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D2015 Duration: 13:33 Min. HD 1080p 24fps, screeners available as DCP and Quicktime File (ProRes as .mov or H264 encoded file in .mp4 container) Dialogues: german with english subtitles stereo sound Synopsis Bao and Lili live at Bamboo Temple Street, a street that marks the border between the houses of wealthy upperclass people and the barracks of poor migrant workers. Despite this social inequality the two girls develop a clandestine and silent friendship. One day Bao decides to show Lili her friendship and leaves her parents house to find her friend. The film is based on childhood memories of director Baoying Bilgeri. Baoying Bilgeri Born and raised in China, Baoying Bilgeri works and lives since 2003 in Germany. As animation director and animator she tells very personal stories based on her own experiences and childhood memories. Bao´s personal background as a graphic designer has a strong influence on the visual appearance of her films. Her films got screened on Festivals worldwide.

Script Character Design Director Animation Editing Baoying Bilgeri A production of Baoying Bilgeri und Lukas Thiele GbR Producer Lukas Thiele Compositing Thomas Kaufmann Baoying Bilgeri Tobias Bilgeri Lukas Thiele Illustration Michael Meier Composer Thomas Höhl Sound Design / Mix Tobias Böhm Christian Wittmoser Voices Bao Mascha Hölscher Lili Anna Küch Mother Valeska Weber Father Bernd Hölscher Teacher Eva-Maria Keller Boy Till Otto Schulze Other boy Wowa Weber Piano Thomas Höhl Funded by World Sales Magnet Film, Berlin

FESTIVALS: 2015 Soundtrack Cologne 2016 Internationales Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart ITFS ANIMAFEST World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Annecy Animator Poznan Shorts at Moonlight open air, Frankfurt Anibar, Peja, Kosovo REX Animation Film Festival, Stockholm Anima Mundi, Rio/Sao Paulo KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan Mumbai Film Festival Wissembourg International Film Festival KINOdiseea - International Children Film Festival, Bukarest Leeds International Film Festival Cinessonne Festival, Essonne Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Ljubljana Impressum/Imprint Datenschutzerklärung