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Iris Prize Shorts 2017
Cocoon
DIRECTOR:
Liying Mei
RELEASE YEAR:
2017
China, 25 mins
China, 1997. 11-year-old Qingqing embarks on a journey of self-discovery when she begins investigating her mother’s close relationship with a female friend. What she learns brings into question everything she thought she knew about her family, life, and love.