Family photos, propaganda images and grainy archival footage are manipulated, re-processed and overlaid with wonderfully simple and highly effective animation in “Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish.” This ...

Lei Lei, a Chinese animator, artist, and musician, has been making films for just over 10 years now. Using a mixed-media approach that combined cut-outs, collage elements, and drawings, Lei Lei’s ...

Asian Shadows has taken international sales for Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish, ahead of the film’s premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The essay film focuses on director Lei Lei’s ...

In a world of propaganda images, surrealist collage and pop-art animation, artist-filmmaker Lei Lei and his family recall the past to make sense of the present. 1950's, Jiaqi is 4 years old when his ...