‘Net Cinema’ screened lots of excellent works making full use of Flash with well organized stories. Especially this ‘Beebeard And The World Record Heroes‘ by Nick Nicholas, Justin Willow and Chris Lindland is super stupid but super cool!

The story is about a team of crime fighters who each has particular talents. The scene of the story is in the 21st Century. They do battle in the media-soaked city of Circadia, California home to the silver-tongued scamsters and noveau thugs.

‘Fishbar 10‘ directed by Janet Galore is also stupid but has a really good idea. Though it’s a short film only in about 3 minutes, it has a sense of humor with the story that the characters start singing to help a poor young soul of their friend find his true love in an airplane with a musical style. It is to be regretted that we can enjoy these works only on the internet, on the other hand, there’s a great pleasure that we get one more fun to enjoy privately.

Since both these two programs feature many creators in the forefront of the current scene, they all made me again realized their quality. Within the duration of the festival, many people include not only those who are involved in the industry but also the general public visited to this festival.

The talk show invited The Designers Republic and Karl Hyde also really livened up. This talk show was a good opportunity to hear a live message from world’s famous artists in Japan.

There was a common message from creators in the forefront (include Karl Hyde, Ian Anderson from The Designers Republic, Eric Henry). “Technology is no more than a tool to give shape to an idea. What the most important is to have your own vision, not to lose sight of your vision, and to do what you want.”

It’s an ordinary fact, but in the current situation that everyone can produce something high-quality easily at a low cost, we should react to the message as a warning from creators.

If you missed this year’s festival, visit the festival next year and experience the real feeling.

RESFEST TOKYO 2000
Date: 24th – 26th November, 2000
Place: Laforet Museum Harajuku
Address: 6F Laforet Harajuku, 1-11-6 Jungumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Tel: +81 (0)3 3475 3127
https://www.resfest.com