Changyou's Journey
Ajyal Competition
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Perry S. Chen / Short Documentary / United States of America / 2017 / 6 min / Colour / DCP
In No Dialogue
Interests: Animation, Documentary
Middle East Premiere
Synopsis
A bitter-sweet homage to the animator's eponymous late father. This well-crafted and endearing labour of love follows his father’s story from humble beginnings in rural China to academic and professional achievement, before emigrating to America and becoming a parent, and finally to tragically the cancer diagnosis that would ultimately claim his life. Perseverance is a consistent element throughout the short film, a theme that would play out both onscreen and behind the camera.
About the Directors
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Perry Chen made 'Changyou's Journey' at 17, before senior year at his San Diego high school. The film qualified for a 2018 Best Animated Short Film Oscar, making Chen the youngest animation director to qualify for an Academy Award. At 11, Chen was the sole animator for the critically acclaimed six-minute animated short 'Ingrid Pitt: Beyond the Forest', which qualified for an Oscar and won awards at the Flyway Film Festival, International Family Film Festival, and the WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival.
Credits
- Director
- Perry S. Chen
- Screenwriter
- Perry S. Chen
- Producer
- Zhu Shen
- Editor
- Perry S. Chen
- Executive Producer
- Zhu Shen
- Composer
- David Arend
- Co-Producer
- David Arend