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LEI Lei
雷磊
Animator, artist, filmmaker
Born in 1985 in Nanchang, LEI Lei graduated from Tsinghua University in 2009 with a Master’s degree in Animation. Since then, he has worked as an independent filmmaker and experimental animation artist. His works include short animation films THIS IS LOVE (Best Narrative Short Award at Ottawa International Film Festival in 2010), RECYCLED (selected at Annecy Film Festival, Grand Prix of Shorts & Non-Narrative Films at Holland International Animation Film Festival), and many others, which have been selected in numerous international festivals and exhibited in museums.
In 2014 he served on the Jury of Zagreb / Holland International Animation Film Festival, and won the Asian Cultural Council Grant. He has also been selected to attend many artist residencies and fellowship programs, including the ACC Cai Fellowship in New York (2014), Artist Residency Program at Abbaye de Fonteyraud, France (2015), Locarno Summer Academy (2016) or Artist Residency at Macdowell Colony, U.S.A (2016).
Furthermore, he has had solo exhibitions of his work in Beijing and Austria, and has also been a part of group exhibitions all over the world, in the U.S., Singapore, Netherlands, Canada, and China. Since 2017 he is a full time Faculty Member on Experimental Animation of CalArts Film & Video School.
His previous film, mid-length documentary, BREATHLESS ANIMALS played in Berlinale Forum in 2019 and won Best mid-length documentary at Cinéma Vérité.
SILVER BIRD AND RAINBOW FISH is his first feature animation film, world premiered at Rotterdam International Film Festival, in Tiger Competition.
FILMOGRAPHY
SILVER BIRD AND RAINBOW FISH
(International Sales: ASIAN SHADOWS)
2022, animation, 104min
- Rotterdam IFF 2022, Tiger Competition
- Göteborg IFF 2022, Ingmar Bergman Competition
- Visions du Réel 2022, Latitudes
- Annecy Festival 2022, Contrechamp competition
- Hiroshima Animation Season 2022, World Competition
- Hong Kong IFF 2022, Young Cinema Competition
- Ottawa International Animation Festival 2022, Official Competition
- Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2022, Nominated for Best Animated Film
- Dok Leipzig 2022, Competition for Long Doc and Animated Film
- Viennale 2022, Main Program
- Bucheon International Animation Festival 2022, Competition in Feature
- Golden Horse FF 2022, Chinese Global Vision
- Torino IFF 2022, International Documentary Competition
- Best Feature Film Award, Anibar Animation Festival, Kosovo
BREATHLESS ANIMALS (Dongwu Fangyan 动物方言)
(International Sales: ASIAN SHADOWS)
2019, creative documentary, 68min
- Berlinale Forum 2019
- Cinéma Vérité 2019, Iran, Best Mid-length Documentary
I DON’T LIKE THE COMICS YOU DREW
2018, music video, 3min30s
- Best Music Video award at Anifilm Animation Festival
HAND-COLORED NO.2
2016, animated short, 5min
- Screened et Annecy Film Festival, Animation Off-limits
BOOKS ON BOOKS
2015, animated short, 7min
- Screened on Zagreb Animation Festival, Official Competition 2016
- Holland Animation Festival, Official Competition 2016
MISSING ONE PLAYER
2015, animated short, 4min 25s
- Fantoche Animation Film Festival, International Competition, 2015.
- Prix Ars Electronica '15, Animation competition. Austrian, 2015.
- Awarded Silver Dove, Intl competition short at DOK Leipzig 2015.
THIS IS NOT A TIME TO LIE
2014, animated short, 3min 30s
- Anima Festival, Official Competition, Brussels 2014
- Holland Animation Film Festival, Official Competition 2015
RECYCLED
2013, experimental animated short, 5min 40s
- selected at Annecy Film Festival, Grand Prix of Shorts and Non-Narrative Films
- Grand Prix Shorts and Non-Narrative Films, Holland Animation Festival 2013