Lei Lei Movies

  • 2016
    HAFF Leader 2016

    HAFF Leader 2016

    HAFF Leader 2016

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    During production, I have utilized images from a second-hand book. This book was used to train Chinese youths on how to make quick sketches of human...

    HAFF Leader 2016
  • 2016
    Books on Books

    Books on Books

    Books on Books

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    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
  • 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
  • 2009
    The Universe Cotton

    The Universe Cotton

    The Universe Cotton

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    The story is a narration of a pseudoscience on cotton plantation. The protagonist waters the cotton with music and love, resulting in the greatest...

    The Universe Cotton
  • 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
  • 2010
    This Is Love

    This Is Love

    This Is Love

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    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
  • 2008
    Pear or Alien

    Pear or Alien

    Pear or Alien

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    A happy planet of pear people is invaded by some mean reverse pear head aliens. A film about peace, tolerance and forgiveness. Drawn with pens on...

    Pear or Alien
  • 2011
    My...MY...

    My...MY...

    My...MY...

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    A guy suddenly finds himself naked. Where are his clothes!?

    My...MY...
  • 2024
    re-engraved

    re-engraved

    re-engraved

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

    re-engraved