INTERNATIONAL SHORTS
Hippopotami
He Ma
Director
JJ Lin
Producers
Lin Jianjie
Lou Ying
Cinematographer
Li Chen
Editors
Huang Bingjie
Lin Jianjie
Sound
Liu Qi
Website
Contact
Lights On
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2025
China, Hong Kong SAR China
13 min
Color
In the suburbs of a northern Chinese city undergoing urbanization, a quirky girl who wants to see animals in the zoo is taken for a ride that will forever change her perspective on life.
Directors' Biography
Jianjie earned a bachelor’s in bioinformatics before turning to filmmaking to explore human nature. He received his MFA from NYU Tisch. His shorts A Visit and Gu screened internationally. His debut feature, Brief History of a Family, premiered at Sundance and Berlinale 2024.
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Aferrado
After Colossus
Almost Certainly False
Beneath Which Rivers Flow
Blue Heart
Casa Chica
Choice
Deck 5B
Garan
Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites
I'm Glad You're Dead Now
Lili
Little Rebels Cinema Club
Loynes
Masterpiece Mommy
Notes From Planet Three
One of Them
Samba Infinito
Sammi, Who Can Detach His Body Parts
The Eggregores’ Theory
The Last People
The Rain Will Weep
The Sacrificed Meat
Under the Mountains’ Shadow
Wassupkaylee
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