Synopsis:
A weird-acting girl draws a young man’s attention at an inn.
- Director:
- Zion Chen
- Year:
- 2017
- Country:
- United States
- Running time:
- 4 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producers:
- Zion Chen, Mar Elepaño
- Animators:
- Zion Chen, Kaley Cho, Alexis Chen, Collin Schuster, Julia Fleisig
- Script writer:
- Zion Chen
- Music composer:
- Qingnan Ma
- Sound designers:
- Sarunyu Nurnsai, Allison Ng, Bethany Sparks
- Editor:
- Zion Chen
- Production:
- USC School of Cinematic Arts
- Distribution:
- Vimeo
- Genres:
- Drama, Experimental, Fantasy
- Tags:
- Surreal, Festival Darlings, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Relationships, Love, Poetic, Dreams, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- USC School of Cinematic Arts, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- John C. Hench Foundation support
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