Synopsis:
Some things can only be understood with maturity. New light is shed on childhood cultural misunderstandings when a Chinese mother and her British born daughter speak as adults for the first time.
- Director:
- Jennifer Zheng
- Year:
- 2016
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Running time:
- 5 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Production type:
- Student
- Producer:
- Jennifer Zheng
- Animator:
- Jennifer Zheng
- Script writer:
- Jennifer Zheng
- Music composer:
- K. Preston Merkley
- Sound designers:
- Fonic, Jm Finch, K. Preston Merkley
- Editor:
- Jennifer Zheng
- Production:
- Kingston University
- Distribution:
- Vimeo
- School:
- Kingston University of London
- Genres:
- Drama, Documentary, Coming-of-Age
- Tags:
- Feminism, Trauma, Identity, Relationships, Love, Poetic, Shame, Mental health
- Audience:
- 16+
- Festival selections:
- BAFTA Awards, Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Encounters Film Festival, London International Animation Festival, Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film
- Awards:
- BAFTA Award for Best British Short Animation (Nominated)
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