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As part of the arts strand of the 2009 Futuresonic Urban Festival of Art, Music & Ideas, highlights from the 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival will be screened at Contact in Manchester, from 6:30pm on Friday 15 May 2009. Entry is free-of-charge.
Open to international entries for ten years, the Japan Media Arts Festival is still largely focused on innovative Japanese work drawn from a mix of arts, entertainment and industry, with this year's jury selection made from more than 2,000 entries. Work selected from the animation division of the festival will be screened, including grand prize winner The House Of Small Cubes (Tsumiki No Ie) by Kunio Katou, awarded a recent Oscar for short animated film.
A festival highlights showreel giving an overview of the programme, covering art, animations, films, games, web works, manga and a leading technology showcase, will also be shown throughout the day at Contact between 14 and 16 May 2009.
For more details, see the Futuresonic website.