Chenxi Zhang


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Braided





Title: Braided
Director: Chenxi Zhang
Sound & Score: Squash & Biscuit
Runtime: 6 mins 19 sec
Language: Mandarin
Production Year: 2023
Production Country: United States, China


Mom always braided my hair so tautly that it carved a distinct path atop my head.
But one day,  she cut off the carefully braided hair.
As I took my first steps forward alone, my stride faltered.
Along the path on my head,
I touched our unbreakable inner attachment,
and the journey of female growth  we were both unprepared to face.














Awards

6th NOWNESS Short Film Talent Awards, China 2024
- Best Creative Award -

Big Cartoon Festival, Russia 2024
- Best student Animated Film -

ANIMA Córdoba International Animation Festival, Argentina 2024
- Special Nomination of the International Jury -

18th FIRST International Film Festival, China 2024
- Short Film of the Year in First Frame category

KuanDu International Animation Festival, China 2024
- Honorable Mention -

60th Golden Horse Film Awards, China, 2023
- Nomination for Best Animation Short -

5th Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, China 2023
- Jury's Special Nomination for Feinaki Award -

Los Angeles Animation Festival, United States 2023
- Best Student 2D Animation Award -

19th Athens Animfest, Spain 2024
- Distinction Award in the Student category -



Official Selections & Screening

28th PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia 2024

34th Animafest Zagreb, Croatia 2024

35th Palm Springs International ShortFest, United States 2024

22nd IN THE PALACE International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria 2025

18th Fest Anča International Animation Festival, Slovakia 2025

24th MONSTRA - Lisbon Animation Festival, Portugal 2025

6th TOPU International Animation Week, China 2025

13th China Independent Animation Film Forum, China 2025

48th CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival, Portugal 2024

Anifilm – International Festival of Animated Films, Czech Republic 2024

22nd South Taiwan Film Festival, China 2024

26th Seoul International Women's Film Festival, Korea 2024

Aichi International Women's Film Festival, Japan 2024

Mint Chinese Film Festival, United Kingdom 2024

3rd Wuhan Bailin Film Festival, China 2024

KinoProba Film Festival, Russia 2024

23rd Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Cyprus 2024

LINOLEUM Animation Festival, Ukraine 2024

14th Supertoon Festival, Croatia 2024

Animac International Animation Film Festival, Spain 2024

TRICKY WOMEN/TRICKY REALITIES, Austria 2024

Documentarist 17th Istanbul Documentary Days, Turkey 2024

15th edition of the Anibar International Animation Festival, Kosova 2024

17th International Animated Film Festival Animator, Poland 2024

22nd The world festival of animated film – IMAGINARIA, Italy 2024

18th Big Cartoon Festival, Russia 2024

10th Taichung International Animation Festival, China 2024

International Animated Film Festival Animocje, Poland 2024

11th Insomnia International Animation Film Festival, Russia 2024

4th Wazi Youth Film Festival, China 2024

16th Cyber Sousa Awards, China 2024

24th Animation Academy Awards, China 2024

15th Macau International Short Film Festival, China 2024

Manchester Animation Festival, United Kingdom 2023

Seoul Indie-AniFest 2023, Korea 2023

Cartoon Underground Independent Animation Festival, Singapore 2023

GIRAF 19 International Animation Festival, Canada 2023



Special Screening

Mulan International Film Festival, Lili vs. Leviathan programme, Canada 2024

Festival Allers-Retours Cinéma d'Auteur Chinois, France 2024








Credits
Sound Desgin & Score:
Squash & Biscuit

Director Assistant:
AA Cheng, Emi Sun

International Sales:
(rights exclude Mainland China)

Inwave Films
 Clean up & Coloring:
Ruilin Fan, Yuxi Wang,Yuxin Tian, Haiqing Qi, Monica Moura, Yindan Lai, Emily Yue, Moon Wang, Yameng Deng, Eaven Harrington, Rika Nakayama

Special Thanks:
Kangmin Kim, Pia Borg, Jamie Wolfe, Lilli Carre, Mi Chai, Lei Lei, Maureen Selwood, Alejandra Molina Rios, Zhen Li, My MFA 3's, CalArts Student Union
Shidong Zhang & Mengning Tong











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