Muybridge's Strings

{{Infobox film | name = Muybridge's Strings | native_name = {{infobox name module|ja|マイブリッジの糸}} | image = File:Muybridge's_Strings,_マイブリッジの糸_2011_Film_Poster.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Kōji Yamamura | producer = Keisuke Tsuchihashi Michael Fukushima Shuzo John Shiota | writer = Kōji Yamamura | animator = Kōji Yamamura | music = Normand Roger Pierre Yves Drapeau Denis Chartrand | editing = Kōji Yamamura | studio = National Film Board of Canada NHK | distributor = Polygon Pictures | released = {{Film date|2011|09|17}} | runtime = 13 minutes | country = Canada Japan | language = | budget = }}

'''''Muybridge's Strings''''' ({{langx|ja|マイブリッジの糸}}; ''Maiburijji no ito'') is a Canadian-Japanese animated short film, directed by Kōji Yamamura and released in 2011.<ref>Ramin S. Khanjani, [https://offscreen.com/view/chronos-pulls-the-strings "Chronos Pulls the Strings: Roaming thoughts On Koji Yamamura’s Muybridge’s Strings (2011)"]. ''Off Screen'', March 2014.</ref> A meditation on the passage of time, the film contrasts the story of Eadweard Muybridge, the British photographer who was a key innovator in the concept of photographically recording motion, with the story of a contemporary mother in Tokyo who realizes that her daughter is growing up and slipping away from her.<ref>Catherine Munroe Hotes, [https://www.nishikata-eiga.com/2012/06/muybridges-strings-2011.html "Muybridge’s Strings (マイブリッジの糸, 2011)"]. ''Nishikata Film Review'', June 15, 2012.</ref>

The film won the Excellence Prize at the 2011 Japan Media Arts Festival,<ref>Egan Loo, [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-15/madoka-magica-saturn-apartments-win-media-arts-awards "Madoka Magica, Saturn Apartments Win Media Arts Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509154943/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-15/madoka-magica-saturn-apartments-win-media-arts-awards |date=2019-05-09 }}. ''Anime News Network'', December 15, 2011.</ref> and a special prize at the 2012 Hiroshima International Animation Festival.<ref>Crystalyn Hodgkins, [https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-28/great-rabbit-muybridge-strings-win-awards-at-hiroshima-animation-fest "'Great Rabbit,' 'Muybridge's Strings' Win Awards at Hiroshima Animation Fest"]. ''Anime News Network'', August 28, 2012.</ref> It received a Genie Award nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 32nd Genie Awards in 2012.<ref>Brian D. Johnson, [https://www.macleans.ca/culture/movies/quebec-and-croneberg-lead-genies/ "Quebec and Croneberg (sic) lead Genies"]. ''Maclean's'', January 17, 2012.</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|2061742}} * {{NFB film|muybridges_strings}}

Category:2010s Canadian animated films Category:2011 Japanese films Category:2011 animated short films Category:2011 films Category:Animated films set in the 19th century Category:Animated films set in Tokyo Category:Canadian animated short films Category:Films about Japanese Canadians Category:Films directed by Kōji Yamamura Category:Japanese animated short films Category:2011 Canadian films