Independent animator Lei Lei’s unique style blends design, music, drawing, and other multimedia elements. Lei's diverse style of animation and broad range of thematics reflect his expansive artistic interests and aesthetic horizons. For this Art Cinema program, UCCA will show a curated selection of eleven of Lei’s animated films, from the artist's playful creative beginnings to later narratives more epic in scope.

The screening will include a number of Lei’s most recent works, including Ningdu, a historical recreation of the memories of his parents’ generation through hand-made clay sculptures, and Recycling, which reconstructs life in China three decades ago through more than 3,000 photographs.

Lei Lei will attend the screening and discuss his work.

Let’s Go! Rocket

Pear or Alien

The Universe Cotton

Magic Cube and Ping-pong

Hu Lulu Hong Longlong Hua Lala

This Is LOVE

My…My…

Big Hands Oh Big Hands, Let It Be Bigger and Bigger

This Is Not a Time to Lie

Recycled

Ningdu

Lei Lei is an up-and-coming Chinese multimedia artist who works with animation, graphic design, illustration, graffiti, and music. In 2009 he received a master's degree in animation from Tsinghua University. His film This Is LOVE was shown at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2010, where it won Best Narrative Short. His 2013 film Recycled was shown at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival and won Best Non-Narrative Short at the Holland Animation Film Festival.