• Step Into the River

    Directed by Weijia Ma
    China/France | 15 minutes |

Lu and Wei are two young girls living in a village nestled on the banks of a river that bears many tragic stories in this surreal and stunning exploration of China's one-child policy.

In competition for Best Animated Short.

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Director: Weijia Ma
Producers: Damien Megherbi, Justin Pechberty
Screenwriter: Weijia Ma
Cinematographers: | Animators: Joseph Roth, Jihua Zhu, Mengshi Fang, Marion Chopin, Mathilde Poigniez, Thilbault Dumoulin, Kun Yu, Ziteng Qi, Juanjuan Chen, Samuel Boulitreau, Elsa Parent, Louise Petit
Editor: Jérôme Bréau
Music: Pablo Pico
Cast: Yifei Chen, Mingen Zhang, Guifen Zhang
Original Language Title: 河岸
Country: China/France
Language: in Mandarin with English subtitles
Year: 2020
Running Time: 15 minutes
Awards: Silver Hugo, Chicago International Film Festival; Audience Award, DOK Leipzig; Tricky Women/Tricky Realities Award, Tricky Women/Tricky Realities
Primary Company: Les Valseurs
Contact Email: distribution@lesvalseurs.com
Website: http://lesvalseurs.com/danslariviere/

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