MONSTRA Festival

Tribute to Jimmy Murakami - short films

Sessions:

16 March | CINEMA FERNANDO LOPES | 15:30
Original version with Portuguese subtitles

The Mad Magazine TV Special

Country: IRELAND Year: 1974 Duration: 22 mins.
Sinopsys:
An animated adaptation of the notorious satire comic magazine. The skits include a look at a modern American car factory, the inner workings of a hospital, a spoof of The Godfather (1972), Mad Magazine's X-Ray vision and Spy vs. Spy.
Credits:
Direction: Jimmy Murakami

Death of a Bullet

Country: IRELAND Year: 1979 Duration: 3 mins.
Sinopsys:
A day in the life of an anthropomorphic bullet.
Credits:
Direction: Jimmy Murakami

The Snowman

Country: IRELAND Year: 1982 Duration: 26 mins.
Sinopsys:
On Christmas Eve, a young boy builds a snowman that comes to life and takes him to the North Pole to meet Father Christmas.
Credits:
Direction: Jimmy Murakami

Sandpiper

Country: IRELAND Year: 2008 Duration: 7 mins.
Sinopsys:
A poignant story of a young boy who saves a sandpiper with a broken wing from vicious seagulls. The boy tends to the injured bird and releases it back into the wild.
Credits:
Direction: Jimmy Murakami

The Breath

Country: IRELAND Year: 1967 Duration: 4 mins.
Sinopsys:
Three minutes and fifty nine seconds of a bunch of things breathing real nice and good.
Credits:
Direction: Jimmy Murakami

The Good Friend

Country: IRELAND Year: 1969 Duration: 11 mins.
Sinopsys:
An obervation into how a friend ship can effect your relationship.
Credits:
Direction: Jimmy Murakami

The Insects

Country: IRELAND Year: 1964 Duration: 5 mins.
Sinopsys:
Answers questions such as "How many kinds of insects are there?" "Do insects have blood?" "How can a fly walk on the ceiling?"
Credits:
Direction: Jimmy Murakami

The Magic Pear Tree

Country: IRELAND Year: 1968 Duration: 10 mins.
Sinopsys:
A Chinese folktale of greed punishment.
Credits:
Direction: Jimmy Murakami

The Top

Country: IRELAND Year: 1964 Duration: 8 mins.
Sinopsys:
It is about mans selffish ambition to successfully reach the top
Credits:
Direction: Jimmy Murakami