Minus Plus Multiply 加減乘

With containers serving as a motif and a metaphor for a safe space, the story revolves around the protagonist’s self-exploration and healing journey, examining the connection between emotion and environment. The film attempts to construct a poetic narrative and psychological self-portraits through experimentation in 2D animation, stop-motion, and sound. By applying pottery and clay, it reflects sensibility, fragility, and fragmentation of identity.

©Chu-Chieh Lee
 
A film bt Chu-Chieh Lee
Made at the Royal College of Art
Additional Animator: Qian Shih
3D Modeller/ Rigger : Shao Kuei Tong
Colourist : Qian Shih, Sabine Volkert, Ben Alderman
Clean-up Artist: Qian Shih, Jie-Yu Lien
Sound Designer : Arzu Saglam
Foley Artist: Rebecca Glover, Keith Partridge
Voice- Over : Arzu Saglam
Composer: Eleanor Fineston-Robertson
Sound mix: Gibran Farrah

Awards

Golden Harvest Awards 2025 – Best Animation Award
Animation Festival of Roanne 2025 – Experimental Grand Prix
Golden Horse Awards 2024 – Nomination
Taipei Film Festival – Nomination
The Special Distinction of the Jury – Insomnia Int’l Animation Festival 2024 
Taiwan Special Award – Kuandu International Animation Festival 2024
Tom Berman Award for Most Promising Filmmaker – Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2024
Jury’s Choice Award – Thomas Edison Film Festival, 2024
Bronze for Graduate Film – WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
Imaginaria Animated Film Festival – Best Short Film / Graduation Film

Festival Selections

Annecy International Animation Festival, France, 2024
Animafest Zagreb 2024, Croatia, 2024 
Ann Arbour Film Festival, USA, 2024
Brighton International Animation Festival, UK, 2024
Monstra Festival, Portugal, 2024
Thomas Edison Film Festival, USA, Feb 2024 
Cardiff Animation Festival, Wales, 2024
Animation Dingle, Ireland, 2024
Florida Film Festival, USA, 2024
Riverrun International Film Festival, USA, 2024
Dallas International Film Festival, USA, 2024
Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival, Canada, 2024 
Maryland Film Festival, USA, 2024
Provincetown International Film Festival, USA, 2024
DeadCenter Film Festival, USA, 2024
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan, 2024
Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico, 2024
La Guarimba, Italy, 2024
Raindance Film Festival, UK, 2024
Film Maudit 2.0, USA, 2024
Regina International Film Festival and Awards, Canada, 2024
SUPERTOON International Animation and Comics Festival, Croatia, 2024
Insomnia International Open-Air Animation Festival, Russian, 2024
Imaginaria International Animation Festival, Italy, 2024
Anibar International Animation Festival, Kosova, 2024
Bolton International Film Festival, UK, 2024
Flickers’ Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival, USA, 2024 
Pixelatl International Festival, Mexico, 2024
Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan, 2024
Big Catoon Festival, Russian, 2024
Playground In Motion Rotterdam & London, 2024
Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada, 2024
Kuandu International Animation Festival, Taiwan, 2024
Norwich Film Festival, UK, 2024
Manchester Animation Festival, UK, 2024
New Hampshire Film Festival, USA, 2024
Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, China, 2024
Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Hungary, 2024
Santa Fe International Film Festival, USA, 2024
Animation Festival of Roanne – Ciné court animé, France, 2025
Golden Horse Film Festival, Taiwan, 2024
British Short Berlin, Germany, 2025
Golden Harvest Awards/ Film Festival, Taiwan, 2025
Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan, 2025