Art College 1994
Yi Shu Xue Yuan
Nezha Bros Pictures Company Limited, Beijing Modern Sky Culture Development Co. Ltd.
VERDICT: Painter-filmmaker Liu Jian’s third animated feature (his second in Berlin competition) lacks the bite to capture the painful realities faced by Chinese art school students as their country opened up to the West and capitalist ideals.
When painter-turned-director Liu Jian’s Have A Nice Day bowed in competition at the Berlinale in 2