MONSTRA | Festival de Animação de Lisboa

The Graffiti

Ryo Orikasa

The Graffiti

JAPAN 2025 13' M/12 2D digital, objetos

The moment the first gleam of sunlight trickled in gently stirring the folds of a shallow sleep — that was when the graffiti appeared. Installment #2 in the “Bungaku Bideo” series fusing Japanese literature and animation, Ryo Orikasa’s hypnotic animated short brings to life a prose poem by Makoto Takayanagi, read here by the poet himself.

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Director Ryo Orikasa Script Makoto Takayanagi Animation Ryo Orikasa Music Masumi Takino Sound Masumi Takino Production The Yanai Initiative at UCLA + Waseda University Distribution Ryo Orikasa

19 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE - Sala Manoel de Oliveira | 19:00

Short Film Competition 3

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In the same session: Short Film Competition 3

Dollhouse Elephant .Jenny Jokela. 12'

The Sounds of Things Ablaze .Hayat Najm. 7'

Imprint .Duncan Major. 5'

Birds of Paradise .Tomek Ducki. 9'

Because Today is Saturday .Alice Eça Guimarães. 13'

Il burattino e la balena .Roberto Catani. 9'

Dr. Dr. Themefart .Andreas Hykade. 5'

BY THE WAY .Mahboobeh Kalaee, Ali Fotoohi. 7'

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