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Obey, Obey

film type animated film, documentary film Production Country Germany production year 2025 runtime 3'56 colour Color, animation technique stop motion
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format 5.1 Audiomix original-language German subtitles English

A tutorial on how to flawlessly achieve the obedient Japanese student look.

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director Akira Kawasaki DOP Maayane Bouhnik Production Akira Kawasaki Script Akira Kawasaki Editing Akira Kawasaki film school Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
Festivals
2025 Achtung Berlin Filmfestival, Germany
2025 Nippon Connection - Japanisches Filmfestival, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2025 International Film Festival Innsbruck, Austria
2025 Kinofest Lünen, Germany
2025 International Animation Film Festival Nikozi, Georgia
2025 Kyiv International Short Film Festival, Ukraine
2025 Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy, Finland
2025 dokumentART Neubrandenburg, Germany
2025 interfilm Berlin: Internationales Kurzfilmfestival, Germany
2025 Feinaki - Beijing Animation Week, China
School
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Friedrich-Krause-Ufer 19
  • 13353 Berlin
  • http://www.dffb.de
Sales
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Distribution
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Production
  • Akira Kawasaki

Akira Kawasaki

Akira Kawasaki, born 1996 in Fukuoka, Japan. She is a Japanese filmmaker, audio-visual artist and musician who has been based in Berlin since 2019. She is currently enrolled in the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) and studying directing.

Filmography
2019 Big Toe, Little Toe
2019 Oyashirazu
2021 don't get me wrong
2023 Ladida
2025 Obey, Obey

Portrait of Akira Kawasaki