# animate! › Films › From Nose to Mouth by Joji Koyama

Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/fromnosetomouth/

Discovery terms: 2000s animation, 3d cgi, puppetry, live action and animation, digital compositing, isolation, awkwardness, dance, mixed-media animation, filmmaker, music video director

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**From Nose to Mouth** a film by Joji Koyama

[Joji Koyama](https://www.jojikoyama.com)

2006, 18 min 23 sec

[watch this film ›](https://animateprojectsarchive.org/films/by_date/2005_06/from_nose)

![From Nose to Mouth, still: pre-production concept still](https://animate.org.uk/stillslarge/fromnosetomouth01.jpg)

pre-production concept still

### a film by Joji Koyama

### animate! synopsis

A solitary figure emerges out of seclusion to learn an ice-skating dance sequence. Set in a disorientating arena of shifting boundaries, structures and languages, the lessons are not going well…

Mixed media including 3D CGI, live action, compositing and puppetry.

### key credits

**director**
Joji Koyama

**From Nose to Mouth** film, stills and other materials © Joji Koyama 2006