Lu Over the Wall(HKAFF 2017)

Taking the top prize at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, Yuasa Masaaki’s first original feature film unfolds a magical, pop music-infused fantasy produced entirely in flash animation. After his parents’ divorce, Kai moves from Tokyo to the sleepy fishing town of Hinashi. The gloomy teen’s one joy is creating and uploading his own music, which attracts the attention of enthusiastic classmates Kunio and Yuho. When Kai reluctantly joins their band practice on a nearby island, he encounters a curious young mermaid named Lu whose gleeful interest in his music will turn his world upside-down.