Out of competition films
McDull The Pork of Music
McDull The Pork of Music
by Brian Tse – Hong Kong , 2012
(80', DCP, Original version with ita sub )
Springfield Kindergarten is desperately in need of money - The principal is behind on the rent, and the electricity is getting cut off. After a fundraising dinner ends in spectacular failure, the music-loving principal decides to form a student choir as last resort. With the help of a shady talent manager named Big M, the Springfield Kindergarten Choir becomes a huge success, and little McDull discovers that a little thickness really can make a great voice.
Brian Tse
Brian Tse is the original author, producer and creative director of the famous animal character McDull. Since 1997, Tse started the production of McDull animation TV series. In 2001, he produced the most successful Hong Kong made feature animation My Life as McDull. In 2004, he produced the second McDull movie, McDull, Prince de la Bun. His third feature McDull, The Alumni (2006) combined animation with live motion pictures. The forth feature McDull, Kung Fu Kindergarten (2009) was a humorous martial arts animation movie incorporating Chinese culture.