi Wada’s Short Animation Saturday, March 21, 3 PM Saturday, March 21, 5 PM Saturday, March 21, 7 PM Atsushi Wada (b. 1980, Hyogo Prefecture) is an award-winning Japanese animator whose distinctive hand-drawn style emphasizes a minimalist aesthetic and evocative use of negative space. His whimsical and surrealist works, often involving animals and soft humans with blank expressions, utilize sudden shifts in perspective, sound effects and idiosyncratic gestures to express the comic absurdity and poetry of everyday life. This retrospective screening program features nine animated short films and various commissioned projects by Wada, including “The Great Rabbit,” recipient of a Silver Bear short film jury award at the 2012 Berlin International Film Festival. 2004-2019, 73 min., DCP, color, in Japanese with English subtitles. Directed by Atsushi Wada. ------ Visit: