Won’t be Here
26-Best Student Animation
Haoyuan Zhu
Jiali Tan
China,
Animation,
Chinese,
00:16:43
Her disappearance began in the early hours of one morning. We took the wrong suitcase at the airport before the typhoon hit. After that, her life and ours have continued like this.
Film block:
STUDENT ANIMATION / GHOST NOTES
Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 2
- Language Chinese
- Country China
- Genre Animation
- Producer Lan Cao
- Year of creation 2025
- Duration 00:16:43
Zhu Haoyuan was born in Huanggang, Hubei Province in 2002. Graduated from Communication University of China in 2024 and has directed two animated short films. Among them, the co-directed graduation work "won't be here" (2025) was shortlisted for the Annecy Animation Festival and won the XPPen Special Award.
Tan Jiali is an Animation Director, Illustrator, and Graphic Designer who graduated from the Communication University of China in 2024. His latest film Won’t Be Here won the XPPen Special Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival (2025). His previous work One Day in the Room: You and Me was an official selection of Feinaki Beijing Animation Week 2024.
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