Lei Lei

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Lupita de aquí en adelante
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Lupita de aquí en adelante

Sep 29, 2022

Lupita de aquí en adelante
2022 12 min 1 vues
What happened to Lupita after the frustrated attempt to get into the dance battle? And what's up with Huo now, the dancer that Lupita idolized? What remains of that life-changing afternoon in Lupita's best friend memory?
Recycled
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Recycled

Jun 10, 2013

Recycled
2013 6 min 1 vues
An exhaustively created moving image mural of Beijing and her inhabitants, painstakingly extracted from an archive of half a million 35mm negatives.
Animation
發光的河
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發光的河

Feb 16, 2023

發光的河
2023 39 min 1 vues
Searching for the house his father grew up in, director Lei Lei charts the story of a childhood in rural China using a mix of found footage, collage, and animation techniques: a moving account of all the things the father thinks he was not good at.
Documentary
孙悟空大闹狮驼岭
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孙悟空大闹狮驼岭

Sep 11, 2024

孙悟空大闹狮驼岭
2024 74 min 2 vues
As Tang Sanzang and his disciples arrive at Lion Camel Ridge, they encounter villagers captured by demons. Wukong's attempt to rescue them goes awry, and he and Zhu Bajie fall into a trap set by the three demon kings. Overwhelmed by their enemies, Wukong seeks help from the Buddha and learns the value of unity and teamwork. With the help of his brothers and a Bodhisattva, they work together to save the villagers and continue their journey westward, stronger and more united than before.
Action
Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish
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Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish

Nov 10, 2022

Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish
2022 104 min 1 vues
“Our family is special”, says filmmaker Lei Lei’s father Lei Jiaqi. On the audio track of this inventive, poignant essay film he starts to talk about the struggles of his family, amid China’s troubled times of the 1960s. When his own father, Lei Ting, is sent to the countryside, he stays behind with his sister and his ill mother. When Mum passes away, and the system forbids Ting to come back to live with his children, the kids are kept in an orphanage.
Animation
Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish
4.5

Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish

Nov 10, 2022

Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish
2022 104 min 1 vues
“Our family is special”, says filmmaker Lei Lei’s father Lei Jiaqi. On the audio track of this inventive, poignant essay film he starts to talk about the struggles of his family, amid China’s troubled times of the 1960s. When his own father, Lei Ting, is sent to the countryside, he stays behind with his sister and his ill mother. When Mum passes away, and the system forbids Ting to come back to live with his children, the kids are kept in an orphanage.
Animation
Recycled
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Recycled

Jun 10, 2013

Recycled
2013 6 min 1 vues
An exhaustively created moving image mural of Beijing and her inhabitants, painstakingly extracted from an archive of half a million 35mm negatives.
Animation
Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish
4.5

Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish

Nov 10, 2022

Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish
2022 104 min 1 vues
“Our family is special”, says filmmaker Lei Lei’s father Lei Jiaqi. On the audio track of this inventive, poignant essay film he starts to talk about the struggles of his family, amid China’s troubled times of the 1960s. When his own father, Lei Ting, is sent to the countryside, he stays behind with his sister and his ill mother. When Mum passes away, and the system forbids Ting to come back to live with his children, the kids are kept in an orphanage.
Animation
Rocket
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Rocket

Jan 01, 1970

Rocket
1970 137 min 1 vues
Animated film by Lei Lei.
休息一下
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休息一下

Jan 25, 2024

休息一下
2024 18 min 1 vues
After A Bright Summer Diary (IFFR 2020) and Ningdu (IFFR 2022) we once again welcome Lei Lei to Rotterdam with this compelling tribute to bygone images and memories. As always, the mundane comes alive through a conscientious montage of gorgeous compositions. A two-part quest for what has been lost through time, Break no.1 & Break no.2 fires the imagination.
Documentary
动物方言
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动物方言

Feb 10, 2019

动物方言
2019 68 min 1 vues
"What did you dream about and what was your daily life as a teenager?” An older woman recalls her youthful memories in China during the 1970’s while unfolding in front of our eyes the recreation of the modern times from the past. Until one day, the first breathless animal appears, a White horse…
Documentary
动物方言
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动物方言

Feb 10, 2019

动物方言
2019 68 min 1 vues
"What did you dream about and what was your daily life as a teenager?” An older woman recalls her youthful memories in China during the 1970’s while unfolding in front of our eyes the recreation of the modern times from the past. Until one day, the first breathless animal appears, a White horse…
Documentary
动物方言
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动物方言

Feb 10, 2019

动物方言
2019 68 min 1 vues
"What did you dream about and what was your daily life as a teenager?” An older woman recalls her youthful memories in China during the 1970’s while unfolding in front of our eyes the recreation of the modern times from the past. Until one day, the first breathless animal appears, a White horse…
Documentary
动物方言
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动物方言

Feb 10, 2019

动物方言
2019 68 min 1 vues
"What did you dream about and what was your daily life as a teenager?” An older woman recalls her youthful memories in China during the 1970’s while unfolding in front of our eyes the recreation of the modern times from the past. Until one day, the first breathless animal appears, a White horse…
Documentary
动物方言
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动物方言

Feb 10, 2019

动物方言
2019 68 min 1 vues
"What did you dream about and what was your daily life as a teenager?” An older woman recalls her youthful memories in China during the 1970’s while unfolding in front of our eyes the recreation of the modern times from the past. Until one day, the first breathless animal appears, a White horse…
Documentary
Recycled
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Recycled

Jun 10, 2013

Recycled
2013 6 min 1 vues
An exhaustively created moving image mural of Beijing and her inhabitants, painstakingly extracted from an archive of half a million 35mm negatives.
Animation
Recycled
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Recycled

Jun 10, 2013

Recycled
2013 6 min 1 vues
An exhaustively created moving image mural of Beijing and her inhabitants, painstakingly extracted from an archive of half a million 35mm negatives.
Animation
Recycled
6

Recycled

Jun 10, 2013

Recycled
2013 6 min 1 vues
An exhaustively created moving image mural of Beijing and her inhabitants, painstakingly extracted from an archive of half a million 35mm negatives.
Animation
Recycled
6

Recycled

Jun 10, 2013

Recycled
2013 6 min 1 vues
An exhaustively created moving image mural of Beijing and her inhabitants, painstakingly extracted from an archive of half a million 35mm negatives.
Animation
Recycled
6

Recycled

Jun 10, 2013

Recycled
2013 6 min 1 vues
An exhaustively created moving image mural of Beijing and her inhabitants, painstakingly extracted from an archive of half a million 35mm negatives.
Animation
Recycled
6

Recycled

Jun 10, 2013

Recycled
2013 6 min 1 vues
An exhaustively created moving image mural of Beijing and her inhabitants, painstakingly extracted from an archive of half a million 35mm negatives.
Animation
發光的河
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發光的河

Feb 16, 2023

發光的河
2023 39 min 1 vues
Searching for the house his father grew up in, director Lei Lei charts the story of a childhood in rural China using a mix of found footage, collage, and animation techniques: a moving account of all the things the father thinks he was not good at.
Documentary
Hand Colored no.2
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Hand Colored no.2

Jun 12, 2017

Hand Colored no.2
2017 5 min 1 vues
In 2013, Lei Lei and Thomas Sauvin collected numbers of black-and-white photos from Chinese flea markets and imagined that all of them belonged to one fictional Chinese person. Through rendering, collage, and a cyclical process of hand coloring, scanning, and printing, connections among the photos were created.
Animation
Hand Colored no.2
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Hand Colored no.2

Jun 12, 2017

Hand Colored no.2
2017 5 min 1 vues
In 2013, Lei Lei and Thomas Sauvin collected numbers of black-and-white photos from Chinese flea markets and imagined that all of them belonged to one fictional Chinese person. Through rendering, collage, and a cyclical process of hand coloring, scanning, and printing, connections among the photos were created.
Animation
Hand Colored no.2
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Hand Colored no.2

Jun 12, 2017

Hand Colored no.2
2017 5 min 1 vues
In 2013, Lei Lei and Thomas Sauvin collected numbers of black-and-white photos from Chinese flea markets and imagined that all of them belonged to one fictional Chinese person. Through rendering, collage, and a cyclical process of hand coloring, scanning, and printing, connections among the photos were created.
Animation
动物方言
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动物方言

Feb 10, 2019

动物方言
2019 68 min 1 vues
"What did you dream about and what was your daily life as a teenager?” An older woman recalls her youthful memories in China during the 1970’s while unfolding in front of our eyes the recreation of the modern times from the past. Until one day, the first breathless animal appears, a White horse…
Documentary
动物方言
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动物方言

Feb 10, 2019

动物方言
2019 68 min 1 vues
"What did you dream about and what was your daily life as a teenager?” An older woman recalls her youthful memories in China during the 1970’s while unfolding in front of our eyes the recreation of the modern times from the past. Until one day, the first breathless animal appears, a White horse…
Documentary
动物方言
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动物方言

Feb 10, 2019

动物方言
2019 68 min 1 vues
"What did you dream about and what was your daily life as a teenager?” An older woman recalls her youthful memories in China during the 1970’s while unfolding in front of our eyes the recreation of the modern times from the past. Until one day, the first breathless animal appears, a White horse…
Documentary
动物方言
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动物方言

Feb 10, 2019

动物方言
2019 68 min 1 vues
"What did you dream about and what was your daily life as a teenager?” An older woman recalls her youthful memories in China during the 1970’s while unfolding in front of our eyes the recreation of the modern times from the past. Until one day, the first breathless animal appears, a White horse…
Documentary
Books on Books
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Books on Books

Jan 01, 2016

Books on Books
2016 7 min 1 vues
The cutout patterns are from my father's book, Book Cover Collection in the West, which was published in 1988, when Chinese leaders launched their great "Reform" and "Opening Up" to embrace the world. Many leading concepts of book cover design were introduced in this book, which has had an eye-opening influence on the younger generation of Chinese designers since.
公园日记
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公园日记

Jan 25, 2020

公园日记
2020 27 min 1 vues
A boy and his mother sit in a cardboard car in front of painted landscape. This postcard from his childhood is what triggers Chinese artist Lei Lei to go on a journey down the rabbit hole of memory. Put together with his signature style of melancholic collage, time jitters in and out of its usual flow as screenshots, found photos and propaganda images appear in succession as if pulled through an archaic machine to explore how truth is coloured by nostalgia.
Documentary
公园日记
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公园日记

Jan 25, 2020

公园日记
2020 27 min 1 vues
A boy and his mother sit in a cardboard car in front of painted landscape. This postcard from his childhood is what triggers Chinese artist Lei Lei to go on a journey down the rabbit hole of memory. Put together with his signature style of melancholic collage, time jitters in and out of its usual flow as screenshots, found photos and propaganda images appear in succession as if pulled through an archaic machine to explore how truth is coloured by nostalgia.
Documentary
公园日记
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公园日记

Jan 25, 2020

公园日记
2020 27 min 1 vues
A boy and his mother sit in a cardboard car in front of painted landscape. This postcard from his childhood is what triggers Chinese artist Lei Lei to go on a journey down the rabbit hole of memory. Put together with his signature style of melancholic collage, time jitters in and out of its usual flow as screenshots, found photos and propaganda images appear in succession as if pulled through an archaic machine to explore how truth is coloured by nostalgia.
Documentary
公园日记
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公园日记

Jan 25, 2020

公园日记
2020 27 min 1 vues
A boy and his mother sit in a cardboard car in front of painted landscape. This postcard from his childhood is what triggers Chinese artist Lei Lei to go on a journey down the rabbit hole of memory. Put together with his signature style of melancholic collage, time jitters in and out of its usual flow as screenshots, found photos and propaganda images appear in succession as if pulled through an archaic machine to explore how truth is coloured by nostalgia.
Documentary
公园日记
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公园日记

Jan 25, 2020

公园日记
2020 27 min 1 vues
A boy and his mother sit in a cardboard car in front of painted landscape. This postcard from his childhood is what triggers Chinese artist Lei Lei to go on a journey down the rabbit hole of memory. Put together with his signature style of melancholic collage, time jitters in and out of its usual flow as screenshots, found photos and propaganda images appear in succession as if pulled through an archaic machine to explore how truth is coloured by nostalgia.
Documentary
公园日记
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公园日记

Jan 25, 2020

公园日记
2020 27 min 1 vues
A boy and his mother sit in a cardboard car in front of painted landscape. This postcard from his childhood is what triggers Chinese artist Lei Lei to go on a journey down the rabbit hole of memory. Put together with his signature style of melancholic collage, time jitters in and out of its usual flow as screenshots, found photos and propaganda images appear in succession as if pulled through an archaic machine to explore how truth is coloured by nostalgia.
Documentary
公园日记
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公园日记

Jan 25, 2020

公园日记
2020 27 min 1 vues
A boy and his mother sit in a cardboard car in front of painted landscape. This postcard from his childhood is what triggers Chinese artist Lei Lei to go on a journey down the rabbit hole of memory. Put together with his signature style of melancholic collage, time jitters in and out of its usual flow as screenshots, found photos and propaganda images appear in succession as if pulled through an archaic machine to explore how truth is coloured by nostalgia.
Documentary
Pear or Alien
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Pear or Alien

Jan 01, 2008

Pear or Alien
2008 4 min 1 vues
A happy planet of pear people is invaded by some mean reverse pear head aliens. A film about peace, tolerance and forgiveness. Drawn with pens on exercise books.
HAFF Leader 2016
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HAFF Leader 2016

Sep 22, 2016

HAFF Leader 2016
2016 1 min 1 vues
During production, I have utilized images from a second-hand book. This book was used to train Chinese youths on how to make quick sketches of human figures in the 80s. I have cut out model photos from the book and placed them in potted landscape, attempting to discover the occasional poetic and dramatic moment from the act of piecing together the work. Moreover, the sound in the leaders is a recording of myself, aged 3. It was the year 1988, when I was practicing the violin. I have combined both pictures and sounds from China in the 80s, and hope making the film seem both humorous and romantic.
Animafest Zagreb
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Animafest Zagreb

Sep 25, 2014

Animafest Zagreb
2014 1 min 1 vues
With animation from Lei Lei and beatboxing from Eloi Dequeker, this is the story of "guy with a hat" as he heads to the cinema in the supercar.
The Universe Cotton
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The Universe Cotton

Jan 01, 2009

The Universe Cotton
2009 4 min 1 vues
The story is a narration of a pseudoscience on cotton plantation. The protagonist waters the cotton with music and love, resulting in the greatest harvest that sky is the only way for the cotton to go. Landing from sky, the cotton turns from cloud into candies in kiddy’s hand.
This Is Love
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This Is Love

Jan 01, 2010

This Is Love
2010 2 min 1 vues
After a long flight, a young man is greeted lovingly by his girlfriend. As they embrace, the man spots a hole in the woman’s sock. Can their love survive this?
Missing One Player
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Missing One Player

Jan 01, 2015

Missing One Player
2015 4 min 1 vues
During a mahjong game, a bad situation occurs. Everyone waits for the last player to show up. The three have no choice but to wait and sit there silently in tears. However, they do believe that the fourth player will come. They look up to the sky waiting for this miracle to happen.
Weekend
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Weekend

Nov 23, 2018

Weekend
2018 12 min 1 vues
With Weekend, the artist and Beijing / LA resident Lei Lei not only displays artistic nostalgia, but also the constant quest for certainty regarding history, family and personal identity. His work can be seen as a type of “creative thinking” on the theme, an artistic strategy related to future imagination, and a contradictory position on emotions that cannot be returned to today. As philosopher and art critic Boris Groys pointed out: “Life can be recorded, but it can't be shown.” It is also because of the complexity of this contradiction, and the images that comprise the artist’s works that different images taken at the point of visual transformation and dialectical form between the calm and the energetic are shown, so that “nostalgia” becomes a truly contemporary medium in the practice of image art. Dong Bingfeng
re-engraved
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re-engraved

Oct 05, 2024

re-engraved
2024 25 min 1 vues
The fragile materialities of Yangzhou wood engraving and analog film converge in Lei Lei’s fractal portrait of labor and craft. Exploring techniques of light and poetry, wood and celluloid, re-engraved montages demonstrations of expertise with a cacophonous electronic soundtrack and the personal histories of the women whose labor sustains these traditions.