Organizing Committee of the 19th China (Beijing) International University Student Animation Festival has received numerous outstanding animation, comic and digital art submissions from worldwide. Below is the shortlist—explore their introductions now!
Category A: Animation
———— FANTASY ————
DRAGFOX
变装狐狸
School ：Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology
Author ：Xu Shaoch
Summary ：
Eleven-year-old Sam is secretly starting to question their gender identity and is finding it difficult to express how they feel. But one night, while ritualistically caressing their older sister's dress, a fearless urban fox jumps through the window and steals it. Trying desperately to retrieve it out of fear of being caught, Sam is lead on a wild goose chase through the family home and into the dark attic.
When they eventually fumble around and find the light switch, they realise that there is much more to this mysterious fox than Sam could’ve ever dreamed of. The unlikely duo embark on a magical musical journey to discover the surprising things they might have in common, and how to celebrate the ways in which they differ.
Atomic Chicken
原子鸡
School ：Ecole des Nouvelles Images
Author ：Thibault Ermenaux, Lucie Lyfoung, Solène Polet, Capucine Prat, Morgane Prat, Morgane Siriex, Anna Uglova
Summary ：
A chicken coop set up at the foot of a nuclear power plant sees its daily life turned upside down by a series of comic, cartoon-style mutations.
Memory Rental Store
记忆租赁店
School ：GOBELINS - Ecole de l'Image
Author ：Jiaxin LI, Kyungin KIM, Surya KALYAN, Shruti LAL, Jaeyeon KIM
Summary ：
Kobu, an old turtle lady, runs a memory rental store on her fishing boat. When a young hedgehog boy sneaks into her store it leads to a series of unexpected event that forces Kobu to come to terms with her past.
Spot the Differences
找不同
School ：RUBIKA
Author ：Brune de Cerval, Fleur Larcena, Clémence Beauprez, Aurélie Lequien, Yohan Gameiro, Samantha Liu
Summary ：
Lottie, a nine-year-old perfect little girl, discovers a sumptuous dollhouse in her attic. This dollhouse turns out to be the exact replica of the imposing Victorian house Lottie lives in. More than a simple toy, this dollhouse is a spot the differences game with very strict rules. Lottie begins her quest to find the differences between her house and its miniature replica.
FINGER'S TRIP
小手的旅程
School ：Communication University of China
Author ：Xu Xiaoyu、Cao Zixia
Summary ：
A story on the road. The girl takes a bus for a downtown theater performance. Daydreaming, she
triggers an imaginative journey by a traffic jam, a parkour adventure of her fingers.
Spark of Life
续炘
School ：Sichuan Fine Arts Institute
Author ：Tang Yingcan, Liao Jingyi, Wang Bingbing, Xu Xiaohan, Zeng Yuanyuan
Summary ：
A female firefighter was killed in the line of duty, because she signed an organ donation
agreement before her death, her heart was transplanted to a strange heart girl, a seriously
injured firefighter and a critically ill girl, two souls who are constantly struggling, meet in a
fantasy, interpreting the power and temperature of life.
The Posthuman Hospital
后人类医院
School ：Korea National University of Arts
Author ：KIM Junha
Summary ：
The film showcases medical records of posthuman patients in an imaginary hospital through experimental digital images.
Ma&Li Dreamland Dairy
麻厘连梦录
School ：Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Author ：Chen Jinjin, Long Yongjie
Summary ：
Ma is a pillow, as a dream maker, she creates dreams with great care, but the dreams he creates
are never remembered by humans. Therefore, she begins to execute a mysterious plan.
Creative Explanation: Dreams carry information from our subconscious, regulating our emotions
and inspiring us. However, people don't sleep well and ignore the existence of dreams. We want
to tell stories related to dreams in a lighthearted animation style to help people relax, sleep well,
pay attention to dreams, and feel the inspiration and energy brought by dreams, so that they can
better pursue and achieve their dreams.
Harmony Tour
和声之旅
School ：Communication University of China
Author ：Wan Xiaoke, Du Xiangrenyue, Li Ailin
Summary ：
In this world, everyone has a sound. Lily has been looking forward to the arrival of others,
Looking forward to a pleasant exchange ensemble, but people who come and go always seem to have no way to communicate with each other for various reasons
She had a deeper intersection, until another girl came along and they had a beautiful ensemble.
But the girl left.
———— NATURE ————
Dance with the Seashells!
与贝壳共舞
School ：GOBELINS - Ecole de l'Image
Author ：Théo Carme、Julie Fournier、Alessandra Rosmarino、Anaëlle Saba
Summary ：
When the Concert-Hall of a small town vanishes, the young singer Erika teams up with Mehdi the mascot to go find it! What will they find on their journey?
From Yeondoo
永度（和青蛙做朋友）
School ：Korea National University of Arts
Author ：LEE Sohui, JANG Minjin, BAE Minsol, AN Hyeonjin
Summary ：
The eonghee and Yeongeun sisters visit their grandmother’s house in the countryside on a summer break. At their grandmother’s house, the sisters meet the enormous frog Yeondoo that walks on its two feet. Yeonghee distances herself from Yeondoo because everything about it including its appearance and behavior seems mysterious at first. With time, Yeonghee and Yeondoo come to understand each other. Yeonghee becomes more mature in the process of resolving the misconceptions on Yeondoo in the end.
The Nectar Instead
反而是花蜜
School ：University of Southern California
Author ：Yoo Lee
Summary ：
What is fly’s life really all about?
Murmured
喃喃
School ：Tsinghua University
Author ：Chen Siyu
Summary ：
A deaf girl trapped in a bubble enters a world of sign language. Here, she tries to express herself,
her mood changes, and finally she finds her partner.Nowadays, there are too many animation works about special people, but there are few works
about hearing impairment. I love music very much and enjoy the wonderful experience of hearing
so much that I have to think about what would happen if I lost my hearing. The element inseparable from hearing impairment is sign language. I found that some natural sign languages express things by tracing the outline of things, and this pictographic language is very suitable for combining with animation, so I created this work.
Town Hall Square
市政广场
School ：Filmakademie Baden Wurttemberg
Author ：CHRISTIAN KAUFMANN、PAULINA LARSON、JUSTUS SCHMIDT、VANESSA SCHNEIDER、TANJA NUIJTEN、PAUL VOLLET、LAURA STAAB、FELICITAS SCHMELZ、YANNICK STARK、LOU HIRSCH、LINSAY ROUSSEAU
Summary ：
Bernard works behind the windows of a ticket booth at the Town Hall Square subway station and is waiting for something he seems to have forgotten. One day, however, a little tiger shows up and turns Bernard's orderly life upside down. A short film about an unexpected visitor, annoying radio songs and the lust for life!
On the 8th Day
第八天
School ：Piktura, l'École de l'image
Author ：Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois
Summary ：
It took 7 days to create the world, it only took one to disrupt its balance.
———— AFFECTION ————
Dodo
渡渡鸟
School ：Filmakademie Baden Wurttemberg
Author ：Yi Luo、Jiayan Chen
Summary ：
Dodo‘s father is a big blue bird. One day he flies away from the window, and hasn‘t come back. From then on, Dodo stops growing up.
Diary Booth
日记簿
School ：Korea National University of Arts
Author ：RYU Jireh, SHIM Woomin
Summary ：
As an adult, inseo has no one to talk about her difficulties honestly. Everything inside Minseo jumps out of the diary and wraps her.
Papa Bouteille
酒瓶爸爸
School ：Ecole des Nouvelles Images
Author ：Clément Bretou, Lalita Bruguiere, Lucie Carraz, Éléonore Deprun, Fred Marcassoli, Pierre Etienne Mazet
Summary ：
We follow an 8 years old child's daily life. From their eyes, we see their dad’s alcoholism.
In Ten Minutes
十分等待
School ：Beijing Film Academy
Author ：Fu Xiaoyue、Xu Yongwei、Liu Hao
Summary ：
The little granddaughter lives with her grandmother. Grandma waits for
her granddaughter at home after school every day.
That day, grandma still cooked the meal, but she couldn't wait for her
granddaughter to come back. Grandma's worries about her
granddaughter turned into exaggerated imagination, filling every
moment of waiting......
Grandpa’s Tears
爷爷的眼泪五元一斤
School ：Beijing Film Academy
Author ：Huang Xuefei, Xu Zimeng, Qin Jing, Wang Hongyan, Yu Xuan, Liu Qianyan, Zhang Jinxuan, Peng Yixuan
Summary ：
The girl Duo Duo's grandfather unexpectedly shed solid tears, shining like gemstones! But why don't adults like it and throw away their tears?
It is always difficult to understand the emotional state of the elderly, their past, their joys and sorrows; I believe we have all caught a glimpse of grandparents and elderly relatives showing complex and sad expressions，but due to the obstacles in communication, it is difficult for us to touch their hearts.
This movie visualizes grandpa's complicated feelings as a solid tear, and shows it to all of us, exploring the tears that represent emotions from a child's point of view, without being too heavy. It is hoped that the collision between the child's perception and the tears condensed over the years will arouse the audience's concern for the elderly around them.
DREAM WITH ME
异梦
School ：Communication University of China
Author ：Li Menghan、Mark、Chen Jiangyu、Yao Mengxin
Summary ：
After the trauma of a breakup, a girl hides in her own dream. However, the
kingdom in her dream is also being eroded by the trauma. The girl realizes that escaping is
useless and chooses to face it, returning to life. I wanted to do this theme because my curiosity and exploration of
dreams have always made me want to make a short film related to them. I want to try to use
different way to use the cameras to show the weirdness and beauty of dreams.
Yanyan
燕燕
School ：CHINA ACADEMY OF ART
Author ：Lei Jinru, Li Yuxuan, Li Mingzhe, Zhao Bowen
Summary ：
This film is based on Dufeng, Yanyan as the source, and uses the inner memories of the two sisters of Jietai early on the poetry plate and the farewell of the difficult city to describe the delicate and long parting thread.
THE GIRL AND THE MONSTER
芊芊与大毛
School ：Beijing Film Academy
Author ：Zhu Yekun、Zhao Yiyang、Liu Yuxuan、Wang Zhixuan、Zhang Jingyi、Wen Yuxi
Summary ：
The little monster was mistaken by the girl as a dog back home, there were some funny and slightly
scary stories between them, what kind of ending did they harvest?We conceived and created a vicious monster story about a little girl who uses her heart to
transform it. Qian Qian's color is bright, and her character is kind. Damao, as the opposite, we set
him as a black and a litte clumsy monster, but they still cross species, burst into a friendship. We
always envied the kind of selfless friendship between children, so we decided to create this story.
In terms of art style, we chose the picture book style with hand-painted texture, with rich but
harmonious colors, hoping to attract the attention of children.
Paumo D'amour
帕乌莫的爱（消失的西红柿）
School ：RUBIKA
Author ：Ian Halley, Nathan Hermouet, Luka Croisez, Laurène Vaubourdolle, Jade Van De Veire
Summary ：
Instead of giving his wife the attention she deserves, Dédé sends all his love to his vegetable garden. One day, all his delicious tomatoes mysteriously disappear.
BIG PIG
大猪
School ：Communication University of China
Author ：Xia Haoxuan、Yu Qi'an、Gong Pu、Xu Zheng
Summary ：
Big Pig and Grandma Pig often quarrel.
One afternoon, Big Pig saw Grandma Pig eating leftovers and nagged her. They argued fiercely,
but Little Pig remained unaffected and happily returned to his room.
———— LIFE ————
Black Square
天蓝色的彼岸
School ：Beijing Institute Of Fashion Technology
Author ：Xu Shaochong
Summary ：
It is a story about the mother sneaked into the data backend the day before the historical information of the “Down World” was formatted, eager to preserve the last piece of evidence of her son’s existence in this world.
Adiós
再见
School ：National Film and Television School
Author ：José Prats
Summary ：
Pedro, 72, is trying to deal with the imminent departure of his son moving away from home. Alex, 38, has landed a job as a nurse all the way in England and knows that moving will be hard for his father. As they go on one last hunt, which is filled with repressed words and feelings, they discover that their dog Canela has swallowed fox poison. Alex and Pedro both deal with this tragedy with opposing views. Will this disaster help them to bond and finally connect over the deep sadness Pedro feels?
Stabat Mater
圣母悼歌
School ：Piktura, l'École de l'image
Author ：Hadrien Maton, Quentin Wittevrongel, Arnaud Mege, Coline Thelliez, William Defrance
Summary ：
The sorrowful son was standing beside the rope weeping,while his creator was hanging.
REJECTED
不予通过
School ：Communication University of China
Author ：Li Keyi 、Liu Zhichen、Li Yunzhi、Li Meixuan、Cheng Qiyan、Yang Haoze 、Nie Junlin 、Kwon Se-hyun
Summary ：
Even undesired, you deserve to be born.
round table dilemma
圆桌困局
School ：Beijing Film Academy
Author ：Xiao Hanzhi
Summary ：
In the film, it uses experimental techniques to depict a family banquet he experienced. Under the round surface of the cup changing paper, I
Feeling the anxiety and anxiety from the family,
This discomfort made me desperately want to struggle and escape. But when I thought I was out of the round table dilemma, I found that my life was full of countless such round table dilemmas.
The moon is like home
月明归
School ：CHINA ACADEMY OF ART
Author ：Chen Wanyi、Xiong Yikang、Wang Xuehan
Summary ：
The video is inspired by the Zen spirit of the Tang Dynasty poem Song of the Dial. This article tells the story of a kitten who is obsessed with fishing, trapped in desires, and whose original intention is devoured by greed and falls into darkness. In the middle of the night, the moon shone brightly, and the kitten suddenly realized that nothing is gained, so he reconciled with his heart. In the end, there are no fish, and the kitten's heart is safe, and the empty boat returns distracted and happy.
HIDE AND SEEK
捉迷藏
School ：Communication University of China
Author ：Wu Yilin、Yang Lexuan、Niu Jiangyue
Summary ：
Four good friends spent their last time together before one of them was about to move away.This is a story about friendship and parting. The protagonist of the story is a little mouse and her three friends: a puppy, a bunny, and a kitty. The inspiration for these characters came from my best friends in primary school, whose nicknames were Rabbit, Dog, Cat, and Mouse respectively. At that time, not only did we have nicknames, but we also often drew our own animal images, which are the doodles of the little mouse has been drawing in the film. Later, we all separated by school and various other things, and we gradually lost touch. But what's precious is that even after so many years, every time we go home for holidays, we still get together to play, just like our status in each other's hearts has never changed. Including the day of the exhibition, they also accompanied me to watch this film online. This short film is also a story about the
growth and bond between four kids. We also hope to convey through this story that parting is not the end of
friendship, just like hide-and-seek, without hiding, there would be no seeking, without parting, there would
be no reunion. As long as we, like the bunny said, hold our love for each other tightly in our hearts.
THE STORYTELLING RABBIT
会讲故事的兔子
School ：Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Author ：Zheng Ting
Summary ：
This is an animated film based on observing the everyday life and reflecting on life and death,
told from the perspective of a rabbit and featuring two stories about death.Guided by defamiliarization techniques, I explored animation forms and narratives, told stories from the perspective of rabbits, and strengthened opposition and conflict in visual colors and materials.
———— SOCIETY ————
Délice
美食/乐事
School ：Ecole des Nouvelles Images
Author ：Adrien Avit, Gabriel Cassé, Cannelle Cazes, Garance Guilbert, Julia Pengue, Eva Rogelin
Summary ：
At the head of their own kingdom, witnessing unparalleled wealth, a family enjoys a dinner with an unusual appearance.
L'Animal Sauce Ail
蒜汁动物
School ：RUBIKA
Author ：Ysaline Debut, Isa Cotte, Aurélien Duchez, Camille Rostan, Clément Mouchel, Diane Mazella
Summary ：
Gooseville, close to nothing and far away from everything. The place where Goosevillers lead themselves to destruction. The inhabitants live off the farming of species that they overexploit each time, from geese to tadpoles. Each new managing and self consuming environment is told throughout low budget homemade TV shows. Advertising, teleshopping and others show us the devolution of a small French village rushing towards its end.
Sewing Love
缝制爱
School ：Tama Art University
Author ：许愿、野村辰寿
Summary ：
The expression of emotional desire called love. Everyone is an individual whose spirit and soul cannot be bound. The emotion between people leads to good and bad results, happiness or misery. In the river of natural life, it is the stream injected halfway and the water vapor evaporated halfway. Two very strong individuals, whether they are right or not, whether they need to be morally criticized, whether they need to be examined by us, in the end, death, rebirth, corruption are all part of the river.
NEVUS
点痣
School ：Communication University of China
Author ：Zhou Yaxin、Wu Yijun
Summary ：
The protagonist of the lazy, love to buy lottery tickets tries to get the result of changing his life through the feudal superstitious method of mole, but real life gives him a heavy blow.The theme of this film wants to express the realistic meaning by depicting the protagonist's state of disbelief to crazy addiction to point the mole : don't think of pie in the sky.
The time sewn into the clothes
缝进衣服里的时光
School ：Central Academy of Fine Art
Author ：Zhang Manlin
Summary ：
In a fishing village by the sea, a young Hui'an girl is trying her best to sew a new dress for her grandmother, and in the process, she sees the soul and emotions that Hui'an women have imbued in their clothing.The concept of 'Everything has a soul' originated from the 'Tao Te Ching', whichmeans that everything has its inner spirit or soul, and this spirit and soul are theessence of existence and development of things. Many styles and patterns of theHui'an women's clothing come from nature and daily life. They generally believe thateverything is alive, and they think that everything in nature and human society hasits own unique meaning and value. The Hui women give souls and emotions tothings, creating various clothing and accessories with imaginative and expressivedesigns. They sew the meaningful daily life into the Hui'an women's clothing throughartistic forms to achieve their vision of overcoming nature and pursuing beauty.It is evident that the concept of 'everything has a soul' has provided the ideasource for the patterns and totems in the Hui'an women's clothing culture. Thevarious totems and patterns, such as animal patterns of butterflies and fish andcrabs, as well as natural patterns of flowers and plants, have been concretelyexpressed in the Hui'an women's clothing culture, expressing the Hui'an women'sreverence and worship for nature, and also inheriting and promoting their owncultural traditions. The Hui'an women's contemplation of life phenomena reflectsthe harmonious relationship between humans and nature, and also showcases thediversity and richness of human culture. This work takes butterflies as the guide, andunfolds the little Hui'an girl's life in every detail, leading her into the world of Hui'anwomen's clothing and allowing her to feel how the Hui'an women constantlydiscover the sparkling points in life, record the ordinary life scenes in their clothing,and express their own aspirations for a better life in the clothing.
SEA TAXI
海出租
School ：Communication University of China
Author ：Deng Boyu、Pan Jiayu、Zhang Shiqi、Chen Xingyi
Summary ：
A frustrated and depressed protagonist tries to come to a seaside town to find solace, but encounters a typhoon, gets into a dilapidated taxi, and embarks on a journey full of accidents and troubles with strange carpool passengers and drivers, but in the end the protagonist finds his own happy story in this imperfect journey.
ELECTROSTATICS
静世界
School ：Jilin Animation Institute
Author ：Xie Shanyi, Wang Xudong, Jiang Zhuo, Guo Xupeng, Liu Sha
Summary ：
In the stillness of winter, the static electricity generated by the little boy's unintentional friction takes him into a fantasy world.The work was created in a special period, and the story shows the positive and optimistic attitude of ordinary people.
BLIND
盲
School ：Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
Author ：Zhou Xun, Cai Qiyu, Xie Weiting, Li Xinyun
Summary ：
Blind is a black satirical animated short film about a woman who wants to avoid eating food contaminated by the sea and follows her husband on board with a cat, and the billboards in the harbor and a huge luxury cruise ship herald a grand sea trip. Waiters smile as they explain the cruise ship, and fishermen on the fishing boat handle the contaminated fish and carry them to the kitchen. The chef disposes of the contaminated food into a dish, and the cat that strays into the kitchen eats the fallen scraps. The woman sat in the dining room and looked at the food in front of her uneasily, and after eating the fish under the pressure of everyone, she had a painful hallucination, and then the stomach was hit hard and the fish bone flew out of her mouth, only to realize that it was just a hallucination caused by being stuck and suffocating, and she took a long breath of relief and enjoyed the food with peace of mind. However, in the corner where no one noticed, the cat was dead, and there were some unknown vomit residues on the side of its mouth.
Peach Blossom Fan
桃花扇
School ：National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts
Author ：Yang Xuhan
Summary ：
A couple met and got married because of a fan, but they also got involved in politicsIn the struggle, it perished together with the fan.This film is based on the Kunqu opera Peach Blossom Fan.
Due to the grand and complex storyline of the original story,the author has made significant cuts to it, focusing mainly onthe entanglements between Hou Fangyu, a member of the Donglin Party (a member of the Restoration Society), the famous courtesan Li Xiangjun, and the late Ming dynasty flatterer Ruan Dacheng. The film mainly extracts the third, fifth, sixth, seventh, twelfth, seventeenth, and fortieth scenes from
the original play, Pacifying Ding, Visiting Cui, Sleeping Fragrance, Quitting the Concubine, Refusing the Media,and Entering the Dao, and connects and adapts them, with the departure and stay of Fanzi as the main story thread,focusing on the absurd and helpless ending of the love between Hou and Li in the political struggle with Ruan, which is destined to end tragically. (Not using AI)
Zhiwei Restaurant
知味酒家
School ：Communication University of China
Author ：Li Zhaoqing、Wang Chong、Wan Zesi
Summary ：
Shi Cheng went to the city to find a job and was deceived by his
unreliable uncle with fake coupons. After he found out, he wanted to surrender, but was stopped. In the end, he successfully arrested thefraudster.
Creation Description：
Using ghosts to talk about the warmth and coldness of human feelings, the small restaurant captures all kinds of worldly affairs.
——This is the purpose of our group's creation of Zhiwei Restaurant.The origin of this little story is that we have encountered many setbacks
in the first step of entering society - finding a job. At a group dinner, our team leader suddenly said: If it doesn't work, we can open a black shop.
How can we not live? With everyone's laughter, the negative emotions dissipated, and at the same time, the story of Zhiwei Restaurant was formed.So, in our film, the uncle and nephew Shi Shizi, who couldn't find a
job, had to stay in Zhiwei Restaurant to work and pay back the money because they ate a free meal with a fake coupon. As a nephew, Shi Cheng felt the shock of the big dye vat of society hitting his head as soon
as he left school. However, in this process, he also gained new social experience, and gradually adapted to the calm and uneasy city life under the care of his uncle Shi Laoliu and Feng Zhanggui.
