Synopsis

The story of a grandfather’s perilous swim, from China to Hong Kong, that parallels his granddaughter’s own quest for a new freedom.

Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer :

Sacrebleu Productions

Foreign production company :

No Thing Productions

Co-production :

ARTE France

Photos (5)

Full credits (6)

Executive Producer :

Ron Dyens

Screenwriter :

Olivia Martin-McGuire

Music Composer :

Pierre Oberkampf

Foreign producer :

Brooke Tia Silcox

Director of photography :

Nadine Buss

Graphic designer :

Agnès Patron

Technical details

Short film

Genres :

Documentary, Animated film

Sub-genre :

2D animation, Historical, Drama

Themes :

Politics, Immigration, History

Production language :

Mandarin, English

Coproducer countries :

France (50.0%), Australia (50.0%)

Original French-language productions :

Unspecified

Nationality :

50% French (France, Australia)

Production year :

2021

Runtime :

15 min

Visa number :

153.899

Visa issue date :

12/10/2021

Production formats :

Color type :

Color

Aspect ratio :

16/9

Audio format :

Digital 5.1

Rating restrictions :

None

Posters (1)

Director

Olivia Martin-McGuire

News (4)

May 26, 2022

Unifrance announces the winners of its 20th Unifrance Short Film Awards

May 18, 2022

French animation at international film festivals: spring 2022

May 2, 2022

Spotlight on the 20th edition of the Unifrance Short Film Awards

February 7, 2022

French animation at mainstream festivals

View all news articles relating to this file

Selections (9)

Huesca International Short Film Festival - 2022

Huesca International Short Film Festival (Spain, 2022)

Selection

International Competition

GLAS Animation (United States, 2022)

Selection

Official Competition

Aspen Shortsfest (United States, 2022)

Selection

Cleveland International Film Festival - 2022

Cleveland International Film Festival (United States, 2022)

Selection

Vienne Tricky Women/Tricky Realities (2022)

Selection

Anima (Belgium, 2022)

Selection

Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) - 2022

Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) (The Netherlands, 2022)

Selection

Flickerfest (Australia, 2022)

Selection

Melbourne International Film Festival - 2021

Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia, 2021)

Selection

International Competition

Awards (2)

Prix Unifrance du court-métrage (France, 2022)

Awards

Aspen Shortsfest (United States, 2022)

Synopsis

Production and distribution (3)

Executive Producer :

Foreign production company :

Co-production :

Photos (5)

Full credits (6)

Executive Producer :

Screenwriter :

Music Composer :

Foreign producer :

Director of photography :

Graphic designer :

Technical details

Short film

Genres :

Sub-genre :

Themes :

Production language :

Coproducer countries :

Original French-language productions :

Nationality :

Production year :

Runtime :

Visa number :

Visa issue date :

Production formats :

Color type :

Aspect ratio :

Audio format :

Rating restrictions :

Posters (1)

Director

News (4)

Unifrance announces the winners of its 20th Unifrance Short Film Awards

French animation at international film festivals: spring 2022

Spotlight on the 20th edition of the Unifrance Short Film Awards

French animation at mainstream festivals

Selections (9)

Selection

Selection

Selection

Selection

Selection

Selection

Selection

Selection

Selection

Awards (2)

Awards

Awards (2)

Related films