Transparent, the world is.
The portrait of me and my daughters which depicts the relationship between “individual's personalities” and “the world / the society” as of 2018.
This is the story about an intense dichotomy inside / outside of me. It goes back and forth between “the personality” and “the world / the society”, my daughters become social / universal existences from personal existences. The definition of “red” extends to “life” and appears as a powerless and religious Daruma doll which loses its arms and legs. “White” and “black” rise above a simple dichotomy and start to possess the concept of “gray”. And the world which is made of a mix of various colors becomes “transparent”.
If you keep sticking to “the personality”, it changes to “the world”. This is my destination throughout my creative activities and shows what the world is.
no dialogue.
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Yuri MuraokaDirector
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Yuri MuraokaWriter
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Nonoho SuzukiProducer
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Yuri MuraokaKey Cast
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Nemu SuzukiKey Cast
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Hana SuzukiKey Cast
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Project Type:Animation, Experimental, Short
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Genres:Experimental, Art
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Runtime:7 minutes 18 seconds
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Completion Date:July 1, 2019
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Production Budget:4,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Japan
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Country of Filming:Japan
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:16mm, HDV
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Aspect Ratio:1:33
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Mirada efímera: ciclo audiovisual experimentalMar del Plata
Argentina
September 26, 2019
World premiere -
"JAPANNUAL" JAPANISHCHE FILMTAGE WIENWien
Australia
October 5, 2019
Europe premiere
"ENDLESS WALTZ: FILME VON KOJI WAKAMATSU & VIDEOKUNST VON YURI MURAOKA" -
21th Festival des Cinémas Différents de ParisParis
France
October 9, 2019
French premiere -
29th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival - The FESTIVAL CURTA CINEMA 2019Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
November 4, 2019
Brazil premiere -
ULTRAcinemaOaxaca
Mexico
November 22, 2019
North America premiere -
Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival 2019Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
December 8, 2019
Asia premiere -
6th PARTICLE + WAVE Media Arts FestivalCalgary
Canada
January 30, 2020
Canadian premiere -
16th IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL, 2020New Delhi
India
March 4, 2020
India Premiere -
Pugnant Film Series Winter EditionAthens
Greece
February 26, 2020
Greece Premiere -
Alchemy Film and Moving Image FestivalHawick
United Kingdom
May 3, 2020
United Kingdom Premiere -
20th Nippon Connection Film FestivalFrankfurt
Germany
June 9, 2020
Germany premiere -
6th Bogotá Experimental Film FestivalBogotá
Colombia
August 19, 2020
Colombia premiere
Audience Award -
4th Festival ECRÃRio de Janeiro
Brazil
August 20, 2020 -
19th International Kansk Video FestivalKansk
Russian Federation
August 23, 2020
Russian premiere -
Minikino Film WeekBali
Indonesia
September 6, 2020
Indnesia premiere -
Leiden ShortsLeiden
Netherlands
September 11, 2020
Netherlands premiere -
Mosaic World Film FestRockford, Illinois
United States
September 18, 2020
US premiere -
REAKTOR International Film FestivalVienna
Austria
October 9, 2020 -
台灣國際女性影展 Women Make Waves TaiwanTaipei
Taiwan
October 18, 2020
Taiwan premiere -
Milwaukee Underground Film FestivalMilwaukee, Wisconsin
United States
October 20, 2020
Honorable Mentions : Emily Esperanza’s Picks -
International Short Film Fesitval – Film Front.Novi Sad
Serbia
October 29, 2020
Serbia premiere -
Engauge Experimental Film Festival 2020Seattle
United States
October 30, 2020 -
Athens ANIMFEST 2020Athens
Greece
November 6, 2020 -
32th Girona Film FestivalGirona
Spain
November 7, 2020
Spain premiere -
Cámara LúcidaCuenca
Ecuador
November 7, 2020
Ecuador premiere -
Festival Les Instants VidéoMarseille
France
November 13, 2020 -
Visions in the Nunnery 2020London
United Kingdom
November 17, 2020 -
The International Biennal Dona i Cinema – Mujer y Cine – Woman & Film is a festivalValència
Spain
January 15, 2021 -
Fisura, International Festival of Experimental Film & VideoMexico City
Mexico
February 19, 2021 -
43rd Big Muddy Film FestivalIllinoi
United States
March 17, 2021 -
XXIV International Encounters TraverseToulouse
France
May 20, 2021 -
Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival 2021London
United Kingdom
September 18, 2021 -
22nd cellu l’art Short Film Festival JenaJena
Germany
October 19, 2021
International Competition / And Above us the Stars
Distribution Information
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COLLECTIF JEUNE CINÉMACountry: France
■Biography◻︎
Yuri Muraoka was born in Tokyo in 1981.
Dropped out of the high school attached to Japan Women's University,
graduated the 26th class of Image Forum Institute of the Moving Image.
Continues to create moving images and photographic works of "self-portraiture".
All of her works are self-created and self-performed.
Mother of two children.
■Award / Prize◻︎︎︎
2021
ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival 2021 / Award for the Best Film for Tolerance
67th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen Grand Prize of the City of Oberhausen
2020
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival Honorable Mentions(Emily Esperanza’s Picks)
6th Bogotá Experimental Film Festival Audience Award
2018
SICF19 ,judges'award(selected by Takashi Ishida)
2017
19th Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinema ,Honorary and non-hierarchical award
12th Sapporo International Short Film Festival ,Special Mention by Warren Sin
New Jersey International Film Festival , Honorable Mentions
2016
ALTERNATIVE FILM/VIDEO 2016, Selection of Important Works from the Festival
ASK? Moving Image Festival 2016 , Accepted
Image Forum Festival 2016 Japan Tomorrow , Excellence Prize
14th 1_WALL Photography Competition , Jury's Special Prize, (Awarded by Koutarou Iizawa )
2014
9th Tagboat Award , Second Grand Prix
2005
SENDAI ART ANNUAL 2005 , Grand Prix (smt Prize ) & Jury's Special Prize (Awarded by Koutarou Iizawa etc.)
5th 21st Century Asia Design Competition , Accepted
ASK? Moving Image Festival 2005 , Accepted
2003
Broadband Art and Contents Award Japan(BACA=JA)2003 , Excellence Prize,etc
Image Forum Institute of Moving image 26th Graduation Exhibition , Grand Prix
■Selected screenings / exhibitions◻︎︎︎
2022
34th Minimalen Short Film Festival (Trondheim / Norway)
2021
TOKYO Documentary Film Festival 2021 (Tokyo/Japan)
Festival Internacional de Videoarte 10 (Buenos Aires / Argentina)
ALTERNATIVE FILM/VIDEO 2021 (Serbia, Belgrade)
ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival 2021 (Berlin /Germany)
10th ULTRA cinema (Oaxaca/Mexico)
11th Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival (Bucharest/Romania)
16th Sapporo International Short Film Festival (Sapporo/Japan)
11th Aesthetica Short Film Festiva (York/England)
40th UPPSALA INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (Uppsala/Sweden)
22nd cellu l’art Short Film Festival Jena (Jena/Germany)
Engauge Experimental Film Festival (Washington/USA)
Internationales Festival Zeichen der Nacht (Berlin/Germany)
23rd Paris Festival of Different and Experimental Cinemas (Paris/ France)
35th Image Forum Festival 2021 (Tokyo etc.,Japan)
*/ 17th Athens Digital Arts Festival (Athens/Greece)
7tth Bogotá Experimental Film Festival (Bogota/Colombia)
JAEFF:Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival (London/UK)
DELETE TV (London/UK)
Minikino Film Week 7 (Bali/Indonesia)
6th Moscow Experimental Film Festival (Moscow /Russian Federation)
Pugnant Film Series : A homeless mobile cinema (Athens/Greece)
WASTE/D FILM (Athens/Greece)
Internationales Festival Zeichen der Nacht (Berlin/Germany)
XXIV International Encounters Traverse (Toulouse/France)
67th The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen (Oberhausen/Germany)
43rd Big Muddy Film Festival (IL/USA)
Fisura, International Festival of Experimental Film & Video (Mexico City/Mexico)
The International Biennal Dona i Cinema – Mujer y Cine – Woman & Film is a festival (València/Spain)
2020
Visions in the Nunnery 2020 (London/ United Kingdom)
Festival Les Instants Vidéo (Marseille/France)
Cámara Lúcida (Cuenca/Ecuador)
32th Girona Film Festival (Girona/Spain)
Engauge Experimental Film Festival 2020 (Seattle, WA/USA)
International Short Film Festival – Film Front. (Novi Sad/Serbia)
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival (Milwaukee, WI/USA)
台灣國際女性影展 Women Make Waves Taiwan (Taipei/Taiwan)
REAKTOR International Film Festival (Vienna/Austria)
Mosaic World Film Fest (Rockford, IL/USA)
Leiden Shorts (Leiden/Netherlands)
Minikino Film Week (Bali/Indonesia)
19th International Kansk Video Festival (Kansk/Russian Federation)
4th Festival ECRÃ (Rio de Janeiro/Brazil)
6th Bogotá Experimental Film Festival (Bogotá/Colombia)
20th Nippon Connection Film Festival (Frankfurt/Germany)
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival (Hawick/United Kingdom)
Athens ANIMFEST 2020 (Athens/Greece)
16th IAWRT ASIAN WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL, 2020 (New Delhi/India)
6th PARTICLE + WAVE Media Arts Festival (Calgary/Canada)
2019
Kuala Lumpur Experimental Film, Video & Music Festival 2019 (Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia)
Tokyo Documentary Film Festival (Tokyo/Japan)
International Short Film Festival VISION (Kemerovo/Russia)
ULTRA cinema (Oaxaca/Mexico)
29th Rio de Janeiro International Short Film Festival - The FESTIVAL CURTA CINEMA 2019 (Rio de Janeiro/Brazil)
21th Festival des Cinémas Différents de Paris (Paris/France)
"JAPANNUAL" JAPANISHCHE FILMTAGE WIEN (Wien/Australia)
2018
MINIKINO FILM WEEK (MFW) – Bali International Short Film Festival (Bali/Indonesia)
Pugnant Film Series : FUCK NARRATION (Athens/Greece)
MARFICI (Mar del Plata/Argentine)
Film Series:Close-up to Yuri Muraoka(yuRi=paRadox) (Athens/Greece)
2017
12th Sapporo International Short Film Festival & Market (Japan, Sapporo)
19th Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinema (France, Paris)
Aichi International Women’s Film Festival 2017 (Japan, Aichi)
16th International Kansk Video Festival (Russia, Kansk&Moscow)
15th Female Eye Film Festival (Canada, Toronto)
AVIFF Art Film Festival (France, Cannes)
17th Media Art Biennale WRO 2017 DRAFT SYSTEMS (Poland, Wrocław)
Bogota Experimental Film Festival / Cineautopsia (Colombia, Bogota)
Experiments in Cinema (USA, NM)
Athens International Film + Video Festival (USA,OH)
The 2017 West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival (USA, WV)
CLOSE-UP (UK, London)
13th IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival (India, New Delhi)
39th Annual Big Muddy Film Festival (USA, IL)
Cicago Feminist Film Festival (USA,IL)
Richmond International Film Festival (USA,VA)
8th Cairo Video Festival (Egypt, Cairo)
New Jersey International Film Festival (USA,NJ)
2016
ALTERNATIVE FILM/VIDEO 2016 (Serbia, Belgrade)
HIKARU ONNA -The Luminous- (Japan,Tokyo)
2nd KuFF – the Kumu Art Film Festival (Estonia, Tallinn)
Staunton International Film Festival (USA,VA)
Image Forum Festival 2016 / Theater Image Forum (Japan,Tokyo)
2014
9th TAGBOAT AWARD / Galerie F&F (Taiwan)
2008
Yuri Muraoka Solo Exhibition "Origin of Flowers" / SHINJUKU GANKA GALLERY (Japan,Tokyo)
2006
SENDAI ART ANNUAL 2005 smt prize exhibition "yuRi=paRadox 〜sleep is equal to awake〜" / Sendai Mediatheque (Japan,Sendai)
FLEXFEST (Florida experimental film/video festival)2006 (USA,Florida)
2005
ASK? Moving Image Festival 2005 (Japan,Tokyo)