ANNOUNCEMENT: Koji Yamamura's "Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor" to get Toronto Premiere

by Chris MaGee

It's not just "Genius Party" at this year's Worldwide Short Film Festival. This year's fest is also featuring a special one night programme called Emerging Auteur Animators on Friday, June 13th at 7:30 p.m. at the Cumberland. You'll get a chance to feast you eyes on the works of 16 Japanese animators including Famed filmmaker Koji Yamamura's "Franz Kafka's A Countrry Doctor". Based on the 1919 Franz Kafka short story the film relates the story of an elderly doctor who makes a horrific midnight housecall to a small village. This film has cleaned up at festivals around the world, winning best short film at the Mainichi Film Awards, the I Castelli Animati Festival, The Japan Media Arts Festival and the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

For more details on the Emerging Auteur Animators programme check out the official Worldwide Short Film Festival site here