Xavier Kawa Topor

Xavier Kawa-Topor is a historian, author and cultural curator. He created the festival Nouvelles Images du Japon in Paris and founded an animation writing and research residence at the Fontevraud Abbey, which led to the NEF Animation professional platform. He has published numerous studies on animation cinema and is the co-founder of the magazine Blink Blank.

TOP LIST ANIMAC 25 BY XAVIER KAWA-TOPOR

1- The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Isao Takahata, 2013, Japan

2- Princess Mononoke
Hayao Miyazaki, 1997, Japan

3- My Neighbours the Yamadas
Isao Takahata, 1999, Japan

4- The Red Turtle
Michael Dudok de Wit, 2016, France, Belgium & Japan

5- Tokyo Godfathers
Satoshi Kon

6- Isle of Dogs
Wes Anderson, 2018, Germany & USA

7- Mary and Max
Adam Elliot, 2009, Australia

8- Ratatouille
Brad Bird, 2007, USA

9- I Married a Strange Person!
Bill Plympton, 1997, USA

10- I Lost My Body
Jérémy Clapin, 2019, France

11- The Magic Mountain
Anca Damian

12- Little Otík
Jan Švankmajer, 2000, Chech Rep.

13- Mind Game
Masaaki Yuasa, Japan

14- It’s Such a Beautiful Day
Don Hertzfeldt, 2012, USA

15- Ernest & Celestine
Benjamin Renner, Stéphane Aubier & Vincent Patar, 2012, France, Belgium & Luxembourg

16- Louise by the Shore
Jean-François Laguionie, 2016, France

17- Conversation animée avec Noam Chomsky
Michel Gondry

18- The Boy and the World
Alê Abreu, 2014, Brazil

19- Colorful
Keichi Hara

20- My Life as McDull
Toe Yuen, 2001, Hong Kong

21- Kirikou and the Sorceress
Michel Ocelot, 1998, France

22- The Girl Without Hands
Sébastien Laudenbach, 2016, France

23- The Wolf House
Joaquín Cociña, 2018, Chile

24- In this Corner of the World
Sunao Katabuchi

25- Song of the Sea
Tom Moore, 2014, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, France & Luxenbourg