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Tough

Ajyal Competition

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Jennifer Zheng / Short Narrative / United Kingdom / 2016 / 5 min / Colour / DCP
In English, Mandarin / Arabic, English subtitles
Interests: Animation, Documentary

Synopsis

For those who experience fundamental social change as adults, the notions of what is right and wrong, what is normal and what is problematic are easily identified. For a young girl who went through the Chinese Cultural Revolution as a child, however, it was difficult to understand that the branding of her intellectual parents as anti-revolutionary – and therefore ‘bad’ – was an element of a forced shift of perception. In ‘Tough’, a daughter examines the fallout of her mother’s youth.

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About the Directors

Jennifer Zheng was a confused Chinese kid who grew up in Northern Ireland. Now she is a BAFTA-nominated animator based in London.

Credits

Director
Jennifer Zheng
Producer
Jennifer Zheng
Editor
Jennifer Zheng
Music
K. Preston Merkley
Sound
Jennifer Zheng
Cast
Jennifer Zheng, Lili Li

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