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The Peel 

Animated short film

2024

Directed and animated by: NanTung Lin

Sound design and Music: João Dias Ferreira 

Vocal: Marta Fiolić

Assistant animator: Feno Dias

Supervisor: João Miguel Real

Length: 6 mins

Style: Frame-by-frame digitally, pastel, pencil, color pencil drawings, embroidery

Synopsis:

After a flat fire leaves her stranded in the woods, a woman revisits haunting memories of her self-destructive tendencies on the finger nails. As she peels the skin from her fingers, each strip draws her deeper into the past. With every layer, she steps closer to the hidden child within herself.

Genre: Experimental, Self-reflective, Poetic narrative

This film is created as the graduation project for Re: Anima– European Joint Master.

Award:

Animafest Zagreb 2025 | Official selection

La Guarimba International Film Festival 2025 | Official selection

Golden Harvest Awards 金穗獎 2025 | Official selection

Athens ANIMFEST 2025 | Official selection

© 2024 NanTung Lin 林南彤

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