XIAOHUI AND HIS COWS
Film - Kinderfilmfest

XIAOHUI AND HIS COWS

Directed by Xinying Lao

Info

Director: Xinying Lao
Section: Kinderfilmfest
Country: China, USA
Year: 2023
PT: XIAOHUI UND SEINE KÜHE
OT: XIAOHUI HE TA DE NIU
BT: KURZES FÜR KLEINE
Language: Chinese, Vahcuengh
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Jinhao Wei, Yuanmo Wei, Yamiao Tang
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Logline

SHORTS FOR KIDS - A set of short films about loss, commitment, and close friendship with animals.

Nine-year-old Xiaohui lives with his grandfather in southwestern China, as his parents are employed in a distant place. When his grandfather has to sell a calf, the boy tries to hide the cow and her child in the mountains.

This film is screened in original version with German voice-over.

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Meet the director

XIAOHUI AND HIS COWS

Xinying Lao

Xinying Lao was born in Guangxi, China in 1997 and is now a third-year film student at New York University. She is a director, writer, and film editor. XIAOHUI AND HIS COWS was her second-year film at NYU.

Credits

Screenplay: Xinying Lao
Director of Photography: Hark Xu
Film Editor: Youmin Kang, Xinying Lao
Composer: Evan Roth
Production Designer: Qianyu Jin
Sound: Qi Liu
Sound design: Bobo Lau
Producer: Haozheng Li, Xianglian Wei
Production Company: Haozheng Li
Executive producer: Ruiqiang Dai, Jiajie Lu, Yu Wang
Co-Producer: Xin Wang, Zhigang Lao
World Sales: ShortsFit