Project Description

Dreams into drawing

Japan, 2019, 11′
by Koji Yamamura

NOVEMBER 11

Palazzo dei Congressi, Ravenna

from 2 to 4 pm

DREAMS INTO DRAWING
Japan, 2019, 11’

Painter Kuwagata Keisai lived over 200 years ago. One day he was drawing a carp when he suddenly fell asleep and, in a dream, transfigured into the carp enjoying a swim. When a fisherman caught her, things took a turn for the worse…

The director: Koji Yamamura

Koji Yamamura was born in Japan in 1964. His Mt. Head was nominated for an Oscar in 2003 and awarded six Grand Prix, including Annecy, Zagreb and Hiroshima. Franz Kafka’s A Country Doctor was awarded the Ottawa Grand Prix. Fellow of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and professor at Tokyo University of the Arts.

Watch the trailer

trailer / Dream into Drawings from Koji Yamamura on Vimeo.