La Maison en Petits Cubes
Directed byKunio Katō
Written byKenya Hirata
Produced byMasanori Kusakabe
Yuko Hata
Music byKenji Kondo
Production
company
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
Running time
12 minutes
CountryJapan

La Maison en Petits Cubes (つみきのいえ, Tsumiki no Ie, "The House of Small Cubes") is a 2008 Japanese animated short subject film created by Kunio Katō, with music by Kenji Kondo and produced by Robot Communications and animated by Oh! Production.

It won several prizes, including The Annecy Cristal at the 32nd Annecy International Animated Film Festival and the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 81st Academy Awards.[1][2][3] It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2008.[4]

Plot

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

Production

The concept for the film originated when Kunio Katō was studying at Tama Art University in Tokyo. It initially took the form of a painting featuring box-shaped houses arranged in stacks. During this time, Kunio was introduced to the world of animation when he watched Mark Baker's 1989 debut short film, The Hill Farm. This experience significantly influenced Kunio's creative direction. He collaborated with his colleague and screenwriter, Kenya Hirata, to bring the project to life. However, despite receiving acclaim afterward, Kunio remained unsatisfied with the project as a whole.[5]

Accolades

La Maison en Petits Cubes has won the following awards:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "La Maison en Petits Cubes". Short Film Central. Archived from the original on August 5, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ WALL-E and La Maison en Petits Cubes Win Animation Awards: 2009 Oscars (YouTube). Oscars. 18 October 2013.
  3. ↑ "The 81st Academy Awards". Oscars.org. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "The Animation Show of Shows (Volume 49)". Animation Show of Shows. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "Winning an Oscar, Losing Your Way". Animation Obsessive. 18 September 2023. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
  6. 1 2 "HIROSHIMA 2008(12) Aug.7-11 Venue : Aster Plaza". HiroAnim.org. Hiroshima International Animation Festival. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ "2008 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards". Japan Media Arts Plaza, Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
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