Max Porter & Ru Kuwahata

✨ En compétition à Annecy 2026 ✨ Nous sommes fiers de présenter Cartoon Physics, de Ru Kuwahata et Max Porter @tinyinventions en Compétition Officielle de @annecyfestival 🎬 Synopsis : Une mère accompagne son enfant lors de sa première confrontation avec la mort en se raccrochant à la logique impossible des vieux dessins animés. — Produit par Miyu Productions, @heliumfilms.ch , @kachingcartoons Distribué par @miyudistribution Partenaires : @le_cnc , @pictanovo , @ciclic_cvl , @artefr , @radiotelevisionsuisse , Office fédéral de la culture Suisse, @cineforom , Loterie Romande, Neederland Film Fund

At the end of the year, we left @ciclic_cvl in Vendôme, France. The team left, the sets got cup in pieces, the equipments got returned and we were left with an empty studio at the end. Always happy to come here and also always sad to leave. Thank you for having us and I hope to return again to this paradise ✨

ドワーフスタジオ x Stranger コラボ企画、第14回 コマ撮り座談会にゲストとして参加しました。作家生活かくかくしかじか、作品を上映しながら原点、転機、失敗、今後と喋りました。大学時代の友人から、業界仲間、日本に移住した米国の元生徒、そして沢山の新しい出会いと、思った以上に面白い組み合わせのグループであっという間の3時間でした。みなさんどうもありがとうございました！ @dwarf_studios @stranger.tokyo 写真はdwarfの西山さんより

１月９日（金曜日）１９：３０より東京墨田区のStranger Cafeにて上映＆トークイベントをします！これまでの作品や未公開の映像、現在進行形の作品など色々と見せながらお話しします。アニメーション業界の人、アニメーションが好きな人、ただ興味がある人、会いに来てください😊

What a fun 4months of shooting we had! Focused days filled with creative discussions, laughters and of course croissants 🥐 Thank you 🙏 Let’s do this again Nadine, Elie, Hiro, Jasper, Sylvain, Héloïse, Stephan! (And the art crew, Simon, Diane and Anna) @ciclic_cvl @miyuproductions @kachingcartoons @heliumfilms.ch @artefr

I've been working on a graphic novel that's very personal. It's called "You're Carrying Beautifully" that talks about my 10 months pregnancy in 2020. Thank you to @risca1967 for the generous support! I've been able to move forward at a snail's pace. Picture 02 is me inking while my daughter was in a Japanese lesson at the local library. Working mama always need to squeeze in drawing time whenever we can 🎉

🎬 Quelques images des coulisses de "Cartoon Physics", le nouveau court-métrage en stop-motion de Ru Kuwahata et Max Porter @tinyinventions , actuellement en production, en résidence chez @ciclic_cvl . 🐜Cartoon Physics est une adaptation en stop-motion d’un poème de Nick Flynn. Le film explore la relation mère-fille alors que la fille de 3 ans expérimente ses pulsions et ses fantasmes les plus sombres sans que celles-ci n’aient de conséquences pour l’instant. La mère prend conscience que sa fille est sur le point d’apprendre les lois impitoyables du monde réel. Mais jusqu’à ce que ce moment inévitable ne survienne, elle est déterminée à protéger et à entretenir l’innocence baignant l’enfance de sa fille. *** 🎬 A few behind-the-scenes shots from Cartoon Physics, the new stop-motion short film by Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter, currently in production during their residency at @ciclic_cvl . 🐜Cartoon Physics is a stop-motion adaptation of a poem by Nick Flynn. The film delves into the mother-daughter relationship as the 3-year-old daughter explores her darkest impulses and fantasies, without any consequences—for now. The mother becomes aware that her daughter is on the brink of discovering the ruthless laws of the real world. Yet, until that inevitable moment arrives, she is determined to shield and nurture the innocence that defines her daughter’s childhood.

Timelapse for the past 2 weeks at Ciclic animation! Fabrication team: Simon @diane_derib @seikatsu_motion Production: @miyuproductions @heliumfilms.ch @kachingcartoons

Here’s our fabrication team for our next short “cartoon physics” Simon, @diane_derib and intern @seikatsu_motion . So happy to be back at Ciclic animation💓 Production: @miyuproductions @heliumfilms.ch @kachingcartoons

We arrived at Ciclic animation in Vendôme, France🇫🇷 to work on our short film. Their permanent exhibition got updated- more props are shown from “Negative Space”💼🧦👖

We had an absolute blast bringing this life-size, ✂ paper-crafted pixilation project to life with the incredible team @dash_nc and good friends and handmade magicians @tinyinventions last summer. Grateful for such a fun and creative collaboration! And thank you @animusstudios , @scottbeer_media for the wonderful studio space and lighting.

🎃Happpy Halloween 🎃