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"The empty" directed by Dahee Jeong was awarded Grand Prize of HIROSHIMA 2016!
With your kind cooperation, we were able to hold the 16th International Animation Festival - HIROSHIMA 2016 with much success!
See you again in 2018!!!
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Jean-François Laguionie, a French animation filmmaker, well known for his masterpieces, including "Rowing Across the Atlantic", "Gwen, or the Book of Sand" and "Le Tableau", kindly serves the Honorary President.
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Regina Pessoa (Portugal), Christine Panushka (U.S.A), Willem Thijssen (The Netherlands), Lisa Tulin and/or Lasse Persson (Sweden), Violeta Tipa (Moldova) and Taku Furukawa (Japan)!
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Message is updated on the occasion of publishing HIROSHIMA 2016 outline. Hope to welcome you in Hiroshima this August!