Jiro feels sick. His father takes him to see the doctor. She diagnoses a harmless condition, but it shakes the boy’s identity.
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Awards:
Best Animation ※ Tampere Film Festival 2019
Best Animated Short ※ RiverRun Int’l Film Festival 2019
National Film Board of Canada Award for Best Animated Short ※ R2R 2019
Best Animation ※ Singapore Int’l Children’s Film Festival 2019
Best Int’l Animation ※ Leiria Film Fest 2019
Audience Award ※ Flatpack Festival 2019
Special Jury Prize ※ Animakom Fest 2019
Best Short Animation ※ Silk Road Int’l Film Festival 2019
Special Prize ※ Children’s Film Festival Seattle 2019
Winner Nat’l Competition ※ Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg 2019
‘Miglior Ponte’ Award ※ Int’l Short Film Festival Corti a Ponte 2019
Grand Prix ※ Int’l Animated Film Festival Stuttgart 2018
ARTE Short Film Award ※ Filmfest Dresden 2018
Golden Horseman for Gender Equality ※ Filmfest Dresden 2018
MDR Award for Best Script ※ Goldener Spatz 2018
Audience Award Best Animation ※ Festival Silhouette 2018
Winner Best Animation ※ Short to the Point, May 2018
Audience Award Best Animation ※ Florence Short Film Festival 2018
Winner Short Film Animation ※ Trujillo Int’l Independent Film Festival 2018
Special Jury Prize ※ Int’l Animated Film Festival Krok 2018
Diploma of the Jury ※ Insomnia Int’l Animation Film Festival 2018
Winner 1. Prize ※ interfilm Berlin 2018
Winner Programmer’s Choice ※ Bushwick Film Festival 2018
Bronze Winner Best Animated Short ※ Queen Palm Filmfest, Oct 2018
Diploma of the Jury ※ Int’l Festival ANIMAEVKA, Belarus 2018
Certification ‘Highly Recommended’ ※ FBW (German Board of Film Classification)
Voice Actors: Kanon Yamamoto, Yusuke Yamasaki, Iroha Sato, Shinobu Sawada, Fumio Okura & Yuna Fujiwara
Edited and Animated by Jon Frickey
Voice Director: Takashi Horiguchi
Sound Design and Mix: David Kamp
Music: Gofish and Satoko Shibata
Written and Directed by Jon Frickey, 2018
