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A colorful illustration depicts a floating hollow head split open to reveal landscapes, skies, and a cat

dipolar bipolar

  Li Quankai

  Japan     9 minutes

Synopsis

The busy and whimsical visual world of dipolar bipolar stuffs each frame with elements to mirror the workings of an anxious mind. As the protagonist recounts their experience of bipolar disorder amid inventive transformations of animation styles, a solid metaphor of self acceptance and balance emerges.

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 2: Animation.

  

 Chinese 

Film Credits

  •   Li Quankai, Wada Toshikatsu, Wakami Arisa
  •   Li Quankai
  •   Li Quankai
  •   Li Quankai
  •   Ma Yiran

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