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Can time be made to stand still? Can it be reversed? Koji Yamamura’s Muybridge’s Strings is a meditation on this theme, contrasting the worlds of the photographer Eadweard Muybridge—who in 1878 successfully photographed consecutive phases in the movement of a galloping horse—and a mother who, watching her daughter grow up, realizes she is slipping away from her. Moving between California and Tokyo, between the nineteenth century and the twenty-first, the film focuses on some of the highpoints in Muybridge’s troubled life and intercuts them with the mother’s surrealistic daydreams—a poetic clash that explores the irrepressible human desire to seize life’s fleeting moments, to freeze the instants of happiness. Enriched by Koji Yamamura’s refined artistry and Normand Roger’s soundtrack, Muybridge’s Strings observes the ties that cease to bind, fixes its gaze on the course of life, and presents a moment in time suspended on the crystalline notes of a canon by J.S. Bach.

2011, 12 min 39 s

Les cordes de Muybridge / Muybridge's Strings

Special Prize
Festival international d'animation
Du 23 au 27 août 2012, Hiroshima - Japon

Prix Firebird
Festival international du film
Du 21 mars au 5 avril 2012, Hong Kong - Chine

Prix d'excellence (Catégorie: Animation)
Japan Media Arts Festival
Du 21 février au 4 mars 2012, Tokyo - Japon

The Great (Under)estimated Award
International Film Festival "Etiuda & Anima"
Du 18 au 24 novembre 2011, Cracovie - Pologne

Prix "Silver Mikeldi" pour le meilleur film d'animation- assorti d'une bourse de 3000 euros
Festival international de cinéma documentaire et de court métrage - (Zinebi)
Du 11 au 18 novembre 2011, Bilbao - Espagne

Prix de la meilleure œuvre canadienne – Film ou vidéo
Reel Asian International Film Festival
Du 8 au 13 novembre 2011, Toronto - Canada

Prix RTP2: Onda Curta
Festival international de cinéma d'animation / CINANIMA
Du 7 au 13 novembre 2011, Espinho - Portugal

Prix spécial du jury
Festival international de cinéma d'animation / CINANIMA
Du 7 au 13 novembre 2011, Espinho - Portugal

Mention honorifique
Festival international de films documentaires et d'animation
Du 17 au 23 octobre 2011, Leipzig - Allemagne