Director Biography – Kefei Li, Connie Qin He (WATERMELON: A CAUTIONARY TALE)

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Kefei Li (Oct 8.1995) and Connie Qin He (July 25, 1994) are student from Ringling College of Art & Design.

Kefei Li is an animator and illustrator from in Beijing China. She is a recent graduate from Ringling College of Art& Design who specializes in 3D animation and visual development. She inspired by every little thing in life, finding interesting element from the ordinary thing and represents it in a different perspective.

Connie Qin He is a story artist and 3D generalist who was born in Shanghai, China. She graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2018 majoring in Computer Animation. Connie is very devoted to story development for animation where her goal is to touch the audiences’ hearts by creating relatable and appealing characters.

Director Statement

We believe that animation is an art form that connects with the audience no matter their race or nationality. Everyone is able to understand animation without barriers which allows you to create a more powerful and deeper influences than any other art form. Watermelon: A Cautionary Tale is a story that all people can understand , relate to and hopefully enjoy. We feel that the film will reach many audiences and see things in a way they haven’t before.

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By femalefilmfestival

The irony of this festival is that its goal is to not be around in 5 years time. To eventually not be relevant because there is zero need to have a festival geared for female talent and female stories because the stories presented in Hollywood and around the world are a balanced showcase of the human experience from both sexes. Our goal is to achieve a lot of success and then fold into oblivion simply because there is no need for this festival. This festival was created by the FEEDBACK Film & Writing Festival as a simple reaction to a strong need to showcase female talent from around the world in a more profound way. When putting together the weekly festival, the administration noticed a lack of a female presence in the stories being shown at the festival. A classic example and analogy to the frustration is how the festival noticed that even the smaller roles in a screenplay were written for a man to play. There was zero reason for this in many stories. How a police officer, or a political campaign manager, for example with 3-4 lines in a screenplay was a "HE" character. Why? And these are the screenplays written by the winners! The talented one who have obtained agents and have began/beginning their careers as a writer.

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