When Cicadas Sing

(4 mins 43 secs, United Kingdom)

Director

Hoching Kwok is an animation graduate from Hong Kong with an interest in making intimate and emotional films.

Synopsis

A mesmerising story of adolescent metamorphosis, following a grandmother packing away her granddaughter’s belongings after she transformed into a cicada and flew away.

Additional Credits

Rough animators: Michael Blake, Francisco Alvarez, William Clarke, Yi Huang, Leo Bournas Milazzo, Hoching Kwok
Sound designer: Robert Loud
Music Composer: Conn Thornton
Voices: Windy Hon, Hoching Kwok
Supervising Tutor: Luis Cook

Film School

University of the West of England