• Umbilical

    Directed by Danski Tang
    USA/China | 7 minutes |

A mother’s abusive relationship with her husband shapes the daughter’s experiences in a boarding school in China.

In competition for Best Student Animated Short and Best Student Documentary Short

film synopsis

film details

Director: Danski Tang
Producers: Danski Tang
Screenwriter: Danski Tang
Cinematographers: Danski Tang
Editor: Danski Tang
Music: Sean Hayward
Cast: Danski Tang, Kit Pan
Country: USA/China
Language: In Cantonese with English subtitles.
Year: 2019
Running Time: 7 minutes
Awards: Pardino d’argento, Locarno Film Festival; Best Animated Short, San Diego Asian Film Festival; Honorable Mention For Doc Short, Sundance Film Festival; The Eileen Maitland Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
Contact Email: danskitang@gmail.com
Website: https://danskitang.com/

director biography

Originally from Zhuhai, China, Danski Tang is an animator and visual artist now based in Los Angeles. Specializing in 2D hand-drawn animation, interdisciplinary art, and alternative documentary, Danski uses animation as a means to investigate themes of gender, sexuality, cultural indoctrination, and body politics. Her work has been shown in numerous international film festivals such as Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Krok International Animated Film Festival. Recent projects include “Newts” a concert theatre piece in collaboration with dance, music, and projection mapping; and “Ming” a film about a Chinese woman’s experience as a nude model in Canada. Danski holds an MFA in Experimental Animation from California Institute of the Arts, where she studied with Pia Borg, Maureen Selwood, and Suzan Pitt. She also holds a BFA in animation from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art.

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