ART COLLEGE 1994

by Liu Jian

SYNOPSIS

Art College 1994 is a portrait of youth set on the campus of the Chinese Southern Academy of Arts in the early 1990s. Against the backdrop of reforms opening China to the Western world, a group of college students live in full swing as they take their first steps into adulthood, where love and friendships are intertwined with artistic pursuits, ideals and ambitions. Caught between tradition and modernity, they now have to choose who they want to become.

CLIP

GENERAL INFORMATION

2023 / Animation / China / Chinese / 118 min

By the director of Have A Nice Day (Berlinale Competition), Piercing 1 (Annecy IFF, Best Animated Feature at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards)

Produced by Nezha Bros Pictures Company Limited, Modern Sky Entertainment Company Limited and China Academy of Arts School of Animation and Game

CAST

with the voices of Jia Zhangke, Bi Gan

  • “A deadpan slice of comic-sad social realism”

    The Hollywood Reporter

  • “Liu’s drawing style is full of small pleasures”

    Variety

  • “Liu Jian once again provided one of the stronger entries”

    Sight and Sound