Picture Pikachu on a noir trip, popped loose of the 2-D plane.
That is an association you might make when entering the echoey, black-and-white, 3-D animated world of the 12-minute film "JoJo in the Stars." With its absorbing look, it offers an entirely new experience.
And that -- breaking new ground -- is the focus of ResFest, says festival director Jonathan Wells. "JoJo in the Stars" is one of 25 shorts, presented in three programs, along with music-video compilations and a couple of artists' retrospectives, screening on the ResFest tour that will touch down in Japan Nov. 20 at Harajuku's LaForet Museum.
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