{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"33. MFF Etiuda&amp;Anima 26-31.X.2026","provider_url":"https:\/\/etiudaandanima.pl\/en\/","author_name":"A S","author_url":"https:\/\/etiudaandanima.pl\/en\/author\/adam\/","title":"ChaO - Recommended movies - 32. IFF Etiuda&Anima 2025","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UyaR8ZI5vF\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etiudaandanima.pl\/en\/chao\/\">ChaO<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/etiudaandanima.pl\/en\/chao\/embed\/#?secret=UyaR8ZI5vF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;ChaO&#8221; &#8212; 33. MFF Etiuda&amp;Anima 26-31.X.2026\" data-secret=\"UyaR8ZI5vF\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!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);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/etiudaandanima.pl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Chao2.jpg","thumbnail_width":1600,"thumbnail_height":680,"description":"Indisputably the standout of the Asian selection at the 2025 Annecy Animated Film Festival, \u201cChaO\u201d 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\u2019s daughter, Chao, publicly announces her love for Stephan \u2013 even though they have never even met. This plunges our hapless hero into a highly publicised whirlwind..."}