Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish

USA, Netherlands | 2022 | 104 Min | Chinese | Animation | Hebrew & English Subtitles

Caught between semi-gods and mass madness, in a world of propaganda images, surrealist collage and pop-art animation, Lei’s family struggle to live through China’s tumultuous times of the 1950s and 1960s.Silver Bird and Rainbow Fish is an ode to family, memory, reconstruction of family history in the History of China.


Production: Lei Lei, Isabelle Glachant 
Co-producers: Bruno Felix, Janneke Van De Kerhof, Femke Wolting, LI Xiaorong, Liang Ying
Director, Script & Animation: Lei Lei 
Sound Design and Original Music: Rose Jackson
Cast: Sarah Walker, Ziyin Zheng
Supporting Funds and Broadcasters: Hubert Bals Fund of the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands Film Fund