Synopsis
Murder from the grass made him/her frantic to find the horse they were talking about. He/She saw the thorn in the fool’s nipple, the secret of the tribe’s faith, the ray of light in the flood.
Burn it all! Out of the ashes rang the voice of the horse.
Guo Xiaoruo
GUO Xiaoruo, now based in Hangzhou, China, graduated from the Animation and Game School of China Academy of Art in 2023 with a Master's degree. His short film KILL THE HORSE has won the Best Short Animation Film Award at the 2024 Shanghai International Film Festival.
As an animator and post-production editor, GUO worked on the animated film ART COLLEGE 1994, which was selected for the main competition at the 73rd Berlin Film Festival.
Director's statement
The film tells the story of a man who is looking for a horse that is about to be killed.
