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The website of South Korea's Bucheon International Animation Festival has announced the titles of the films competing in the International Competition in 2024, and it includes three films by Japanese directors in the film genre. story and three more films in the short film genre. It also includes two Japanese movies in the “Drama & Authorized Movies” category under the Short Films category.
Feature films include:
Short films include:
“Maidens of the Ripples”by Michiko Soma”Extremely short”Ryo by Koji YamamuraAnimated short”Miserable Miracle”by Orikasa
The Scent of First Love (“Hatsukoi no Nioi”) by Maho Takagi and The Sound of Tatsuya Ishihara! Euphonium 3, the third season of the anime series, is competing in the “Authorized TV Series & Movies” category.
Bucheon International Animation Festival takes place from October 25-29 at Bucheon City Hall, Korean Manhwa Museum, CGV Bucheon, Bucheon Art Center, Webtoon-Bucheon Complex Center. The festival describes its goals:
Animation film festival with general competition categories, including feature films, short films, graduation films, Korean short films, dramas & Commissions. This festival aims to spread the true appeal of the animation genre and develop as a professional animation festival in Asia.
Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, Studio 4°C's animation based on Kanako Nishi's Gyokō no Nikuko-chan (Novel Nikuko of the Fishing Harbor), won the Animation and Animation Research Association's President's Award Korea (KOSCAS) in the Special Award category, and Masaaki Yuasa's INU-OH, a musical anime film based on Hideo Furukawa's Heike Monogatari: INU-OH no. The novel Maki (Tales of the Heike: INU-OH), won the Special Prize in the International Competition – Feature Film category at the 2021 film festival. In addition, the short film “Anxious Body” (“Fuan na Tai” ) by Yoriko Mizushiri won the Special Prize in the International Competition-Short Film category.
Source: website (link 2)