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Yao-Chinese Folktales — Season 2

Yao-Chinese Folktales 2 is a collection of nine animated shorts brought to life by twelve visionary directors. Building on Chinese imaginative storytelling, it explores diverse themes and artistic styles, blending fantasy, folklore, and allegory with reflections on real life. The shorts invite audiences to ponder self-identity, family relationships, and social connections, offering both visual richness and thoughtful insight into contemporary human experiences.

Episodes

  • E01 How to Become Three Dragons

    Jan 1, 2026 · 23m

    This film features 2D cartoon style with meticulous and vibrant brushwork, using a young snake's quest for immortality to explore themes of self-discovery and growth.

  • E02 Man in the Ear

    Jan 1, 2026 · 22m

    Employs ink-wash sketching and is based on strange tales from "Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio", outlining the inner desires of the heart.

  • E03 Today's Zoo

    Jan 8, 2026 · 22m

    With a retro picture quality and mockumentary style, it reflects individual choices within a fantastical stage.

  • E04 Light Snow

    Jan 15, 2026 · 22m

    Felt is used as the material to create stop-motion animation, delicately portraying the complex and profound emotional bonds within family affection.

  • E05 San Lang

    Jan 22, 2026 · 22m

    Combines 2D and 3D animation, featuring desert aesthetics and science fiction elements, as it searches for the inner path home amidst the world of martial arts with flashing blades.

  • E06 The Big Bird

    Jan 29, 2026 · 28m

    A 2D animated film in a dark fairy tale style, using this dark fairy tale to write a story of a journey of guardianship.

  • E07 Worship the Mountain

    Feb 5, 2026 · 24m

    A fantasy realism piece that showcases Hakka culture, blending Hakka folk customs with fantastical imagination to find echoes of homeland and distant places.

  • E08 Xingtian

    Feb 12, 2026 · 20m

    Fuses 3D technology with hand-painted animation to reinterpret the heroic epic from ancient mythology.

  • E09 The Great Nobleman

    Feb 19, 2026 · 22m

    Featuring a watercolour style that is heartwarming and comforting, weaving humor and warmth between father and son within a fantastical setting.

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