河岸 / Step into the River
Weijia Ma
China, France / 2020 / 14' 43''Screenings
Tuškanac Cinema, 17:00 h
Synopsis
Lu and Wei are two young girls living in a village nestled on the banks of a river. As the one-child policy has led some families to drown baby girls, they both have a special relationship with this river, which looks like a cradle of tragic stories.
Weijia Ma is an independent animation artist. She teaches at the University of Shanghai. Her graduation film, made at the Art Institute of Chicago, has won awards at numerous festivals, including the Hiroshima International Animation Festival, the Bucheon International Animation Festival and the Chicago International Film Festival.
Director
Weijia Ma
Production
Les Valseurs
Screenplay
Weijia Ma
Sound
Didier Falk, Theo Serror, Benjamin Lecuyer
Music
Pablo Pico, Wei Wu
Editing
Jérôme Bréau
Animation
Joseph Roth, Jihua Zhu, Mengshi Fang, Marion Chopin, Mathilde Poigniez, Thilbault Dumoulin, Kun Yu, Ziteng Qi, Juanjuan Chen, Samuel Boulitreau, Elsa Parent, Louise Petit
categories
FILMS FOR CHILDREN COMPETITION 4 (age: 14+)