Shape of the Elephant（2023）

​Awards

Stéphane Aubier Award

- at 2024 Hiroshima Animation Season (Japan)

Best Animated Film Award

- at the 11th Student International Film Festival (Croatia)

Best Short Animation

- at 5th Pioneer Art Film Festival, PAF-Cup (China)

Best Animation

- at The 4th AME National College Graduation Online Exhibition (China)

Jury Special Award​

- at the 23rd Beijing Film Academy  Animation Academy Awards (China)

Jury Special Award

- at the 19th Kichijoji Animation Film Festival (Japan)

2nd Prize

- at ISCA International Students Creative Award (Japan)

Special Mention

- at Berlin NewGen Film Festival 2024 (Germany)

Best Short Animation

- at Sydney Short Film Festival (Australia)

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Nominee | Screening

27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival PÖFF Shorts (Estonia)

— Shorts New Talents Competition: Animation

23rd Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films (Czech Republic)

— International Competition

17th Fest Anča International Animation Festival (Slovakia)

— International Short Animation Competition

19th Animest Bucharest International Animation Film Festival (Romania)

— International Student Film Competition

21st Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (Switzerland) 

— Panorama program

5th Feinaki Beijing Animation Week (China) 

— Short Film Competition

21st LIAF London International Animation Festival (UK) 

— Best o f the Next Student Animation Programme

17th FIRST International Film Festival (China)

— Competition Animation Short Film Collection

37th Image Forum Festival (Japan)

— East Asian Experimental Competition

10th Taichung International Animation Festival — TIAF (Taiwan)

— Student Short Films in Competition

Beijing International Short Film Festival — BISFF 2023 (China)

— AURORA Chinese Film Screening

23rd New York Asian Film Festival — NYAFF (USA)

— Shorts Program Official Selection

78th Mainichi Film Awards (Japan)

— Nominee, Animation Film Award / Ofuji Noburo Award

ASK? Film Festival 2023 (Japan)

— Competition Official Selection

5th NOWNESS Short Film Awards (China)

— Competition Official Selection

29th Campus Genius Contest — CGC (Japan)

— Video & Animation Division, Official Selection

23rd Animix International Animation, Comics & Caricature Festival (Israel)

— International Student Animation Competition

6th Tbilisi International Animation Festival (Georgia)

— Official Selection

19th Athens Animfest (Greece)

— Student Competition

Stuffmx Film Festival 2023 (Mexico)

— Animation Short Film Competition

ANOTHER Film Festival (China)

— Official Selection

Caribetoons Festival Internacional de animación 2023 (Colombia)

— Screening

Student World Impact Film Festival — SWIFF (USA)

— Honorable Mention

10th Japanese-Serbian Film Festival — JSFF (Japan / Serbia)

— Animation Short Film Selection

10th Uşak International Short Film Festival (Türkiye)

— International Official Competition Selection

VITA Shorts (China)

— Official Selection

23rd Future Film Festival (italy)

— International Shorts Competition

Animation Marathon 2023 (Greece)

— Official Selection

Hsin-Yi Children’s Animation Awards (Taiwan)

— Nominee

Imagina Anifest 2023 (USA)

— Official Selection

Animakom Fest 2023 (Spain)

— Official Selection

Jinsha Short Film Competition Week (China)

— Official Selection
15th Shimokitazawa Film Festival (Japan)

— Official Selection
7th Athens Short Film Festival (Greece)

— Animation Short Film Competition

Short Stop International Film Festival (Romania)

— Official Selection

8th Pumpkin Fantasy Film Festival (China)

— Animation Programme Screening

1st Mugui Youth Film Festival (China)

— Sreening

NCCC Film&Animation Festival (USA)

— Official Selection

International Hollywood Short Film Festival (USA)

— Official Selection

Kuala Lumpur International Film Academy Awards (Malaysia)

— Nominee

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