Sliver Cave
Yin mu
Caibei Cai
International Competition Short Film 2022
Animated Film
China
2022
14 minutes
Chinese
Subtitles: 
English
Bizarre animations of strange beauty on a metal plate, set to Free Jazz. Light reflexes. Lines and circles that take on human or insect form, merge and dissolve. Sometimes a voice from offscreen gives directions, demands a new plate. Then everything starts again – but differently. The realization dawns slowly: This is an expedition to an underworld that generates silently communicating ghost lights.
Credits
Director
Caibei Cai
Script
Caibei Cai
Cinematographer
Leilei Xia, Suwen Chen
Editor
Caibei Cai
Producer
Caibei Cai, Shuolu Si
Animation
Caibei Cai, Jie Shen
Winner of:
Mephisto 97.6 Audience Award