Compound Eyes of Tropical

Compound Eyes of Tropical (2022)

熱帶複眼

The film is inspired by the costumes of folk art performers at Taiwan's ceremonial festivals. Adapted from the Southeast Asian folktale The Mousedeer Crosses River, it integrates similar folktale narratives from different countries to create animated puppet dancers.

Date of release
2022-11-12
TMDB
9.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
17m
Genres
Animation
Director
Zhan Zhang-xu

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 0. Including: Golden Horse Award for Best Animated Short Film; Golden Harvest Awards

Compound Eyes of Tropical is a stop motion animated film by Zhang Xu-zhan. It was first presented at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum and had its world premiere at the Golden Horse Film Festival in the same year. The film was awarded the Best Animated Short Film at the 59th Golden Horse Awards.

Production

Compound Eyes of Tropical uses puppets made by a traditional Taiwanese paper art technique for death and funeral ceremonies and was shot by a stop motion technique frame-by-frame. The animation is around 16 minutes long and the film took three years to shoot. Through a fly's eyes, the image creates a multi-perspective montage.

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