There You Are
Role
Director and 3D Artist
Year
2021
Type
Director and 3D Artist
There you are is an awarded animated shot I wrote and directed in 2021.
Synopsis: After the death of her mom several years ago, Su feels estranged from her father. In honoring their traditional family camping trip on his birthday, she hopes to reconnect with him. But when her father cancels it in deference to his new girlfriend, Su is forced to deal with her unresolved grief.
Credits
Director: Rui Huang
Writer: Rui Huang, Rong Deng
3D designer (design, modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering, compositing): Rui Huang
Animators: Qijia Feng, Rui Huang
Composer: Min He
Sound and mixer: Jiaqing Gu
Voice Actors: Nia Baker, Joshua Glassburn
VFX artist: Yimin Zhang
Additional props modeler: Joseph Jacobs, Clara Chou
Faculty Advisors: Michael Patterson, Kathy Smith
Festivals & Distribution: Sandrine Faucher Cassidy
Awards/Screenings
Yugo BAFTA Student Awards Shortlist
Richmond International film festival: Best of festival Animated Short
MIAMI Short film festival: Best Animation
Los Angeles Film Awards: Best animation & Best picture
Los Angeles Animation Festival: Winner
LA Under the stars: Best animation
Moondance international film festival: winner
Long Beach International Film Festival: Best short
Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards: Best Animation Short
First Look 2022: Best Animation Film
WorldFest- Houston International film festival: Best Animation
AEAF 2021: Student Gold
Anim8 Student film: Award of excellence
Flanimation film fest: Best student film
Accolade Global Film Competition: Award of Excellence: Animation (Student)
Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF): finalist
Venice Shorts: Semi-Finalist
Dumbofilmfestival: Semi-Finalist
Maui Film Festival: Finalist
Miami short Fiilm Festival: nominated for best animation film
Charlotte Film Festival: Honorable Mention
Richmond International Film Festival: Nominee
USA Film Festival's International Short Film & Video Competition: Finalist
Open World Toronto Film Festival: Nominee
Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF): Finalist
Maui Film Festival: Finalist
New York Animation Film Awards: Finalist
Venice Shorts: Semi-Finalist
Dumbofilmfestival: Semi-Finalist
McMinnville Short Film Festival: nominated will vinton award for best animation
TIAF – Tbilisi International Animation Festival
Spotlight China
Brooklyn film festival
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (ITFS)
ASIFAC Animation Festival and Conference 2022
Sunscreen film festival
Riverrun Film festival
American Documentary and animation film festival and film
Holly Shorts Film Festival
Chicago International Children's Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
SPARK ANIMATION 2021
Bermuda International Film Festival
Imagine This Women's Film Festival
Santa Monica International Film Festival
FLICKFAIR Film Festival
Woodstock Film Festival
San Jose International Short Film Festival
Charlotte Film Festival
First Glance Film Festival Philadelphia
California International Shorts Festival
Los Angeles Lift-Off Film Festival
Sulmona international film festival
Newport Beach Film Festival
Cinekid screening club
overcome film festival
Providence Children’s Film Festival
Durango Independent Film Festival