Masterclass Talk Animation That Crosses the Borders Ru Kuwahata

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Masterclass Talk
Animation That Crosses the Borders
Ru Kuwahata

Ru Kuwahata left Japan after graduating from university and has been working all over the world, including the United States and Europe. She has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film for Negative Space, but how did she achieved to establish an environment for making animation internationally? She will look back at her career.

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Ru Kuwahata

Ru Kuwahata is an Oscar-nominated animation filmmaker born in Tokyo, Japan, living in Providence, USA. Since 2007 she has been collaborating with Max Porter as the directors duo Tiny Inventions. Known for their unique mixed-media animation, they have directed and produced TV commercials, music videos, PSAs, comics, interactive games, and four independent films. Their films have screened in more than 1000 festivals around the world, including Sundance Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand and Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Their most recent short, Negative Space (2017), was nominated for the 90th Academy Awards and has garnered 135 prizes. They are currently working on their first feature-length animated film, Porcelain Birds, with Miyu Productions in France.