Oscar® Contender Stop Motion Animation | Rag Doll

Amidst a deadly persecution, a determined orphan tries to bring her mother back to life through the power of art.

#Stopmotion #Animation #Shortfilm #Ragdoll

About Rag Doll
Although Yingying’s mother was killed in a modern day persecution and the little girl is alone on the streets of Northern China, an enchanted art form could reunite them. Enter a child’s world, where hope and imagination are more powerful than police batons or state-sponsored violence, where noble determination conquers all.

Official Selection, LA Shorts International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, HollyShorts Film Festival 2020
2020 Golden Sheaf Awards Nominee, Yorkton Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Not Short on Talent at Cannes 2020
Official Selection, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Foyle Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Vancouver International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Phoenix Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Columbus International Film & Animation Festival 2020

Directed by: Leon Lee

#定格動畫 #動畫 #獲獎短片

在一個雷電交加的夜晚，瑩瑩的母親被抓走，留給瑩瑩一隻畫筆和一個娃娃為伴。只有五歲的瑩瑩孤苦度日，流落街頭，一邊東躲西藏尋找安身之處，一邊小心的躲避抓走媽媽的黑暗勢力。如影隨形的烏雲一次又一次驅走了瑩瑩身邊的好心人。她必須從自身尋找力量，克服恐懼，用媽媽留給她的禮物，實現她與媽媽相聚的夢想。

[FilmsForFreedom]

Watch Rag Doll director Leon Lee's new feature film Unsilenced at unsilencedmovie.com. "A Moving Portrait Of Conscious Resistance In The Face Of Political Oppression."– LA Times

[aprilnguyen]

In the end scene when she is stepping out, scared, a shadow is covering her whole body. But when she overcomes her initial fear and her righteousness shines through, her field lights up. In contrast, at the same time, the guard stops and a shadow casts on his face. Beautiful storytelling and excellent production quality. Congratulations to the team 👏🏻

[meme]

I have 2 hypothesis.

1 - The girl's mom got arrested and put in a detention camp for whatever reason and the girl was put in an orphanage but i read a comment saying that children of those prisoners also get unfair traitement so the storm may symbolize the oppression and because of her mom's identity, the girl can't receive help and she has to go through all of this suffering alone. The doll is something that her mom made for her before or after going to the camp ( I don't know if prisoners can send things ) and the girl learnt from her mom to not let the storm/oppression dirty her and to keep being pure like a lotus so the girl grew up with this advice in her heart and kept fighting alone while her mom was still suffering in the prison.

2 - the girl's mom died because of her belief ( maybe she practiced a religion that wasn't accepted there ) and the girl received no help because of the oppression. She had the same belief as her mother and broadcasted it in her drawings ( the woman with the lotus ) but she ended up being caught by the authorities and put into a detention camp. But even there, she kept believing in what she thought was right and sacrificed herself to protect someone...

Either way it was a very good movie, it made me cry so much!

[terrys]

Let me explain the last few minutes incase someone doesn't get what it means. The group of ppl with orange vests were prisoners at a detention center in China(Changchun city). Prisoners there were forced to make dolls(the way the police would make profits). That guy with the shocker was a police. The gesture of the girl’s hand is from an ancient meditation called Falun Dafa, the practitioners of which are still going through brutal persecution in China.

[thorrollosson]

This needs more views. It's reminiscent of The Little Matchstick Girl, only a reflection of the current repression, abuse, and murder of Chinese citizens under a despotic regime. Not a lot of art can truly claim to be brave, but this qualifies without question.

[hhq]

Simply beautiful. A true piece of an art.

But what hurt the most was, how can you tell a child to leave orphanage?!!

[moriganbecks]

I cried during the art store part. Those who give thumbs down have no heart.

[lianeflores]

My 3 year old daughter came across this vid and at 8 minutes, while i was working, came to me and showed me this. She looked sad, so I asked her, "why baby? Is it scary?" She shook her head. "Is it sad? Why?" Then she cried and said.. "her mommy, she doesnt have her mommy" and she cried big tears. I immediately stopped working in my laptop and picked her up. My baby.. understood this vid. I assured her it wasnt real, that its just a story. But she wont stop crying. So after work i decided to watch what's it about and cried too. I understood what she meant.

[Partawan]

This kind of production has high standard of art elements, the story is telling, the details are so amazing, powerful messages and deep meaning in every scenes. Can wait to see more👍🙏

[Kenneth-jtul]

Every emotional, even the director trying to tell the world the problems with china's ruling systems and human rights with this short film.

Deserves the award. Congrats.

[ココ-scs]

Tears spilled at the end.
In the picture drawn by the girl, there was a precious image of China that I once had.

[maxlee]

We need more of this kind of art work to awake the sleeping Chinese

[ruslan]

The amount of hardwork, the art, the story, everything was perfect. I felt the everything that the film wanted to say in my bones. This deserve way more millions of views. Thanks for sharing these people's stories. Peace for everyone 🕊️✌️

[sophiemak]

I watched the film a few times and I was profoundly moved by the beauty and soul... There are lots of metaphors. Storm: when the guard with the cattle prod walks towards the girl, his shadow moves across her face. I think this is the key to understand the storm. Every time the storm comes in the animation, the shadow also moves across the girl's face. I think it represents oppression or the evil power. The girl then summons her courage and walks out of the shadow. So perhaps in a sense the storm/shadow also represents her inner fear that she has to overcome. Lotus: it's everywhere. It's on the little doll. As a matter of fact, mom was doing finishing touches on the lotus before the doll came alive. It's on the wall of the art store. Perhaps that's a painting by her mom? When the girl "sees" her mom meditating, mom picks up a lotus and it blossoms. The hand gesture the girl forms represents the lotus blossom. In Buddhist symbolism, the lotus represents purity, as if floating above the murky waters of material attachment and physical desire. The question I'm still trying to figure out is what the little doll represents. Any thoughts?

[ricardosoares]

I'm from Brazil and I was very moved by the movie Rag Doll, I believe that from this animated film onwards, the world will be more sympathetic to what is happening in the Chinese communist regime, the CCP and will also help other cultures, not fall into this horror which is the lack of freedom, especially the lack of conscience.

[nhuquynhly]

Okay literally this made me cry. This whole film to me is so sad. The beginning to end has some amazing story telling that made me cry. Good job on the production of this film.

[tamaraclaretugade]

The fact that in the first few seconds i was already crying. This shows how much art can be usefull for

[phatphap_taitam]

There are lots of metaphors. Storm: when the guard with the cattle prod walks towards the girl, his shadow moves across her face. I think this is the key to understand the storm.

[Miomomo]

Respect for you my brother 🙏
Thank you for standing up against OPRESSION ! I salute you my Asian Brother 💙

[shermanstreet]

This clip is an 🥺 😭 Kindness is the key of Humidity within us