Tough (2016)

Tough (2016)

A Chinese woman and her British-born daughter have a conversation about cultural misunderstandings.

Some things can only be understood with maturity. New light is shed on childhood cultural misunderstandings when a Chinese mother and her British-born daughter speak as adults for the first time.

Director: Jennifer Zheng

Music Director: K. Preston Merkley

Producer: Jennifer Zheng

Editor: Jennifer Zheng

Cast: Jennifer Zheng, Lili Li

Nominations: BAFTA Award for Best Short Animated Film, and also Awards Best Animated Documentary at KLIK Amsterdam 2016, Audience Choice for Best Animated Documentary at LIAF 2016, Jury Award for Best Short Film at 10th British Shorts Film Festival, Berlin 2017, RTS London Student Awards, Best Undergraduate Animation 2017, RTS National Award for best Undergraduate Animation 2017, FANtastische Award at ITFS 2017, Best Director in the Short Documentary category at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2017.