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About Co-work

Co-work is a program in which animation students from graduate programs in Japan, China and Korea collaboratively create short animation works from the development stage to completion. Tokyo University of the Arts (Tokyo Geidai) and Korea National University of Arts (K-Arts) launched the program in 2010 to encourage cross-border networking among emerging creators who hold the keys to the future of animation culture in Asia. Communication University of China (CUC) joined Co-work in 2011 and 2021 marked the 12th iteration of the project.

In addition, from 2016 through 2020, Co-work received support from the CAMPUS Asia initiative, a trilateral program to encourage exchange among university studies in Japan, Korea and China. In 2021, the same consortium was selected into CAMPUS Asia Plus, this time to expand the project to involve ASEAN countries.

CAMPUS Asia Plus 2022
Stepping Forward: Launching the Asian Animation Education Network

Tokyo University of the Arts and its partners are launching the Asian Animation Education Network in 2022. This event includes a kickoff symposium that will discuss ways to improve higher education of animation in Asia and ASEAN countries and what that could bring about in the international film culture. This development is based on the decade-plus collaboration between Tokyo University of the Arts, Korea National University of Arts, and Communication University of China which included the Co-work project where master’s level animation students created short animated films together.

Participating institutions: Tokyo Univ. of the Arts, Korea National Univ. of Arts, Communication Univ. of China, Silpakorn Univ. (Thailand), National Institute of Fine Arts (Laos)

Program Details:  https://animation.geidai.ac.jp/?p=2056

January 21 (Fri) , 2021 15:00-18:00 (Japan time)
Zoom Webinar
Language: Simultaneous interpretation (Japanese-English-Korean-Chinese)

Organizer: Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media

Contact: sgu-contact@animation.geidai.ac.jp

Register here URL：https://x.gd/p9nXF

Program

15:00-15:45
PART 1
Keynote by Ms. ZHU Yantong
Ms. Zhu was born in Nanjing, China. She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2014 with a master’s degree in animation. Her thesis film “My Milk Cup Cow” won 24 awards worldwide including the grand prize at KROK International Animated Films Festival (Russia, Ukraine) and Bucheon International Animation Film Festival (Korea), the Young Animation Award at Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (Germany), and the New Face Award at Japan Media Arts Festival. In 2019, she Co-work-founded Feinaki Beijing Animation Week and serves as the artistic director. She also teaches at the Department of Animation in Communication University of China as a visiting lecturer. She was the executive producer of the animated omnibus film “To the Bright Side,” released in 2021.

16:00-17:00
PART 2
Co-work Project Report and Screening

17:10-17:50
PART 3
Symposium “Launching the Asian Animation Education Network (AAEN)”
Panelists:
・JIA Xiuqing (Communication University of China)
・LEE Jung Min (Korea National University of Arts)
・Chanisa CHANGADVECH (Silpakorn University, Thailand)
・Souliya PHOUMIVONG (National Institute of Fine Arts, Laos)

Moderator: OKAMOTO Mitsuko (Tokyo University of the Arts)

＊Program is subject to change without notice

For more information about Co-work, please visit: caica.online