2018 marks the 10th anniversary of the first spacewalk by Chinese.
Ten years ago, Shenzhou-7 went to space, making China the third country in the world to achieve space capsule.
Ten years later, there is also such a story of "Chinese going to space".
It has a chance for Chinese animation to rush to the Oscars -
Breaking the Sky
one small step
The short film, which is less than eight minutes long, is the first project of TAIKOSTUDIOS since its inception last year.
It describes the story of Chu Luna, a little Chinese girl who is infinitely fascinated by space, and finally becomes an astronaut after a series of setbacks inspired by her father.
There is not a single line in the whole film, and the plot is extremely simple.
But as soon as he appeared, he was selected for major film festivals, I don't believe you count the logo on the right side of the picture below.
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Exactly 50 of them.
Awards include, but are not limited to:
Palmetto Springs International Film Festival Jury Award, Intendence Film Festival Best Film, Best Animation, Audience Choice Award, IMDb Independent Short Film Award May Animation Platinum Award, ENFOQUE International Short Film Award......
He was also invited to "return" to a series of top film and television animation companies such as Disney, Pixar, ILM Industrial Light & Magic, DreamWorks, and Blue Sky Studios to make and share short films.
Wait, why use a palindrome?
Because the core founder of Taigang Animation came out of these places.
The film's director and story director, Andrew Cheswoth, is a former senior Disney animator.
Participated in the production of "Super Marines" and "Delicious Feast", which won the Oscar for Best Animation that year.
Another director, Bobby Pontillas, also has a resume that is very familiar to us.
"Zootopia", "Frozen" and "Super Marines" are another award-winning professional.
Seeing this, you must have an opinion: what about good Chinese animation? Why are the directors and creators all foreigners?
Don't worry, the reason why it is said to be Chinese animation is not only because it tells the story of a second-generation Chinese immigrant, and Taigang Animation has branches in Wuhan and Los Angeles, but also because the producer of this film is him.
Zhang Shaofu, a former Disney animator, is now the CEO of Taigang Animation.
The second generation of Chinese-Americans, who won the student Oscar when he was a teenager, was also nominated for the Oscar "Annie Award" twice in the animation industry.
(In a way, the prototype of this dream-chasing story comes from him.) ）
After the team has to mention, let's come back and talk about the film.
To be honest, the story is not deep, but it is moving.
Luna, a little girl, has had a different obsession with space since she was a child, and everything she plays and watches every day is related to rockets.
As a tribute to the astronauts, Luna's childhood hair was designed in the shape of an air mass created when a rocket lifts off
She comes from a single-parent family, and she lives with her shoemaker father, and has an excellent relationship.
Years passed, and Luna, who grew up, entered the aviation academy as she wished, but she couldn't study.
She gradually had troubles, ignoring her father who had been caring about her.
This turned his head and waved his hand, and for a moment he felt like he saw his teenage self
After failing to apply for the astronaut exam, Luna, who was dragging her feet home, suddenly found that her father was gone.
A double whammy that turns the whole world gray.
Later, when she was cleaning up her father's workshop, she discovered a little secret that her father had hidden for more than ten years-
It turned out that from childhood to adulthood, every pair of shoes she wore out or worn out was secretly repaired by her father.
Of course, this also includes her favorite pair of little boots printed with spaceships when she was a child.
You say it's strange, a few pairs of small broken shoes, actually made her reinvigorate.
After graduating, she participated in the selection again.
This time, I was hit.
You may think the story is average, but the way of telling the story is so interesting-
The childhood dream was like this.
Stars and spaceships are made of paper.
Jupiter is like a little decoration hanging in the bedroom.
The childish and warm brushstrokes can make the audience return to their childhood in a second.
Although it is the story of an astronaut, in the heart of the main creator, the childhood of a little man is more precious than the cosmic greatness of an adult-
It's better to see than to hear, does it have the ability to rush into the Oscars?