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World Festival of Animated Film /
short and feature film edition 9 - 14 June 2015
World Festival of Animated Film / short and feature film edition 9 - 14 June 2015
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處暑 / The Swallow


Xu An, Xi Chen

China / 2014 / 5' 0''



Projections


Thursday, 11. 06.,
Europa Cinema, 20:00 h
Sunday, 14. 06.,
Europa Cinema, 13:00 h


Synopsis


Three women. Three generations. A Chinese family without love in the 1940s.

Xu An


Xu An (1977–2017) graduated in 2001 from the Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University. He has been working as a TV animation director since 2004. He has been co-directing independent animation films with Xi Chen since 2007. Their films have been selected for competition sections at international festivals in Annecy, Stuttgart, Zagreb, Hiroshima, etc.

 

Xi Chen


Xi Chen started to draw comics at an early age. His works were published serially by many Chinese magazines. In 2010, he graduated from the Beijing Film Academy with an MA. He worked as a TV animation director and an independent director. In 2010, he was awarded the Special International Jury Prize at the Hiroshima International Animation Festival. He was a curator of the 5th China Independent Animation Film Forum. He is currently a lecturer at the Beijing Film Academy.

 

Director

Xu An, Xi Chen


Production

Congrong Film


Storyboard

Xi Chen


Sound

Stars Lee


Music

Stars Lee


Animation

Xi Chen


categories

Grand Competition – Short Film 3