Eiji Shimada -Film Director-
Born in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan in 1976. After majoring in architecture at the Hokkaido University, Eiji learned filmmaking in the summer school of USC in Los Angeles. His early short film, Hands [6:30/DV/color/2001], has been screened to festivals around the world, and he started forcus on short films. In 2001 he established an independent short film production Max Core Room Project, aiming to set up a new base of short film culture and industry in Hokkaido. Being accepted as a residence artist in 2002 by Intercross Creative Center, his action has got more active. In 2003 his thirteenth short film 6PM [7:30/DV/color/2003] was awarded BEST MINI-SHORT, as a first Japanese prize-winner at the California Independent Film Festival. In parallel, since 2002 he has also been teaching filmmaking to the children in the elementary schools in Sapporo.
Snowman Theory, a short film
10:00/2007/DV&super8/COLOR
Synopsis: Is it possible for a man to become a snowball like an animation?
Silently, a short film
7:40/2007/DVCPRO50/COLOR
In this city, winter lasts over half a year and it snows 6 meters every year. Why does it snow so much? Someone said, that's because this city is a city of love...
A short, romantic fantasy about the urban myth of the illumination and the ecology of the city.
6:00 pm, a short film
7:30/2003/DV/COLOR
A little boy rides his bike through town late for something... A whimsical look at a young child's first adventure through town, as he braves numerous obstacles to try and make his appointment.
Tamas
Tamas is a pair of designers producing character contents and graphic designs.
Junjiro Kodama - creative director
Midori Tamate - character/graphic designer
Poquito Tamas - bird
KOLME
"Kolme" means "three" in Finnish as all major components of character designs consist of three basic shapes: circles, squares and triangles. Please download the character icons here.
"Nyuppe & Shin-kuma"
Promotional characters for The Hokkaido Shimbun Press.
© The Hokkaido Shimbun Press / Tamas
tonttu
Tonttu is a mythical, nimph-like character who is said to exist everywhere and helps Santa-Claus. This character design was created as a part of Creative Lapland Project (Finland).