POSSESSIONS Anime Nominated for Academy Award

Trailer for the Oscar-nominated POSSESSIONS, courtesy of SHORT PEACE COMMITTEE. © SHORT PEACE COMMITTEE © KATSUHIRO OTOMO/MASH?ROOM/SHORT PEACE COMMITTEE

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Director Shuhei Morita`s POSSESSIONS (???, Tsukumo) has been nominated in the Short Film (Animated) category of the 86th Academy Awards. Morita had previously directed the award-winning short KAKURENBO: HIDE & SEEK (?????, 2004) and developed a reputation for making full use of CG with FREEDOM (??, 2006). POSSESSIONS was theatrically released in Japan as part of the anime feature film SHORT PEACE (????????, Shooto Piisu, 2013), an omnibus of four short stories by directors Katsuhiro Otomo (AKIRA, STEAMBOY), Shuhei Morita, Hiroaki Ando (TEKKONKINKREET) and Hajime Katoki (MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM). it was also screened separately at festivals and exhibitions, including the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France. The Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 2, 2014. POSSESSIONS Running Time? 14 Minutes, 2 Seconds Genre: Fantasy, History, Ecology Screenplay, Director: Shuhei Morita Original Story Concept, Conceptual Design: Keisuke Kishi Producers: Daisuke Uchiyama, Yasumasa Tsuchiya, Motoki Mukaichi Animation Production: Sunrise and Yamatoworks, LLC Cast? Koichi Yamadera The 18th Century. On a stormy night, deep in the mountains, a man has lost his way in the forest and comes across a small shrine. When he enters, the space suddenly turns into a room in a different world. One after another appear the spirits of abandoned umbrellas, discarded kimonos, and other such spectral things which harbor a deep-seated bitterness. The man painstakingly mends these paraphernalia and brings them comfort. "You served people faithfully until you turned to rags. Your rest is well earned."

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