''Muybridge's Strings'' ( ja, マイブリッジの糸; ''Maiburijji no ito'') is a Canadian-Japanese animated

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

, directed by Kōji Yamamura and released in 2011. A meditation on the passage of time, the film contrasts the story of Eadweard Muybridge, the British photographer who was a key innovator in the concept of photographically recording

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, with the story of a contemporary mother in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

who realizes that her daughter is growing up and slipping away from her. The film won the Excellence Prize at the 2011 Japan Media Arts Festival, and a special prize at the 2012

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. It received a

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

nomination for

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at the

32nd Genie Awards The 32nd Genie Awards ceremony was held on March 8, 2012 to honour films released in 2011.

in 2012. Brian D. Johnson
"Quebec and Croneberg (sic) lead Genies"
''

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'', January 17, 2012.

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* * 2011 films 2011 animated short films Canadian animated short films Japanese animated short films Films directed by Kōji Yamamura Films about Japanese Canadians 2010s Canadian animated films 2010s Japanese films Animated films set in Tokyo Animated films set in the 19th century {{2010s-Japan-film-stub