is a 2008 Japanese animated

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 short subject

Short subject

A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 created by Kunio Katō

Kunio Katō

is a Japanese animator known especially for his La Maison en Petits Cubes.He is also well known for The Diary Of Tortov Roddle, a surrealistic dream adventure.-Filmography:* 2001 The Apple Incident * 2003 Fantasy...

, with music by Kenji Kondo. It won several prizes, the most important of which being the Grand prize for short films (the Annecy Cristal) at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival

Annecy International Animated Film Festival

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became annual in 1998...

 in 2008 http://www.annecy.org/home/index.php?Page_ID=2047 and the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2009.http://www.oscar.com/nominees/index?pn=nominees#BestAnimatedShortFilmNominationCategory It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows

Animation show of shows

The Animation Show of Shows is a traveling selection of the year's best animated short films, curated and presented by Acme Filmworks founder, Ron Diamond. It began in 1998 with the aim of showing the most original, funny, intelligent short animated films from all over the world and presenting them...

 in 2008.

Plot

As his town is flooded by water, an aged widower is forced to add additional levels onto his home in order to stay dry. But when he accidentally drops his favorite smoking pipe into the lower submerged levels of his home, his search for the pipe eventually makes him relive scenes from his eventful life.

Awards

• 2008 Hiroshima Prize and Audience Prize Hiroshima International Animation Festival
  Hiroshima International Animation Festival
  The International Animation Festival Hiroshima is a biannual animation festival hosted in Hiroshima, Japan.The festival was found in 1985 by Association International du Film d'Animation or ASIFA as International Animation Festival for the World Peace...
  
  
• 2008 Grand Prize Animation Division Japan Media Arts Festival
  Japan Media Arts Festival
  The Japan Media Arts Festival is an annual festival held by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs since 1997. The festival for a nominal year was usually held during February or March next year, rather than at the end of the nominal year. For instance, the 2010 Japan Media Arts Festival, where...
  
  
• 2008 Grand prize for short films (the Annecy Cristal)
• 2009 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

External links

• http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/news-218222-110-wonders-of-japan-in-istanbul-for-two-remarkable-exhibitions.html