Synopsis:
I came up with the whole story by listening to a foreign radio fm in which a narrator told a story about in a language I didn’t understand. Whilst listening to the piece bit by bit, I was able to feel the atmosphere, I somehow understood what it was about and wanted to translate it to myself.
- Director:
- Sijia Ke
- Year:
- 2015
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 8 min.
- Technique:
- Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Royal College of Art
- Animators:
- Sijia Ke, Shijie Hai, Miaojian Dong, Yao Xiang
- Script writer:
- Sijia Ke
- Music composers:
- Sami El-Enany, Sami El- Enany
- Sound designers:
- Sami El-Enany, Sami El- Enany
- Editor:
- Sijia Ke
- Production:
- Royal College of Art
- Distribution:
- Vimeo
- School:
- Royal College of Art London
- Genres:
- Drama, Abstract, Experimental
- Tags:
- Queer, Surreal, Festival Darlings, Mental health, Trauma, Identity, Sexuality, Relationships, Love, Poetic, Transformation, Dreams, Minimalist, Shame
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- Annecy International Animation Film Festival
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