“The constrained yet beautiful existence of an ordinary, roadside puddle.”

Puddle (2025) is a micro short made by MA Character Animation year two students as a “Long Shorts” category opener sting for LIAF (London International Animation Festival) 2025.

Director: Ruijing Yang

Script: Ruijing Yang

Producer: Begüm Çıkrıkcıoğlu

Soundtrack: Eva Donoghue

Character Design: Ziqing Zhang, Luming Jiang

Editing: Ruijing Yang

Sound Design: Ziqing Zhang, Luming Jiang

Rigging & Animation Lead: Linglan Lei

Modelling/Texturing/Animation: Ruijing Yang, Debotriya Chowdhury, Ziqing Zhang, Luming Jiang, Linglan Lei, Begüm Çıkrıkcıoğlu

Background Design: Ruijing Yang, Linglan Lei

Communication & Outreach: Begüm Çıkrıkcıoğlu, Debotriya Chowdhury