Oscar® Contender Stop Motion Animation | Rag Doll
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2021
- Amidst a deadly persecution, a determined orphan tries to bring her mother back to life through the power of art.
Learn more about the true events that inspired Rag Doll: www.filmsforfreedom.com/orphans/
#Stopmotion #Animation #Shortfilm #Ragdoll
About Rag Doll
Although Yingying’s mother was killed in a modern day persecution and the little girl is alone on the streets of Northern China, an enchanted art form could reunite them. Enter a child’s world, where hope and imagination are more powerful than police batons or state-sponsored violence, where noble determination conquers all.
Official Selection, LA Shorts International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, HollyShorts Film Festival 2020
2020 Golden Sheaf Awards Nominee, Yorkton Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Not Short on Talent at Cannes 2020
Official Selection, Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Foyle Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Vancouver International Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Phoenix Film Festival 2020
Official Selection, Columbus International Film & Animation Festival 2020
Directed by: Leon Lee
www.filmsforfreedom.com/ragdoll/
#定格動畫 #動畫 #獲獎短片
在一個雷電交加的夜晚，瑩瑩的母親被抓走，留給瑩瑩一隻畫筆和一個娃娃為伴。只有五歲的瑩瑩孤苦度日，流落街頭，一邊東躲西藏尋找安身之處，一邊小心的躲避抓走媽媽的黑暗勢力。如影隨形的烏雲一次又一次驅走了瑩瑩身邊的好心人。她必須從自身尋找力量，克服恐懼，用媽媽留給她的禮物，實現她與媽媽相聚的夢想。 - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
Watch Rag Doll director Leon Lee's new feature film Unsilenced at unsilencedmovie.com. "A Moving Portrait Of Conscious Resistance In The Face Of Political Oppression."- LA Times
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
So sad 😞
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Let me explain the last few minutes incase someone doesn't get what it means. The group of ppl with orange vests were prisoners at a detention center in China(Changchun city). Prisoners there were forced to make dolls(the way the police would make profits). That guy with the shocker was a police. The gesture of the girl’s hand is from an ancient meditation called Falun Dafa, the practitioners of which are still going through brutal persecution in China.
They may be the minority of ouïghours? (Muslim).
@@mariama.5463 No, but they receive the same treatment.
Bad is bad and it will come back some how to the one who does it on purpose and without mercy ! Allah is watching 👀
Thank you. I was thinking of factory workers with a slave boss.
But can someone explain something to me... Why did the teacher have her leave the orphanage? And 2ndly, The storm and everyone getting freaked, What was the storm suppose to be?
@@DennisTheInternationalMenace the sleeping dragon.
In the end scene when she is stepping out, scared, a shadow is covering her whole body. But when she overcomes her initial fear and her righteousness shines through, her field lights up. In contrast, at the same time, the guard stops and a shadow casts on his face. Beautiful storytelling and excellent production quality. Congratulations to the team 👏🏻
This ending means the divine light that came to protect her from all the evils of the enemy.
@@ricardosoares8691 !
The ending is God's divine intervention!!! His bright brilliant glorious light out shined evil!!!!! Evil could not prevail
@@ricardosoares8691 jjiuiu 😭😭😍💕👏😍
Jofqjojfq❤
I have 2 hypothesis.
1 - The girl's mom got arrested and put in a detention camp for whatever reason and the girl was put in an orphanage but i read a comment saying that children of those prisoners also get unfair traitement so the storm may symbolize the oppression and because of her mom's identity, the girl can't receive help and she has to go through all of this suffering alone. The doll is something that her mom made for her before or after going to the camp ( I don't know if prisoners can send things ) and the girl learnt from her mom to not let the storm/oppression dirty her and to keep being pure like a lotus so the girl grew up with this advice in her heart and kept fighting alone while her mom was still suffering in the prison.
2 - the girl's mom died because of her belief ( maybe she practiced a religion that wasn't accepted there ) and the girl received no help because of the oppression. She had the same belief as her mother and broadcasted it in her drawings ( the woman with the lotus ) but she ended up being caught by the authorities and put into a detention camp. But even there, she kept believing in what she thought was right and sacrificed herself to protect someone...
Either way it was a very good movie, it made me cry so much!
the teory two :)
Yy
Close, it was about politics
I watched the film a few times and I was profoundly moved by the beauty and soul... There are lots of metaphors. Storm: when the guard with the cattle prod walks towards the girl, his shadow moves across her face. I think this is the key to understand the storm. Every time the storm comes in the animation, the shadow also moves across the girl's face. I think it represents oppression or the evil power. The girl then summons her courage and walks out of the shadow. So perhaps in a sense the storm/shadow also represents her inner fear that she has to overcome. Lotus: it's everywhere. It's on the little doll. As a matter of fact, mom was doing finishing touches on the lotus before the doll came alive. It's on the wall of the art store. Perhaps that's a painting by her mom? When the girl "sees" her mom meditating, mom picks up a lotus and it blossoms. The hand gesture the girl forms represents the lotus blossom. In Buddhist symbolism, the lotus represents purity, as if floating above the murky waters of material attachment and physical desire. The question I'm still trying to figure out is what the little doll represents. Any thoughts?
I think the little doll represents life, direction, light in darkness!
I feel the doll represents love.
A memory of a childhood or a stolen childhood.
Душа ....
I think it represents hope
16:40 When the young lady opens her eyes at the last scene, the braveness, courage, and determination is so powerful and penetrative that I feel there is no darkness anymore
Karya yang sangat luar biasa
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I cried during the art store part. Those who give thumbs down have no heart.
That's exactly where I started crying. Am still crying now :'( I wish and pray every day that there is justice and freedom for these beautiful people 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Yeah
Have sympathy for them and hope one day so they can change their heart.
Dude chill damn
@@CJohann let people be
This needs more views. It's reminiscent of The Little Matchstick Girl, only a reflection of the current repression, abuse, and murder of Chinese citizens under a despotic regime. Not a lot of art can truly claim to be brave, but this qualifies without question.
Ghghrthjvyhfhky😇🤣😂😴😘
I also thought of the matchstick girl while watching this. Both heroines are tragic victims of oppression and abuse of their time and place, and both exhibit extraordinary strength, fortitude, and find solace in the escapism their imagination, something no power can take from them.
I also the thought the same. 😢
Simply beautiful. A true piece of an art.
But what hurt the most was, how can you tell a child to leave orphanage?!!
Unfortunately a lot of kids were implicated in China when their parents refused to abandon their conscience.
That's worse than being in an orphanage
Fear
Fear can make the best people do things they would never believe they would do
Emma: ummmm……* slowly walking away *
:( exacto.
Dude, the plot, the expressions, the everything, you know what I wish? I wish this was a feature film
Wow... We wish to make a feature film too!
I am not sure if I can cry this much for 90min without dying of dehydration or sadness. How people manage to go through their lives under such oppression is beyond me. Too often we think pure evil died with Nazis.
I love how the mother painted her a little sister! So cute!
I-… the title is rag doll… it looks like a doll… and the first thing you said was sister?…
@@eggsartandanimation5163 They are both rag dolls.
I thought they were ALL supposed to be ragdolls
I guess but the little rag doll did not grow 😭@@strawberrycat431
@@eggsartandanimation5163don’t be rude like fr u could just tell her that it wasn’t a sister like u don’t anything nice to say just be quiet 😤😡
We need more of this kind of art work to awake the sleeping Chinese
Yes. And the rest of the world. Thanks to Leon
Lmaooo
I'm from Brazil and I was very moved by the movie Rag Doll, I believe that from this animated film onwards, the world will be more sympathetic to what is happening in the Chinese communist regime and will also help other cultures, not fall into this horror which is the lack of freedom, especially the lack of conscience.
装睡的叫的醒才怪了
Is this girl not Korean? She kept saying mom in Korean
Touching my heart... I’m crying 😢
Pls always keep your heart pure and kind, don't be bad person anyway!
奴らは何処にでも何年かけてもやって来る
迫害を受けている人達は心が休まる日が無い
それを上手く嵐で表現されていて、後半の実写への変化は衝撃的でした
こんな現実は一刻も早く終わらさねば成りません
今こそ人として世界が手を取り合う時です
短短18分鐘短片，我哭了十幾分鐘，小女孩的遭遇令人不捨，最後一幕當我淚奔的同時，心卻暖暖的🌷
每天發生在中國，千萬人真實遭遇的故事，從影片中，卻能感受到人性的正義與善良。非常值得一看！
我也哭了，它给了我一种痛苦和悲伤，击中了我的心和我的灵魂。 愿我们永远为我们的自由而战。
This kind of production has high standard of art elements, the story is telling, the details are so amazing, powerful messages and deep meaning in every scenes. Can wait to see more👍🙏
Bro- just go try to stop something like that instead of looking for personal pleasure - help others who are oppressed ! Or just don't be a bad person 🤷.
從雪地裡的生日蛋糕開始就止不住的流淚，美術用品老闆的善念讓人感動的再次落淚...
人性的光輝，在善惡之間閃爍，守住善良無論如何永遠都是最重要的事！
Thank you NTD China in Focus for bringing this animation of the cruelty to my attention and I will in turn try and do the same. This animation should be on every streaming platform and links to it everywhere as we all have children and families and we should not forget the victims of oppression everywhere in the world.
I wish the Chinese people in the flooded cities in and around Beijing could see this and think what the dark clouds in this short film represents not only flooding but also oppression and the brutality that is the genocidal CCP - They might not see it but many know of it.
❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉
The depiction beauty and brutality in this movie and how it moves us the watchers is what art is suppose to do. God bless you for making and posting it. May God destroy the CCP.
Yes, yes and please God yes!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Help God by signing petition against the evil doer, the CCP : endccp.com
Thank u
The story is so touching. Kindness has its power. Thank you.
When she tried to celebrate her birthday with the rag doll I teared up. It's heartbreaking to see ..
每個人正義善良的念頭，都是那些受到不公對待的一盞燭光，當越來越多人支持善的，壞人就會畏懼，最終邪惡的塔就會隨正義浪潮倒塌消失，願迫害早日結束。法輪功學員這麼多年堅持的傳遞這些消息，真的令人敬佩。
Verdade concordo contigo!👍🙏🌺🌻
Falun gong? Qué es eso? Si no es mucha molestia
Tears spilled at the end.
In the picture drawn by the girl, there was a precious image of China that I once had.
Thanks to the film making team for their efforts. Such an eye opening film. This film deserves Oscar
A happy/sad beginning with a courageous ending. An amazing movie, actress and director.
Thank you Leon Lee for making this heartbreaking abduction of mother from beloved daughter. Dedicated to all mothers fathers sisters brothers grandmas grandpas uncles aunts and family who were killed by the ruthless Chinese Communist Party PLA for organ harvesting, persecution, minor offenses against this heartless government! 😭😱🥺😢💀☠️💔💔💔
Why does the world do business with this government? Shame, shame, shame.
In Chinese lore there are many stories of paintings coming to life. So much so, that paintings from Ancient China are incomplete (like the animals would be missing a leg or the people don't have pupils) because the artists didn't want their paintings coming to life. 🎨🖌️
I cried multiple times watching this. As a parent, I’m not only deeply moved by orphaned children, but when the parent still was able to pass down something- no matter how small- that that child carries with them for the rest of their lives. And they do something with the simple things they held onto from their childhood because of that hope, belief & the deep bond between a parent and child ; how those lessons can inspire a child into expanding those good little nostalgias from their childhood onto the world, because they know what they had was so sweet, the whole world would be better for experiencing it too. I’m literally crying writing this comment because the mama definitely didn’t have to die for this story but I get it, the storm, the murderer. All the works
Every emotional, even the director trying to tell the world the problems with china's ruling systems and human rights with this short film.
Deserves the award. Congrats.
Oh so when she drew the baby sister, the mom got taken away?
Very Emotional. I'm cry.
The amount of hardwork, the art, the story, everything was perfect. I felt the everything that the film wanted to say in my bones. This deserve way more millions of views. Thanks for sharing these people's stories. Peace for everyone 🕊️✌️
非常非常的感动，看到最后的时候，眼里全都是泪！感谢制作这么好的影片。
I love clay stop motions for a reason it shows what talent people actually have and what they can do , coraline and other movies are clay motions as well it feels like its actually coming to life The voices, the effects, the characters, and the editing its all very talented and amazing to watch❤
Rather than leaving the audience in stitches, this story has a shocking ending. Cheers!
I was watching NTD news and they mentioned about this animation then I quickly search. I’m glad i did.
Incredible work! The evil ccp must be eradicate from the earth.
This animation makes me shed tears.
Me too. The CCP must be stop, the future of the world depends on it
ŽODŽIU MAN NIEKADA NEPATIKO JUSU FILMAI💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩👱♀️
This clip is an 🥺 😭 Kindness is the key of Humidity within us
Sorry but humanity*
BRAVO!!!!! THIS IS ART and SOUL in the truest form
Свобода этим людям они заслуживают свободу 🙏
Inspiring, heart touching, sad and beautiful, all at the same time.
Showing righteousness and courage as the victor in the end!
Absolutely gorgeous.
Thank you, Ron! We are a big fan of your work.
@@FilmsForFreedom - I am far than honored by your compliment. Your work is stunning and deeply emotional, which is all a puppet animator can ever hope to be. I hope our paths meet.
I'm from Brazil and I was very moved by the movie Rag Doll, I believe that from this animated film onwards, the world will be more sympathetic to what is happening in the Chinese communist regime, the CCP and will also help other cultures, not fall into this horror which is the lack of freedom, especially the lack of conscience.
Ricardo, não entendi, explica aí
Emotional! It's touch to my heart!
Podrán encarcelarnos, esclavizarnos y oprimirnos pero a nuestra mente y espíritu jamás. 🙌🏼
For all those who value Truth, Compassion and Forbearance. May we learn as the vile storm of CCP comes to America
They will never make it here!
The CCP infiltration into America is right in front of us....Chinese Friendship groups across the United States...most college campuses....Hollywood....Lebron/sports....woke politics, Tax payer officials getting pay offs by CCP etc. "We the people" will prevail. We love the United States of America.
@@DennisTheInternationalMenacein Jesus name!
Okay literally this made me cry. This whole film to me is so sad. The beginning to end has some amazing story telling that made me cry. Good job on the production of this film.
This is very beautiful, sad story but powerful
We are not even fiv e minuts in im crying like a baby.
This is an amazing piece of art that everybody could enjoy watching. Good job.
Respect for you my brother 🙏
Thank you for standing up against OPRESSION ! I salute you my Asian Brother 💙
The ending scene... It's seem she becomes another person with the lotus pose! I'm speakless! Please stop this persecution of falundafa!!!
As well as Uyghur Muslims and Chinese Christians
There are lots of metaphors. Storm: when the guard with the cattle prod walks towards the girl, his shadow moves across her face. I think this is the key to understand the storm.
When she started to sing happy birthday to the doll I couldn’t do anything but cry
Seems that a divine message in this movie. thank you very much for this great animation.
The fact that in the first few seconds i was already crying. This shows how much art can be usefull for
The art of this child , for she, is a Memory of the mom. I like this film.🥺😄
Beautiful… 🙏🏻
How do we spread awareness and open hearts to the plight of the Chinese people? How can we help them think before they buy that glitter birthday card at Target or those cheap socks at Walmart or that cute top from Amazon Basics?
This is one of the best stop motions I’ve ever seen
This was the best short film Ive ever seen and I've seen a lot. It was so thoughtful and deep. It was sad and beautiful. It was frustrating and felt helpless. So many people have and still do suffer tyrants.
Thanks for providing a great animation. I was very touched when I watched this movie, it's an excellent movie! ❤ ❤ ❤
Touching and hopeful.
内心的善和慈悲能战胜邪恶，邪恶在害怕。这是真善忍正信的力量。
The last bit at the end were she got the box of arts literally made me tear up I almost cried
Damn. I'm gonna have to do a video on this.
Please - and thank you !!!! Beautiful soul ❤
Very happy for comments being enabled, some of this was lost on me because I do not know history of China very well let alone what Lotus Blossom represented. Despite that I still enjoyed the short film before viewing the comments, it just made things more powerful once you do know :)
Wonderfully well done and moving. Thanks, and God Bless You All!
Such an amazing production!
Wow, I live in Taiwan and I am very touched...Thank you
Excepcional! Simplemente BRAVO!!!! El mensaje es universal, si todos despertamos no habrá poder que nos someta!!!
You should be very happy of what you
accomplished. For me voted number 1
Sooooo Gut!!!. Vielen Dank für dieses Kunstwerk🙏.
これは…闇が深すぎて胸が痛い…
This was amazing it was so incredible it bought me back to what happened to my generation and I am so happy there are people out there spreading what happened in chinas history
Verry good. Thanks
The ending was so heartbreaking. I was expecting the other girls to stand up and kick his ass.
Это безумно грустная и красивая история. Последние кадры заставили меня реветь. Столько силы воли, отваги и решительности в этом действии, что невольно проникаешься.
Honestly it’s amazing how this is done, 5 seconds of work can take hours, the team that made this is absolutely incredible. 🤩👏👏
Such a sad yet beautiful video.
无声胜有声，感人
谢谢支持！
@@ywl5779 共产党的黑还用抹吗
Devils are still devils ever. Good people will go to the heaven. God blesses all good people! Very toughing! Thank you very much!
I"M FROM VIET NAM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH !
So touching.......... 😭
A quote came to mind as I watched this film.
"No person an island, everyone a universe."
I wholeheartedly believe that. I'm reminding myself lately.
My heart was broken i fainted when i saw the girl got shocked by the police man and the girl (the girl who... idk what happend to her) damn her life is so sad i would not want to see people suffer ever again... but the story is actully pretty good :3
Standing ovation!!! 👏👏👏👏👏 Absolutely beautiful, inspiring, & cathartic ❤️ Amazing work!
I'm From VietNam. Thankyou very much !!!
When she does the gesture at the end, it seems the guard is crying deep inside, a pain hidden by the facade put on to survive in that awful atmosphere, although only in the flesh... It really angers me that the CCP has enslaved not just physically a portion of its population, but also the mind of the other part. Every Chinese is a slave, and that is so sad... It's indeed a poison so vile, that it sends the consciousness in exile.
great! Thank you director
Thanks Terry for the explanation. It's really scary but intriguing at the same time.
Maravilloso trabajo. Es una historia tan triste, que debe ser compartida por todos lados. Ya NO MÁS. Por favor 🙏
A year after watching it - still makes me cry at the end.
That story , was absolutely beautiful. Can we all just give a clap and appreciate how long this took? 👏👏👏👏👏👏
So many messages in just one piece!
So beautiful 🥺
Wow! such a beautiful film depicting a terrifying CCP reign of China, where torture and labour camps are the standard norm. Thank you for this film. T.T
Thank you for this beautiful piece. It makes my heart open up and cry.
Its saddens my Heart. Beautiful young Lady, all of them.😔😔😔
Unfortunately… I am not very… knowledgeable when it comes to Asian cultures, although I think I understand the symbolism behind this animation…
This was soo good! Thank you for posting this!
The 'momma momma? Killed me... I almost cried...
BEAUTIFULLY detailed and produced ❤
let’s respect the mother,she d1ed for her own daughter. she deserves a better live..