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A 3D Animated Film: FOREVER
Intrudoction
Forever is an award-winning 3D animated short film directed by Jiaxing Yang and Xiaoxi Zhang. Produced in Spring 2025 and released in Fall 2025, it has received notable recognition on the international festival circuit through multiple selections and awards.
The film also serves as Jiaxing Yang’s MFA thesis project at the Savannah College of Art and Design, created as part of the requirements for the Master of Fine Arts in Animation.
Film Synopsis
A young adult returns home to organize his late father’s belongings and inadvertently finds his childhood VR goggles, which unlock memories of the past. His father died unexpectedly when he was a child, leaving him without closure. Through the VR goggles, he discovers that he may have a second chance to say goodbye.
AWARDS
Brooklyn Film Festival (Official Selection)
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Tokyo International Short Film Festival (Official Selection)
Montreal International Animation Festival - ANIMAZE (Official Selection)
Short to the Point - International Short Film Festival (Official Selection)
Belgrade International Film Festival (Official Selection)
Paris International Short Festival (Semi-Finalist)
Student World Awards (Quarter-Finalist)
Anatolia International Film Festival (Official Selection)
Black Cat Picture Show (Official Selection)
nukhufest (Official Selection)
Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival (Winner)
Direct Monthly Online Film Festival - DMOFF (Winner)
The Montly Film Festival - TMFF (Winner)
Best Short Fest (Semi-Finalist)
Stuff MX Film Festival (Official Selection)
Rome Prisma Film Awards (Finalist)
MOVIE POSTERS
MOVIE STILLS
CREDITS
Directors
Jiaxing Yang
Xioaxi Zhang
Concept Artists
Shanqing Jiang
Mengwen Shen
Zhe Li
Producer
Jiaxing Yang
Visual Development & Illustration
Anami Hayes
Pre-Production Supervisor
Wanying Xu
Hua Ye
Jianyu Wu
3D Modelers
Avantika Chandrasekaran
Cameron Carr
David Spencer
Meghan Brenay
Paris La Infierno
Pavitra Kansal
Rijul Teriwal
Zoe Fu
Shanqing Jiang
Storyboard, Rigging, Animation & Mocap Supervisor
Xioaxi Zhang
3D Asset, Lighting, Motion Media & Post-Production Supervisor
Jiaxing Yang
Sound
Tianze Wu
Jiahui Liu
Muyuan Hsu
Composer
Jiaxing Yang
Lead 3D Animator
Carlin Taylor
Animation Consultant
Viante White-Heim
Shuchao Ding
Texture Artists
Wanying Xu
Jiaxing Yang
Motion Media Artists
Aahana Shinde
Kiara Liggons
Chenxiao Wang
Leah Chang
Meghan Massie
P.J. Mills
Pavitra Kansal
Rijul Tekriwal
3D Animators
Cameron Carr
Cherry Qiu
Christelle Poteau
Claire Sprinkle
Dianne Park
Jiaxing Yang
Kevin Wright
Zach Hampton
Nathan Lin
Oliver Lee
Michelle Wanjohi
Rhainon Townsend
Vanessa Batres
P.J. Mills
Rigging Artists
Paris La Infierno
Shanqing Jiang
Wanying Xu
Mocap Performers
Carlin Taylor
Qiongwen Cao
PROCESS BOOK
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