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Haipeng Sun is known for I Am What I Am (2021), Kung Food (2018) and Xiong Shi Shao Nian 2 (2024).
- Director, Writer
- Haipeng Sun
I Am What I Am: Directed by Haipeng Sun. With Xin Li, Yexiong Chen, Hao Guo, Meng Li. A young Cantonese village boy must overcome self-doubt, ridicule and classism to realise his dream of competing in the Guangzhou Lion Dancing championship.
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- Animation, Comedy, Drama
- Haipeng Sun
- 2021-12-17
Dec 2, 2021 · Director: Sun Haipeng (孙海鹏).FOLLOW US: Website: https://www.fareastfilms.com Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/far-east-films Twitter: https://twitter.com/...
- 2 min
- 60.4K
- Far East Films
Plot. Gyun is a timid 18 year old boy who lives with his grandfather in a village while his parents work on construction in Guangzhou. While watching a lion dance at a Lunar New Year festival, he was bullied by a team of black lion dancers who take his red envelope.
Dec 19, 2021 · Sun Haipeng, the film's director revealed at the Dec. 15 premiere that "I Am What I Am" took him and his crew two years to make. "I have always wanted to do a worldly animated feature about our real life. I love these worldly things, like the lanes and alleys, and the rural villages.
Mar 24, 2023 · Sun Haipeng describes, step by step, the journey that will lead Ah Juan and his two friends to train and eventually compete for the title in a triumph of action scenes that alternate between the alleyways of the village and the high scaffolding that serve as a stage for the event.
Dec 30, 2021 · Reminiscing on his 10-plus years of life in Guangdong, the film's director Sun Haipeng said the lion dance has been an indispensable part of local life. Whenever the beating of drums and clanging of gongs were heard, people rushed out to watch.
