Synopsis:
In a mountain village in southwest China, Nan returns home with his wife and children to visit his relatives. However, his son Xiaowen suddenly finds a strange ‘monster’ while playing in the village. When Nan is unaware of what is happening, Nan’s father reveals a story about Nan’s childhood. It turns out that Nan, who grew up in the mountains as a child, had a predestined relationship with the ‘monster’ in the mountains, so Nan began to tell this part of his childhood story…
- Director:
- Li Qiwei, Huang Zishan, Fu Yin, Fu Yuxuan, Zhang Yubing, Qiwei Li, Zishan Huang, Yin Fu, Yuxuan Fu
- Year:
- 2022
- Country:
- China
- Running time:
- 9 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- 山中故事
- Production type:
- Professional
- Producer:
- Chen Wenshen
- Animators:
- Li Qiwei, Huang Zishan, Fu Yin, Fu Yuxuan, Zhang Yubing, Anna Samo
- Script writers:
- Li Qiwei, Huang Zishan, Fu Yin, Fu Yuxuan, Zhang Yubing
- Music composers:
- Nan Mu, Merche Blasco
- Sound designers:
- Wang Chao, Merche Blasco
- Editor:
- Wang Chao
- Productions:
- Animation School, Communication University of China
- Genres:
- Drama, Coming-of-Age, Fantasy
- Tags:
- Nature, Friendships, Hope, Poetic, Calming, Dreams, Spirituality
- Audience:
- 7+
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