Lei Lei Movies

  • 2017
    Hand Colored no.2

    Hand Colored no.2

    Hand Colored no.2

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    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...

    Hand Colored no.2
  • 2013
    Big Hands Oh Big Hands, Let It Be Bigger and Bigger

    Big Hands Oh Big Hands, Let It Be Bigger and Bigger

    Big Hands Oh Big Hands, Let It Be Bigger and Bigger

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    This story takes place in a city, in which all of the citizens have very big hands. One child, however, is special. He has tiny hands, and his head...

    Big Hands Oh Big Hands, Let It Be Bigger and Bigger
  • 2023
    That Day, on the River

    That Day, on the River

    That Day, on the River

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    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,...

    That Day, on the River
  • 2014
    This Is Not a Time to Lie

    This Is Not a Time to Lie

    This Is Not a Time to Lie

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    The young Chinese animator also known as “Ray” Lei crafts a hallucinatory short that follows a doe-eyed protagonist on a quest through an...

    This Is Not a Time to Lie
  • 2024
    re-engraved

    re-engraved

    re-engraved

    02024HD

    The fragile materialities of Yangzhou wood engraving and analog film converge in Lei Lei’s fractal portrait of labor and craft. Exploring...

    re-engraved
  • 1970
    Rocket

    Rocket

    Rocket

    01970HD

    Animated film by Lei Lei.

    Rocket
  • 2021
    Ready to play

    Ready to play

    Ready to play

    02021HD

    Short animation about a running girl by Lei Lei

    Ready to play
  • 2010
    This Is Love

    This Is Love

    This Is Love

    02010HD

    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...

    This Is Love
  • 2016
    Books on Books

    Books on Books

    Books on Books

    02016HD

    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...

    Books on Books