YOUTUBE Especially now, when the people of the world are isolating, craving for connection and preoccupied with the health and well-being of loved ones, the story of WiNDUP is very relevant, says Jiang.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Carolyn Giardina spoke to Yibing Jiang, director of WiNDUP, and the short s animation supervisor Jason Keane, for a
THR Presents Q&A powered by Vision Media.
Written by Jiang, who was born in Wuhan, China,
WiNDUP is a story of hope told through the connection of a father and his ailing daughter, Kiki. It s inspired by my own personal experiences, she says of the short film. I was often sick when I was a kid. . My parents told me they spent countless nights taking care of me, fighting their own emotions and trying to stay strong.
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It’s player unveiling season once again, and incoming MLS expansion team Austin FC got into the spirit of things. I don’t know how many videos they’re allowed to make inspired by Matthew McConaughey, who’s part of the club’s ownership group, but this is a good one.
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Soul, which premiered on Disney+ over Christmas.
Soul, made with co-director Kemp Powers, features Pixar s first Black protagonist, a jazz pianist who confronts a typically Docterian existential question: What is the meaning of life? Docter first conceived the idea after his success on
Inside Out, which made $857.6 million in 2015 and won the animated feature Oscar. I started wondering, I don t know if it s going to get better than that, so why is it that I still don t feel like everything s buttoned up and fixed in my life? he says. It didn t fix everything. Is there something more I should be doing?