Synopsis
Dig into the era of China’s Cultural Revolution, and how communist leader Mao Zedong used mangoes as a propaganda tool. In August 1968, factory workers overheard news of a mandatory meeting. Whispered rumours described shipments of a gift from the country’s Communist leader, Chairman Mao Zedong. And sure enough, managers soon distributed a gift to every factory worker – a glass box encasing a golden wax replica of a mango. What was the meaning behind this unusual offering?
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Foreign production company : TED-Ed
Full credits (8)
- Screenwriter : Vivian Jiang
- Editor : Kayu Leung
- Co-producer : Kayu Leung
- Production Designer : Kayu Leung
- Animation : Kayu Leung
- Graphic designer : Kayu Leung
- Narrator : Pen-Pen Chen
- Storyboard artist : Kayu Leung
Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Animated film
- Sub-genre : 2D & 3D animation
- Production language : English
- Coproducer countries : France, United States
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, United States)
- Production year : 2022
- Runtime : 6 min 11 seconds
- Production formats : HD
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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A Town Called Panic: The Christmas Log (2013), by Vincent Patar & Stéphane Aubier
The year’s end celebrations are coming. Christmas : the tree, the dinner, the presents. Indian and Cowboy are expecting their presents eagerly. Overexcited by the organisation of the celebration, they fight and destroy the Yule log on which Horse was putting the last touch. Horse is livid and cancels the gifts from Santa Claus. How will they win back the favours of Horse and The Old Bearded Man? How will they retrieve their gifts ? For Indian and Cowboy begins a long, very long Christmas Eve.
🎄🎁 This new episode of cult animated series ‘A Town Called Panic’ was selected for festivals around the world, and notable gathered the Audience First Prize at the Bologna
Future Film Festival in Bologna.
It was nominated for the 2015 César for Best Animated Short Film.
