Synopsis:
A crush gone moldy.
- Director:
- Zhen Li
- Year:
- 2022
- Country:
- United States, China
- Running time:
- 7 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation, Stop Motion Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Animator:
- Zhen Li
- Music composer:
- Marc Riordan
- Production:
- CalArts
- School:
- CalArts
- Genres:
- Coming-of-Age, Romance
- Tags:
- Love, Relationships, Hope
- Audience:
- Adults
- Website:
- www.instagram.com
- Festival selections:
- "Sundance Film Festival, Park City/Salt Lake City", Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film, Ottawa International Animation Festival, DOK Leipzig, New Orleans Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Odense International Film Festival, Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, "Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), Tallinn", Seattle International Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Kaboom Animation Festival, Florida Film Festival, "Athens International Film and Video Festival, Ohio", Fest Anča International Animation Festival, StopTrik International Film Festival, Kerala International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Manchester Animation Festival
- Awards:
- Seattle International Film Festival / 2023 / Grand Jury Prize in Animated Short Film Competition, Animafest Zagreb / 2023 / Jury’s Special Mention in Student Film Competition, Kaboom Animation Festival / 2023 / Audience Award for Best Experimental Short, Walla Walla Movie Crush / 2023 / Best Animated Short, Student International, Film Festival / 2023 / Special Mention Animated Film Award, Cactus Club Independent Film Festival / 2023 / Winner, Fest Anča / 2024 / Anča Award – Best Student Animated Short, StopTrik International Film Festival / 2024 / Maribor Student Jury Borderlands Award, Transfiguration International Film Festival / 2024 / Terril Calder Award
- Submitted by:
- Eszter Gajdos
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