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Innermost

Directed by Maing Caochong

Hosted by Director Maing Caochong, Producer Donald Chan.

Credits  

Official selection

Athens Animfest 2023
CANNES Continental Film Festival 2023
Paris Art & Movie Awards 2023

Honors

Best Animation - Paris Art & Movie Awards 2023

Best Short Animation - Cannes Continental Film Festival 2023

Director

Maing Caochong

Producer

Echo Ni

Writer

Maing Caochong

Cinematographer

Quill Yang

Special Effects

Stan Liu, Sue Sun

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Kytoon Studio

China 2023 15 mins OV - Without dialogue
Genre AnimationFantasyActionMartial Arts

To possess an enchanted lyre, a gathering of martial-arts masters do battle with one another — and with their own tragic memories. From Maing Caochong, an emerging Chinese talent, comes this truly remarkable work of stop-motion animation. Without a word of dialogue, and exhibiting a knack for battle action unparalleled in the medium, Maing delivers a cyberpunk wuxia epic-in-miniature that simply must be seen to be believed. – Rupert Bottenberg

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