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Zhen Li
International Competition Animated Film 2023
Animated Film
USA
2022
7 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
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Biology lesson. On one side the teacher in the light of the entomology projection, on the other the classroom in semi-darkness. Attention is slackening. Adolescent daydreaming: The boy at the desk in front is actually quite cute. The fingers want to run off. Still, rather touch only oneself at first. But then there is a spark …

Having a crush, what a beautiful and intense, but equally fleeting and sobering moment. Eyes, nose, ear, mouth and hands go on their first physical explorations, breathtaking, deviant or repulsive. Zhen Li observes with microscopic precision and magnificently captures this exceptional state of mind with different animation techniques. Charcoal drawings with smeared marks, furry waves of mould, intricately animated bodies and buzzing, sticky sounds circumscribe the sensual surge.

André Eckardt

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Zhen Li
Script
Zhen Li
Producer
Zhen Li
Sound Design
Zhen Li
Score
Marc Riordan
Animation
Zhen Li
Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award, Gedanken Aufschluss Prize