Year
2023
Client
Jess X. Snow
Focus
2D animation
Illustration
Credits
Starring: Jess X. Snow & Joecar Hanna
Written by: Jess X. Snow
Co-directed by: Traci kato-kiriyama & Jess X. Snow
Producer: Grace Zhang
Director of photography: Eileen Yoon
Editor: Andrew Migliori
Co-editor: PJ Wyderka
Hair and make-up: Randy Rosenthal
Sound mixer: Andreas Nicholas
Gaffer: Anika Guttormson
Illustrator: Jeremy Leung
Official Selections
New Orleans Film Festival 2023
LA Asian Pacific Film Festival 2024
Background
Illustration and animation for a 12-minute dystopian fantasy film.
Plot description
In a dystopian near-future of Chinese Exclusion, when a young student visits the studio of a charismatic artist to get her first tattoo, she is forced to confront a shared cultural secret that awakens the burgeoning force inside of her.
Watch the official trailer.
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Original poster design by Jeremy Leung and Jess X. Snow
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Film stills
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