The New World: Variations on Stay-home Activities

In his work The New World, the first musical collaboration with Zhao Xiaofeng, Hong Ning made a collage of short Internet videos after frame-by-frame keying and actual footage. In 2020, most residents on the planet were forced to live indoors for days and months due to the epidemic, which has influenced our usual work and life to some extent. In this isolation, people tend to create ways of self-entertainment and take limited exercise at home. As a result, a large amount of ordinary people emerged on the Internet and started to show the interesting bits of living indoors in their own way. They straddled the differences in time and space, and built vast webs of data in live form, in which they connected and influenced each other.

  • Ning Hong
    Director
  • Zhao Xiaofeng
    Director
  • Xiaofeng Zhao
    Music
  • Ning Hong
    Director of Photography
  • Ning Hong
    Editor
  • Ning Hong
    Animator
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    新世界：宅家运动图志
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Student, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 3, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    0 CNY
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital Video, HD 1080p
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics
  • Annecy International Animation Film Festival
    Annecy
    France
    June 15, 2021
    Official Selection – Out of Competition
  • Drama International Short Film Festival
    Drama
    Greece
    September 17, 2021
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • A STANDPOINT
    Distributor
    Country: China
    Rights: Theatrical
Director Biography - Ning Hong, Zhao Xiaofeng

Hong Ning was born in 1996 in Weihai, Shandong. He graduated from Jilin Animation Institute with a B.F.A. in Animation studies in 2018. He also received his bachelor’s degree in Engineering in 2022. His work was shortlisted in 45th Annecy International Animation Film Festival, WTF2021 - Midnight Specials.

Zhao Xiaofeng, born in 1998 in Wuhan, now lives in Hangzhou. He graduated from Communication University of Zhejiang, and majored in Stage Design studies. His work was shortlisted in 45th Annecy International Animation Film Festival, WTF2021 - Midnight Specials.

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