Won't be here - Film Still

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Won't be Here

我不在的明天

TAN Jiali, ZHU Haoyuan

  • 17 min
  • 2025
  • Animation
  • Mandarin
  • English and Chinese Subtitles

Toronto Premiere

The 49th Annecy International Animation Film FestivalXPPen Award for a Graduation Film

7:50 PM, WED, NOV 25

Innis Town Hall

Screening + Q&A

Screening with Caught in the Stream (18 min), Green Lake (46 min), Selection (23 min)

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When I am gone, who will gather the traces I leave behind? In whose memory will I linger? I won't be here, and yet I will be everywhere.

Directors

Tan Jiali

TAN Jiali is an animation Director, illustrator, and graphic designer who graduated from the Communication University of China in 2024. His previous work One Day in the Room: You and Me was an official selection of Feinaki Beijing Animation Week 2024.

ZHU Haoyuan - Headshot

ZHU Haoyuan was born in Huanggang, Hubei Province in 2002. He graduated from Communication University of China in 2024 and has directed two animated short films. Their latest film Won't Be Here won the XPPen Award for a Graduation Film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2025.

Credits

  • DirectorTAN Jiali, ZHU Haoyuan
  • ProducerCAO Lan
  • EditorZHU Haoyuan
  • SoundLIU Yang