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
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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 which will forever change her perspective on life.
Director
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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