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2018 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

FIRST BLOOM

连理枝

Directed by Tingting Liu

Shorts Competition / China, USA / 2017 / Animation / 5 mins

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Plays In:
Itsy Bitsy Shorts

Tateuchi Democracy Forum @ JANM
Saturday | May 5, 2018 10:00 am Rush Only

Description

He is a servant in the royal palace. She is the Emperor’s daughter. Growing up together, they become friends and soul mates. Naturally their budding feelings for each other are forbidden in this feudalistic kingdom, but they strive for the freedom to love and to bloom.


Director's Bio

Tingting Liu is a female independent director, animator, artist, and designer originally from China, now working in the Hollywood movie industry. As a feature film animator, she contributed to many award-winning animation movies including KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS, THE PEANUTS MOVIE, ICE AGE: COLLISION COURSE, RIO 2, CARS 2 from several world-renowned animation studios as Pixar, Blue Sky, and Laika.


Credits

Director: Tingting Liu
Sound Designer: Amanda Peach Hughes
Composer: Tao Liu
VFX: Dan Casey


Plays in

  1. Itsy Bitsy Shorts

    Shorts Programs / 28 mins
    FREE PROGRAM. Love! Colors! Food! Dance! Dancing Food! This vibrant program of films is geared towards the young and the young-at-heart. All ages, imaginations, and hungry bellies welcome. A special event for children will follow the screening immediately outside because we all know what happens when we make kids wait. - Jin Yoo-Kim & David Ngo

    In This Program: FILL AND MOO, FIRST BLOOM, KONIGIRI-KUN SHOPPING, LAST DANCE, SESAME STUDIOS “CELEBRATE LUNAR NEW YEAR!”, WATER COLORS, THE WISHING CRANES


Dates & Times

Plays In:
Itsy Bitsy Shorts

Tateuchi Democracy Forum @ JANM
Saturday | May 5, 2018 10:00 am Rush Only