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World Festival of Animated Film /
21 - 25 June 2000
World Festival of Animated Film / 21 - 25 June 2000
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Piercing I / Piercing I

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Piercing I / Piercing I


Liu Jian

China / 2009 / 74' 43''



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Synopsis


An unmistakably bold new voice in Chinese independent cinema Liu Jian takes modern-day China's social concerns and animates them with striking, expressive visuals. Set during 2008 financial crisis, Piercing I concerns the disaffected and unemployed youths who, even with a university degrees, are unable to find meaningful employment. Zhang Xiaojun is even wrongfully arrested for a theft in a supermarket. Corruption, drugs, and discrimination are all laid bare in this harsh yet impressively novel work which culminates in a brilliantly unexpected finale. (IFF Hong Kong)

Liu Jian


Liu Jian studied Chinese landscape painting and graduated from the Nanjing University of the Arts in 1993. Over the past two decades, his work has drawn on a range of media and aesthetic approaches and has been presented at major exhibitions both in China and abroad. In 1995, he began making works of animation and in 2007 he independently established the Le-joy Animation Studio. His first feature-length animation work, Piercing I, premiered at Holland Animation Film Festival and received numerous prestigious awards at film festivals across Asia and Europe.

 

Director

Liu Jian


Production

Le-joy Animation Studio


Screenplay

Liu Jian


Storyboard

Liu Jian


Compositing

Liu Jian


Sound

Liu Jian


Music

ZuoXiao, ZuZhou


Editing

Liu Jian


Animation

Liu Jian


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