Art College 1994 – Watch the trailer for the new animated drama from Chinese filmmaker Jian Liu

Based on its director’s own experiences spent living on the campus of the Chinese Southern Academy of Arts in the mid-1990s, Art College 1994, which returns to the meticulous hand-drawn 2D animation style of predecessor Have a Nice Day, is Jian Liu’s affectionate, bittersweet group portrait of a pack of would-be geniuses preparing to revolutionize the arts when not locked into impassioned conversations about grunge and Van Gogh, its ensemble cast of characters voiced by a line-up of talent that includes directors Bi Gan and Jia Zhangke, as well as Metrograph retrospective subject Wang Hongwei.

You can read our review here.

Jian Liu’s Art College 1994 opens in select US cinemas on 26th April 2024.