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Programme of Japanese Stop-Motion Films at London's BFI on October 6
posted on by Andrew Osmond
The BFI Southbank will hold a programme of Japanese stop-motion animation on Sunday October 6 at 3.30 p.m. The 90-minute programme features the work of dwarf studio (the name is lower case), which was founded by Tsuneo Goda.
Tsuneo Goda and dwarf created the character Domo in 1998 as the mascot of the Japanese public broadcaster NHK, and later animated a string of stop-motion animated shorts for both Japan and North America.
The BFI describes the event as follows:
"Filmmaker Tsuneo Goda set up dwarf studios in September 2003, after he created the world-famous Domo character. Twenty-one years later, dwarf is now the biggest stop-motion studio in Japan, producing high-quality films, TV ads and various content. Their innovatively creative works include Komaneko: The Curious Cat, a tasty friendship short film Mogu and Perol, the samurai stop-motion film HIDARI, a few Netflix series featuring the relaxed bear character Rilakkuma and, most recently, Pokémon Concierge. Tonight, we look at some of the finest work from a studio that is at the top of its game."
