"Breaking the Tank Fish" appeared at the Yokohama International Film Festival and the true story of China animators moved Japanese fans

On May 4, 2025, the Yokohama International Film Festival in Japan opened grandly. The China documentary film "Chuangyu" produced by Cheng Yuhai, co-produced by Qiu Jie and Sun Heyang, and directed by Liu Jia was invited to participate in the exhibition. The main creative team appeared on the red carpet of the film festival and became one of the high-profile international works.

The documentary film "Chuangyu" took four years to produce. Interviews involved Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and other cities where China animation companies gather, and interviewed more than 30 animation creators, including Sun Haipeng (Director of "Lion Boy" series), Li Wei (Director of "Jiang Ziya"), Wang Yunfei (Director of "Journey to the West"), He Xiaofeng (Director of "Wusixqi"), Huai Jiajia (Director of "Dali Temple Diary"), etc., covering representative positions in China animation production such as director, original painting, mirror division, production, etc. Representative creators, panoramic records the growth process and professional insights of current animation creators, filling the gap in this field, and is the first work to show the spiritual picture of Chinese animators in a panoramic manner.

Director Liu Jia said: "Most animation creators in China are not good at expressing themselves. They all sacrifice and pay silently. It is a great honor to gain the trust of the interviewees and record everyone's true feelings and feelings. And their love for animation like children is even more admirable."

Yokohama red carpet is warmly welcomed, painstaking craftsmanship goes abroad

On May 4, 2025, the Yokohama International Film Festival held an opening ceremony. As one of the few invited China crew members,"Chuang Tank Fish" walked onto the red carpet and received a warm welcome from the audience. Many China audiences at the scene were surprised to hear that the China crew participated in the exhibition and gave warm applause.

Although the 2025 Yokohama International Film Festival is only held for the third time, it is second only to the Tokyo International Film Festival in Japan. It attracts a large number of movie fans every year. However, it is rare for documentary films to be invited, and documentary films with China themes are even rarer.

Faced with the Japanese audience's curiosity about ["]() the rise of China animation," producer Sun Heyang said frankly during the exchange: "We do not make grand narratives, we just want to present the most authentic living state of the creators-their struggle, sacrifice, pain, love and persistence. I hope this expression of 'de-labeling' can resonate with audiences from different cultural backgrounds."

"Breaking the Tank Fish" at Yokohama International Film Festival ** Premiered * The praised China animator moved Japanese fans

Yokohama is Japan's "movie city". This film festival specially selected CINEMA JACK &BETTY as the premiere theater of "Chuangtan Fish". This 71-year-old independent art theater has attracted many enthusiastic fans to pay attention to "Chuangtan Fish".

On May 6, 2025, after the film screening ended, there was enthusiastic applause at the scene, and the creator of "Chuangyu" shared and interacted with the audience. An audience in his 60s said: "I was very moved to see the story of the creator behind China animation for the first time. My husband is also an animation practitioner. She can understand the struggle and love of those animators in the movie. I didn't expect Japanese animators to be so similar to China animators. I also hope that China animation will get better and better!"

Producer Qiu Jie specially shared: "The past glory of China animation is often paid attention to, but since the 1990s China animation has been in huge danger. It was the sacrifices of batches of China animators that have continued the blood of China animation. This history and the stories behind it are rarely seen. I hope they can be seen, and China animators and audiences will always remember this journey."

China's documentary film "Chuangyu" is produced by Cheng Yuhai, co-produced by Qiu Jie and Sun Heyang, and directed by Liu Jia. I look forward to meeting you.