Feeling Home
Jinglin Gao & Tingyi Zhang
Duration: 05:08
Medium: 2D Digital Animation
A Short Film By Jinglin Gao and Tingyi Zhang
Feeling Home
Four best friends who are all Chinese-born gather together this New Year’s Eve in Vancouver.
Some unexpected dramas happen during the dinner preparation.
Film Stills
Artist Statement
As Chinese international students who have lived in Canada for many years, we deeply understand the struggle of being far from home. That homesickness gets stronger around the holidays. But that doesn’t mean we won’t celebrate the holiday! When we come to an unfamiliar environment, we will form a community with people from similar cultural backgrounds. Friends are our family in a foreign country, we support each other and care for each other. Culture makes our connection, which is enough to transcend the differences in time and space.
Bio
Jinglin Gao is a 2D animation director, game designer, and storyboard artist from China, who has been profoundly influenced by Chinese culture and is willing to bring it to the bigger screen. Jinglin is creative and passionate about creating story-based art pieces inspired by life and culture. Jingling has a Bachelor of digital media degree from Emily Carr University and a current master’s student in the digital media field. She has 5 years of experience as a freelance artist, and her collaborative projects include 2D animation, games, illustrations, comics, and pet toy design.
Animation director Tingyi Zhang strives for striking aesthetics and compelling stories in her films. She studied 2D animation for a brief time at the Central Academy of Fine Art in China before enrolling as a foreign student at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Due to her exposure to both Eastern and Western educational systems, she is able to think more deeply about the world’s current social issues, which is profound and valuable for artistic creation. Zhang patiently engraves frames and frames with intricate drawings, to convey the tale of inner development.
Credits
Director
Jinglin(Nicole) Gao Tingyi(Losfo) Zhang
Animator
Jinglin(Nicole) Gao Maggie Lin
Xiya Chen Ziyu Li
Gina Guan Tianming Guo
Tingyi(Losfo) Zhang
Layout Artist
Hoang Le Do Jinglin(Nicole) Gao
Erin O’Neill Lenny Yang
Michelle Kim Tingyi(Losfo) Zhang
Sound Composer
Hyeongseob Kim
Voice Actors
Kitazawa Aili (Mei, Ling) Zhiyouzhi (Sister, Family members)
Jingling Gao (QQ) Sher (Jacob)
Huamaozi(Male family members) Xiaxia (Female family members)
