Events
Japan Prize 2021 Events and Awards Ceremony
4:00P.M. – 5:30P.M.
* Please note the schedule has changed.
Screening of Japan Prize Classics:
WRINKLES (2012 Grand Prix)
This year as a new initiative, we selected two works from the past Grand Prix winners and screened them as “Japan Prize Classics.”
The first was the 2012 Grand Prix winning film WRINKLES, a poignant animation which portrays the complexities of aging.
The second film was last year’s Grand Prix winner Gods of Molenbeek . Set in Molenbeek, a district of Brussels known as a hotbed of Islamic extremism, this documentary portrays the friendship between two six-year olds; Aatos, a Christian boy from Finland, and Amine, a Muslim boy from Morocco.
2012 Grand Prix, Winner of the Best Work in the Welfare Education Category (The President of NHK Prize)
- Country/Region
- Spain
- Organization
- Perro Verde Films/Cromosoma/Elephant in the black box
- Duration
- 89’07”
Based on Paco Roca’s award-winning and popular graphic novel, "WRINKLES" is an adult, animated feature about the friendship between the dignified Emilio and the wily Miguel, two old men shut away in an aged care home. The recently arrived Emilio, having the early stages of Alzheimer’s, is helped by Miguel and his friends to avoid winding up on the feared top floor of the care home, also known as "the lost causes". The mischievous scheming of the residents transforms their otherwise tedious existence, proving that even towards the end our lives we can still find new beginnings.
This is an entertaining yet profoundly sensitive look at today’s complex issue of caring for the elderly with flights of fancy and some sharp humor.