We Are Aliens Wins Debut-Feature Award at Hawai'i International Film Festival
The anime film directed by Kadowaki follows two childhood friends who drifted apart and later confront their past.
The anime film We Are Aliens has won an award at the Hawai'i International Film Festival, according to animenewsnetwork.com. The prize honors an international filmmaker's first or second feature.
The film follows Tsubasa and Gyōtarō, childhood friends who drifted apart and later face their past. Ryōta Bandō voices the adult Tsubasa and Amane Okayama voices the adult Gyōtarō, while child actors Yūto Maki and Tasuku Nakagome voice the younger versions of the two characters.
Kadowaki served as planner, scriptwriter, director, storyboard artist and editor of the film. Yaffle composed the music, and adieu performs the theme song "Sasakure" (Split). NOTHING NEW planned and produced the film in collaboration with French studio Miyu Productions.
The Hawai'i award adds to a run of festival recognition. Last month the Ottawa International Animation Festival gave the film its Grand Prize for Animated Feature, and earlier this month it took the Anima't Award for best feature-length film at Sitges.
On October 25 the film received Special Mentions in the Alice nelle città section of the 21st Rome Film Festival and an Honorable Mention at the 35th Philadelphia Film Festival. It also screened at the Directors' Fortnight of the Cannes Film Festival on May 14 and in competition at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, which ran from June 21 to 27.
Quick answers
What award did We Are Aliens win at the Hawai'i International Film Festival?
The film won an award honoring an international filmmaker's first or second feature.
Who voices Tsubasa and Gyōtarō in We Are Aliens?
Ryōta Bandō voices adult Tsubasa and Amane Okayama voices adult Gyōtarō, with Yūto Maki and Tasuku Nakagome voicing the younger versions.
Who directed We Are Aliens?
Kadowaki served as planner, scriptwriter, director, storyboard artist and editor of the film.