The Sick Rose

Taiwan

2021

17''

The Sick Rose

Summary

Rose had an argument with her mother. Regretting some of the hurtful words she may have said to her, she decides to apologize and sets off for the hospital where her mother works. But the pandemic continues to escalate, and the journey proves long and dangerous. Rose, a sick little girl who doesn’t really know where she’s going—will she manage to find her mother? Production : HTC VIVE ORIGINALS

VR 360
Fantastic
Fiction
Youth

Galerie

Tang Zhi-Zhong & Hang Yun-Hsien

Director

TANG ZHI-ZHONG is an animation and post-production director as well as the representative of TurnRhino Original Design Studio. “The Sick Rose” is his directorial debut. Tang was the head of animation and post-production for the animation "Bart," a 2-years production aimed to achieve international standards of commercial animation. He continued to produce and served as the head of animation for stop-motion animation shorts, such as "Where Am I Going?" and "Little Hilly."

HUANG YUN-HSIEN is an animation director at TurnRhino Original Design Studio and the director of "Bart," "Where Am I Going? "and "Little Hilly." She is a professional traditional dough sculpture handicraft maker and started as a child. In addition to making traditional models, she enjoys creating original peculiar characters with stories and personalities. She started stop-motion in 2009 and is devoted to introducing Taiwanese cultural aesthetics into stop-motion animation.