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HARVEST (2018, China)
Animation, Short
Running time: 5 min
NOMINATED FOR THE BEST SHORT ANIMATED FILM AWARD
Director: Lijun Sun
Writer: Fan Beilu
Producer: Huixin Li
Logline: Chinese Ink Painting-style Animated Short Film.
Synopsis: The protagonist of Harvest is a grasshopper. In the early autumn, insects in the garden scramble for food. These small and tenacious creatures have experienced the blessings and hardships of spring, summer, and autumn but now they have to race against the clock to be fully prepared to survive the winter. The whole film, with no dialogue, highlights the roles’ emotional expression, action design and rhythm control by showing the strife among insects in a garden which depicts the “law of survival”, thus reflecting the profound philosophy of nature.
Notable Screening & Awards: 2019 Festigious Los Angeles –Best Animation Short, 2019 Shenzhen Youth Video –Festival Best Animation, 2019 Berlin International Film Festival, 2020 Kinder Kurz Film Festival Hamburg, 2020 The 5th Canada Golden Maple international Film Festival.
