Synopsis
Dodo’s father is a big blue bird. One day he flies away from the window, and hasn‘t come back. From then on, Dodo stops growing up.
Luo Yi
LUO Yi is a chinese film maker, has lived in Germany since 2007. She graduated in 2021 from Animationsinstitut at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Besides making animation, she publishes her illustrations and comics using the pseudonym Yinfnity, and teaches design at Animationsinstitut after her graduation there.
Director's statement
DODO is a story about a little girl growing up in a unique family situation, based on my own childhood experiences. For many years, I had a significant disconnect and communication barrier with my father, yet I remember a time when we were once close. Throughout my upbringing, my mother’s love, though overly protective, both nurtured and constrained me. It was both sweet and painful, making me feel as if I could never truly grow up. There were many vague, difficult-to-explain, small and complex emotions that arose during my childhood, which I didn’t realize for many years but which profoundly impacted me later on. With the creation of this short film, I tried to give these emotions a more concrete shape within a fairy tale-like framework and explored the possible reasons for their emergence. I believe I am not alone in having such experiences; many people of our generation share similar stories.
