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Mount Head (2002)

Mount Head poster
Original title
頭山
Directed by
Kōji Yamamura
Genre
animation, comedy, fantasy
Country
Japan
Runtime
10 min
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 51 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man has an unusual problem: a tree grows from his head. This leads to bizarre and unexpected consequences as he deals with his new situation.

surrealfunnywhimsicaldisorientingplayfulabsurdlighthearteddarkly comic

What happens

Mt. Head (Japanese: 頭山, Hepburn: Atamayama) is a 2002 anime short film. It was nominated at the 75th Academy Awards in the category of Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. The film also won the Grand Prix (Annecy Cristal) at the 2003 Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the Grand Prix at the 2004 World Festival of Animated Films in Zagreb, and the Grand Prix at the 2004 Hiroshima International Animation Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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