A portrait of youth set on the campus of the Chinese Southern Academy of Arts in the early 1990s. Against the backdrop of reforms opening China to the Western world, a group of college students live in full swing as they take their first steps into adulthood, where love and friendships are intertwined with artistic pursuits, ideals and ambitions. Caught between tradition and modernity, they now have to choose who they want to become.
Presented at the Berlin International Film Festival and at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.
Art College 1994
2023
14 years
118 min.
Animation
China
China, animation, maturing, friendship, youth, international festivals
Colorido
Liu Jian
Dong Zijian, Zhou Dongyu, Papi Jiang, Huang Bo
Lin Shan, Liu Jian
Liu Jian
Yang Cheng
Nezha Bros. Pictures, Modern Sky Entertainment, China Academy of Art, School of Film and Animation
David Wen-Wei Liang, Sun Yunfan, Cui Jian, Alex Liu, Chen Li
Memento International
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