Girl in the Water

Shi-Rou HUANG

Taiwan〡2021〡Ani〡Color〡7 min〡No Dialogue
✧ 2021 Bucheon International Animation Festival–Jury Award
✧ 2021 Annecy International Animation Film Festival–Graduation films, Official Selection (France)
✧ 2021 Golden Fireball Award (Taiwan Section), Kaohsiung Film Festival International Short Film Competition

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Contemplation of torn walls and scars reminds the heroine of the ups and downs of love. The story is based on my personal experience, recreating the unique perspectives and inner sense of time that women have shown in the process of heartbreak and self-healing. A total of about 1,500 paintings have been drawn frame by frame by watercolors and pastels.

Director

Shi-Rou HUANG

Shi-Rou is a freelance animation director and illustrator. Specializing in cel-animation, she often finds herself deep-diving into female consciousness. Beneath the gentle and cloud-like colors of her work lies the poetic and visceral storytelling that defines this young and talented soul.

Screening Dates & Venue
Jury's Comment
Director's Statement

11.06 ㊐ 15：20〡台南新光影城 4 廳〡★ Q&A session with the Director
11.09 ㊂ 13：00〡台南新光影城 4 廳
同場放映：《姊姊》《迷藏》《神以外靈以內 — 行書帖》《1/5400．單格舞曲》
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以傷口、壁癌做命題聯想，緩慢癒合的傷疤，填補後須風乾的牆面，時間與空間的流動順暢，深刻呈現情感創傷自我療癒的過程，弦樂在幾處的施力點也恰到好處，製作完整度高且成熟，亦不失細膩度的作品。

GIRL IN THE WATER is a hand-drawn animation, which is feminine and at a slow narrative rhythm, painted in watercolor and pastel frame by frame. The warm characteristic of hand drawing contrasts quite markedly with the distress that the main character suffers. The film talks about the convalescence of broken hearts. By the process of fixing the wall, viewers are able to experience the journey of convalescence.

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