Original Title 楼上的熊 Text & illustrations by Chen Chen Pages 49 Age 4+ Published Jieli Publishing House March 2021 Sold CHI-ENG (Singapore) Indonesian (Indonesia) Spanish (Chile)
The bear and the girl live together in a small town in a residential building. The girl leaves early and returns late, meticulously caring for the bear. As time passes, the bear grows more and more yearning for the freedom of the forest, and their initially peaceful life gradually produces waves…
With full and rich oil paintings, this heartwarming fable of urban life tells the story of love and inner choice between a bear and a girl, and explores the wonderful emotional connection between people.
Chen Chen, born in Heilongjiang in 1982, graduated from Renmin University of China and the E’cole d’Animation de Valence-La poudrière. In 2010, his animation work “Eyes in a Cage” was selected for animation festivals such as Annecy in France, Hiroshima in Japan and Zagreb in Croatia. In 2016, another animation work “Old Bear” won the Best Animated Short Film Award at the Lisbon International Film Festival, the first prize at the Italian Visual Film Festival and the Visual Effects Conference and other honors. In 2018, he planned to hold the 7th Independent Animation Forum “Metaphors of Deformation”. In 2019, as one of the initiators, he founded “Finage Beijing Animation Week”.
在小镇的一栋居民楼里，熊和女孩生活在一起。女孩早出晚归，无微不至地照顾熊。随着时光的流逝，熊越来越向往森林的自由，他们原本平静的生活逐渐产生了波澜……
这本暖心的都市生活寓言，用一幅幅饱满浓郁的油画，讲述了熊和女孩之间爱和内心抉择的故事，探寻人与人之间奇妙的情感联结。
陈晨，1982年生于黑龙江，先后毕业于中国人民大学、法国炮提叶动画电影学校。2010年，动画作品《笼子里的眼睛》入选法国昂西、日本广岛、克罗地亚萨格列布等动画节。2016年，动画作品《老熊》获得里斯本国际电影节最佳动画短片奖、意大利视觉电影节及视效大会首奖等荣誉。2018年，策划举办第七届独立动画论坛“变形的隐喻”。2019年，作为发起人之一创办“费那奇北京动画周”。
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