Mini-mini-pokke no okina niwa de

Yuki Yoko | 6 MIN | Japan

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SYNOPSIS

When it shrinks, it expands. It floats and it sinks. It separates but connects. When I think I’m watching them, they’re actually watching me. A charming animation rhyme that weaves together the many days of observing, recording, and experimenting.

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SPECIFICATIONS

International title	In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket
Director	Yuki Yoko
Screenplay	Yuki Yoko
Country	Japan
Year	2022
Length	6′
Language	Japanese
Subtitles	Catalan
Production	–

DIRECTOR

Yupeng He

Born in 1987, Aichi, Japan, currently based in Tokyo. Inspired by everyday events, she creates animation films in a variety of materials. Her main works are “See ya Mr.Banno!” which is based on vague and mysterious memories from her childhood, “Zdravstvuite!”depicting adaywithastrangershemetinaseasidetown, “A Snowflake into the Night” adapted from a poem by contemporary artist Tomoko Konoike,andthemusicvideo“ShalaBonBon” co-producedwithmusician BonnouShimizu. Her latest work, “In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny-Weeny Pocket/Mini-Mini-Pokke no Okina Niwa de” made its world premiere at the 75th Locarno Film Festival in summer 2022 and was officially invited to the Sundance Film Festival in 2023.

FILMOGRAPHY: “See ya Mr.Banno!”, “Zdravstvuite!”, “A Snowflake into the Night”, “ShalaBonBon”

FESTIVALS

75th Locarno International Film Festival
40th Sundance Film Festival
26th Encounters Film Festival
Sydney Film Festival
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
64th ZINEBI
… among others