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noa & ash

love & hate

long time no see meow!

how are you? hope all you kittens are meowell =^v^=

noa and ash are doing great!

i just made a video of them, hope you enjoy it!!

also i’d like to share with you this happy news:

i had given the opportunity to work on some “cat”‘s illustrations

for rebecca taylor, a kittenish fashion brand that i love.

the kittenish collaboration items are t-shirts, tanks, tote-bags, and keychains,

and sold in america, japan and hong kong.

please visit HERE to see pictures of items and details.

thank you <3

great news!

We are happy to announce that our short film “Logue” has been officially selected for LA Shorts Fest 09! The film will be screening on Program #25 on July 28 – 1:00 P.M. at Sunset 5 Laemmle’s Theatre, C.A. If you happen to be in the area, please join us for the screening of “Logue”!

Here is the trailer!

LOGUE Trailer from Hiroshi Kumatani on Vimeo.

Official site for “Logue”

The festival runs from July 23rd to 31st. Scarlett Johansson, Courteney Cox and Kirsten Smithwill be there on 23rd to open the festival. It must be a lot of fun to attend the festival and see great short films from all over the world.

For more detail, please visit their official site.
LA Shorts Fest Official site

Hope to see you there!
Very best,
aica

About LA Shorts Fest:
LA Shorts Fest honors those individuals who have achieved excellence in short films. As the largest short film festival in the world with 9 days of screenings, educational panels, interactive and entertaining events, the festival has quickly become the industry standard for showcasing and awarding undiscovered talent.

As officially recognized by the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences, some of these films may go on to receive Oscar nominations. In the past, 33 films have received Oscar nominations with 11 winning the coveted Oscar statue.

La Maison en Petits Cubes “The House of Small Cubes”- Director Kunio Kato won LA Shorts Fest BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM AWARD in ‘08, and 7 months later received the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at the 2009 Academy Awards.

“Spielzeugland (Toyland)” screen at LA Shorts Fest in ’08 and went on the win the Oscar for Best Live Action Short. “This Way Up”, alumni of LA Shorts Fest ’08 received an Oscar nominee in the animation category.