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YAWEN ZHENG 郑雅文    
      

Animation Director
Illustrator
Born in China, now based in Japan
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Upon earning her Masters degree in University of Southern California, she taught animation at art college in Shanghai for several years and now lives in Japan.
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2019, she was selected to the Artist Residency Program at Folimage Studio in France and directed the short animation “Kiko et Les Animaux”.
Her works have won more than 10 international awards, including the Young Audience Award of Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Best Short Film Award of the European Children’s Film Association, etc. Her works have also been selected to more than 100 international animation festivals including Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Stuttgart Trickfilm International Animated Film Festival, etc.

She primarily focuses on narrative animation, experiments digitally and draws by hand. She utilizes poetic storytelling to express the beauty and preciousness of nature and life through her Zen journey. 

2016-2019     Lecturer - Shanghai Theater Academy, China 
2019-2021     Animation Director/Artist in Residence - Folimage, France 
2022-2023     Lecturer - Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, China   
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Festival Awards: 
-Young Audience Award

ANNECY International Animation Film Festival, France

-Little Jury Award
Savigny Animation Film Festival, Switzerland

-Best Short Animation
ECFA (European Children's Film Association) Short Film Award

-Diploma for its peculiar animation
Zero Plus International Film Festival, Russia

-Alcime Kids Award
Alcine Festival, Madrid, Espagne

-Best In Show Award & Frame-by-Frame Award
Florida Animation Festival, USA

-Special Mention Award
Alcine Festival, Espagne

-Prix du public
Festival Les Toiles Filantes, France

-Best Short Animation
Castellaneta Film Fest, Italie

-Special Mention Award
Reggio Film Festival – International Short Film Contest, Italie

-Honored Mention (Runner-up)
Sin-Yi Children’s Animation Awards, Taiwan 

-Prix du jury professionnel
Festival jeune public Les Yeux Ouverts, Le Havre, France

-First Abloom Prize
Abloom Film Festival, Oslo, Norvège


Festival Selections:
Ottawa International Animation Festival
Stuttgart Trickfilm International Animated Film Festival
KROK International Animated Films Festival
Hiroshima International Animation Festival Archives - 'Star of Student'
Tokyo Anime Award
CHILEMONOS International Animation Festival
Children's Film Festival Seattle
Anibar International Animation Festival
ReAnimania International Animation Film
Buchon International Animation Festival 
​100+ festival selections 

Publication: 
<Kiko et Les Animaux>
Yawen Zheng & Céline Claire / Bayard Press
ISBN-13: 979-1036320378 




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