Little Rabbit
Directed by Johanna Xue
Length:
8:16
Producers:
Victoria Hirakawa-Lee Castro
Editor:
Johanna Xue
Sound Designer: Malachi Gregory
Little Rabbit is a story about childhood trauma and the confusion and shock of growing up, told through the eyes of a 6-year-old Chinese-Hungarian girl, Lili.
In this short 2D animation film, Lili moves back to China with her mother, Yin. Lili starts attending kindergarten where she meets a strict teacher called Miss Liu who uses a bamboo stick to discipline children.
One day, Miss Liu hits Lili with her bamboo stick for something that is not the girl’s fault and when Lili’s mother notices the bruise, the teacher denies ever touching Lili, gaslights the girl in front of the class, and says that Lili lied to her mother about being hit.
Johanna Xue is a Chinese-Hungarian storyboard artist and animator based in New York City. Born in Hungary to Chinese immigrant parents and growing up following them around their workplaces from restaurant kitchens to small-town family shops, she became more and more invested in the lives of families and the stories of childhood. She centers her work around these relationships and her memories of growing up in between two home countries.