Hiro (film)

2005 Canadian film

Hiro

Movie screenshot

Directed by| Matthew Swanson
Written by| Matthew Swanson
Produced by| Oliver Lindsay
Starring| Hiro Kanagawa
Vicky Huang
Music by| Don MacDonald
Distributed by| Paper Cut Films

Release date

* September 11, 2005 (2005-09-11) (TIFF)

Running time

| 20 minutes
Country| Canada
Languages| Japanese
English subtitles

Hiro is a Canadian short film, written and directed by Matthew Swanson and released in 2005.[1] The film centres on Hiro (Hiro Kanagawa), a shy Japanese insect collector who finds himself thrust into a wild chase to recover a stolen beetle after a chance encounter with a young girl (Vicky Huang).[2]

The film's dialogue is in Japanese, although Swanson does not personally speak the language.[3] Swanson described it as "liberating" to direct in a language he did not understand.[3]

The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival.[1]

## Awards[edit]

The film was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short Drama.[4]

It also won the award for Best Short Film at the 2006 SXSW Film Festival,[5] and was the first Canadian film to win the "Spirit of Slamdance" Audience Award at the Slamdance Film Festival.[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b Guy Dixon, "That's my film on line two". The Globe and Mail, September 10, 2005.
2. ^ "An extension of life". Los Angeles Times, February 16, 2006.
3. ^ a b "Abstract art-and-music pas de deux wins a Genie". Concordia Journal, Marcy 23, 2005.
4. ^ "Trailer Park Boys, Bon Cop compete for best picture Genie". CBC News, January 9, 2007.
5. ^ "‘Free’ reigns over SXSW film festival". Variety, March 15, 2006.
6. ^ "Sundance Film Festival: Julia Kwan, Jamie Travis, Matthew Swanson, Carmen Aguirre". The Georgia Straight, February 2, 2006.

## External links[edit]

* Official Movie Website
* Hiro at IMDb

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