
Directing
Honami Yano
Place of birth
Japan
Known for
Directing
Credits
10 titles
Born in 1991 on a small island in Japan. During her college years she went on an exchange program to the Rhode Island School of Design, which led her to discover independent animation. At the Graduate School of Film and Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, she created her graduation project, Chromosome Sweetheart(2017), which received a nomination at Frameline Film Festival and many other film festivals. After graduating, she worked as a research assistant for three years and also made her first film after graduation. The film, A Bite of Bone (2021) won the grand prize for short animation at the 45th edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Known for
7.0A little girl reflects on her last summer with her father at his funeral.
A Bite of Bone
2021
NRInspired by the Fifteenth canto of the Divine Comedy, in which Dante meets his teacher, Brunetto Latini.
Are you here, Ser Brunetto?
2021
6.0One spring, Eri, a Holstein cow, falls in love with Sawa, a Jersey newcomer. Eri idolizes Sawa and longs to be close to her, to become one with her. To refine her intense feelings for Sawa, Eri subjects herself to ascetic practices and rituals of her own making. In a world where those who do not bear children are disposed of, Eri has fallen for someone who shares the same fate.
Eri, The Cow
2026
No synopsis available yet.
Sunset Train
2021
In a world where dairy cows must bear calves to survive, Eri, a Holstein, falls in love with another cow. Her sighs linger through sleepless nights - will they find their way to the one she loves?
Eri
2026
NRAn ex-couple in a café, a girl sucking on her girlfriend's hair, a running woman, a fleeing town, a little girl walking along the river. In this world, there are as many forms of love as there are people.
Chromosome Sweetheart
2017
Behind the camera
7.0A little girl reflects on her last summer with her father at his funeral.
A Bite of Bone
2021
NRInspired by the Fifteenth canto of the Divine Comedy, in which Dante meets his teacher, Brunetto Latini.
Are you here, Ser Brunetto?
2021
6.0One spring, Eri, a Holstein cow, falls in love with Sawa, a Jersey newcomer. Eri idolizes Sawa and longs to be close to her, to become one with her. To refine her intense feelings for Sawa, Eri subjects herself to ascetic practices and rituals of her own making. In a world where those who do not bear children are disposed of, Eri has fallen for someone who shares the same fate.
Eri, The Cow
2026
6.0One spring, Eri, a Holstein cow, falls in love with Sawa, a Jersey newcomer. Eri idolizes Sawa and longs to be close to her, to become one with her. To refine her intense feelings for Sawa, Eri subjects herself to ascetic practices and rituals of her own making. In a world where those who do not bear children are disposed of, Eri has fallen for someone who shares the same fate.
Eri, The Cow
2026
No synopsis available yet.
Sunset Train
2021
In a world where dairy cows must bear calves to survive, Eri, a Holstein, falls in love with another cow. Her sighs linger through sleepless nights - will they find their way to the one she loves?
Eri
2026
NRAn ex-couple in a café, a girl sucking on her girlfriend's hair, a running woman, a fleeing town, a little girl walking along the river. In this world, there are as many forms of love as there are people.
Chromosome Sweetheart
2017
NRAn ex-couple in a café, a girl sucking on her girlfriend's hair, a running woman, a fleeing town, a little girl walking along the river. In this world, there are as many forms of love as there are people.
Chromosome Sweetheart
2017
NRThere is certain things you would never know unless you take off the pants. And, or, also certain things you would never find out unless you wear your pants.
A wild pants chase
2013
NRA woman pours milk from the top of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain a man milks and pours it into a tank. One evening his pigeon doesn’t come back as usual, and finally it brings back small miracle from a woman. 1st year work 2016, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation
Milky Ways
2016
