Animation — International

the joke2026

OFFICIAL SELECTIONAlmaty Indie
Film Festival
2026 EDITION
the joke / ORIGINAL POSTER

About the film

Animated short

Director
Zi ting Huang
Country
China
Runtime
1 min
Language
Not specified

Official trailer

the joke

Film still

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Synopsis

Two friends pass the time in a railway station passageway. Announcements and the roar of a cleaning machine drown out speech. A tiny incident breaks the long silence, and both burst into laughter.

Credits

Director, writer, producer
Ziting Huang
Sound mixing
Zhou bbs Boshan

Director

Zi ting Huang

Zi ting Huang

Zi ting Huang

Zi ting Huang studied art in Guangzhou and media art at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. He creates independent hand-drawn 2D animation and animated GIFs.

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