Step Into the River
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.
Director Biography
Weijia MA is an independent animation artist. She teaches at the University of Shanghai. The same river twice, 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
Premiere
Dutch
Country
France, China
Language
Chinese
Subtitles
English
Year
2020
Duration
15 min.
Also in this session
1. Freedom Swimmer
Olivia Martin-McGuire, 15 min.
2. Efecto Dominó
Gabriel Gauchet, 28 min.
3. Step Into the River
Weijia Ma, 15 min.
4. 4AM
Mehdi Fikri, 11 min.