1.033. MFF Etiuda&Anima 26-31.X.2026https://etiudaandanima.pl/en/A Shttps://etiudaandanima.pl/en/author/adam/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="uQUHDEgOi6"><a href="https://etiudaandanima.pl/en/chao/">ChaO</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://etiudaandanima.pl/en/chao/embed/#?secret=uQUHDEgOi6" width="600" height="338" title="“ChaO” — 33. MFF Etiuda&Anima 26-31.X.2026" data-secret="uQUHDEgOi6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://etiudaandanima.pl/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Chao2.jpg1600680Indisputably the standout of the Asian selection at the 2025 Annecy Animated Film Festival, “ChaO” won the second-highest award there and proved to be a crowd-pleaser. The film is a wacky mix of zany comedy and heartfelt drama, set against the backdrop of a timely ecological parable.Although the story takes place in a vaguely futuristic Shanghai where humans co-exist with mermaids (called that way even though they look rather like giant fish), the picture spends little time on worldbuilding. Instead, it focuses on its main character, Stephan, a rather average low-level office employee working for a megalomaniac shipbuilding tycoon. Stephan has dreams of designing a flying machine, but what good could that be for a company specialising in seafaring? One day, the mermaid king’s daughter, Chao, publicly announces her love for Stephan – even though they have never even met. This plunges our hapless hero into a highly publicised whirlwind...