Jury comments:

‘ This first film proposes a journey to places observed with finesse, where time seems to be suspended. The jury underlines the high quality of the graphic exploration and the expressive accuracy of the drawing and animation, supported by an extraordinary sense of color and light.’

– Jury of the Animaphix 2022 Pittura Animata section  

‘A brilliant vision and very compelling film.’

– Jury of the Los Angeles Animation Festival

Film review by Harald Kraemer:

Even after watching it for the eighth time, there is this one moment that always gives me the creeps. The 2019 created animation Elephant in Castle by the Hong Kong-based artist Florence LEE is only 167 seconds long, but those seconds are quite something. It begins in the dark blue of night. With a view from outside into a window. You can hear the noise in the crowded street. As we zoom into the window, a person's face becomes visible. It is not a young person we see. A lonely person. Melancholic. Somehow it is a very quiet moment and there is this feeling of unease as we watch this lonely person. Then a pan to a fading curtain. A cut. A restaurant. Three tables are occupied. On the left, an elderly man in a cap... Read the full article

– Harald Kraemer