30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

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Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Meal On The Plate (2021) -

China, United States of America | 2021 | 7 min.

It’s said that you are what you eat. In a world where people start to look like the thing they eat the most of, you can take this quite literally.

CountryChina, United States of America
Year2021
Duration7 min
Rating-
LanguageNo dialogues
SubtitleNo subtitles
Directed by Chenglin Xie
Screenplay Chenglin Xie
Contact Chenglin Xie

Biography

Chenglin Xie is an award-winning filmmaker and animation artist. His animation, Life Smartphone, won Gold Medal of 44th Student Academy Awards® , was in shortlist for Best Animated Shorts of 90th Academy Awards® , was nominated for 43rd Annie Award, was nominated for Short Film Grand Jury Prize in the 2016 Sundance film festival, and screened in many film and animation festivals, including Annecy international animation festival, etc. Chenglin's newest animated short film, Meal On The Plate, recently premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for Short Film Grand Jury Prize, official selected by over dozen Oscar-Qualifying festivals, and won the Best Animated/ Experimental short Film Award at 2022 First International Film Festival.This film is a part of the set Corvine and Other Animations.

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