STEP INTO THE RIVER
Year
2020
Runtime
15 mins
Language
Chinese
Subtitles
English Subtitles
Canadian Premiere
Availability
- Online & In-Cinema
This short film is included in the following package(s): SHORTS: RAINBOW COUNTRY
WINNER OF 2021 telus audience choice award: animated short
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.
Countries
China- Awards
- Winner, Best Animation Short, Palm Springs Shortfest 2021
- Festivals
- Palm Springs Shortfest 2021
- Director
- MA Weijia
- Producer
- Damien Megherbi, Justin Pechberty
- Screenwriter
- MA Weijia
- Editor
- Jérôme Bréau
- Music
- Pablo Pico, Wei Wu