Project Detail

Fish Is What I Desire

Synopsis

A 12-year-old girl refuses to eat fish her parents prepare for her. It evokes a choice she made earlier between rightness and obedience.

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
7 mins 27 secs
Format
Digital
Director
Yao Xiang
Editor
Yao Xiang, Tim Webb
Screenwriter
Yao Xiang
Production Designer
Yao Xiang
Sound
Yao Xiang
Composer
Michael Speers
Animation
Yao Xiang, Huan Luo,Zoe Payne, Rosanna Wan

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Royal College of Art, Animation

Kensington Gore
London SW7 2EU

Sales Company

Future Shorts

2-18 Warburton Road
London E8 3RT

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