| The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam | |||||||||||||||
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| Director: | Hu Jinqing | ||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Shanghai Animation Film Studio | ||||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 10 minutes | ||||||||||||||
| Country: | China | ||||||||||||||
| Language: | none | ||||||||||||||
The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam, also translated as Snipe–Clam Grapple, is a 1983 Chinese animated short film directed by Hu Jinqing and produced by the Shanghai Animation Film Studio. It won the Silver Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 1984.[1] The film combines painted and cutout animation.[2]
The film is based on the Chinese proverb "in the fight between the snipe and the clam, the fisherman has the best of it".[3]
A clam is sitting out in the sun when suddenly a snipe flies down to peck at it. The clam slams its shells shut, gripping the snipe's beak in between. The snipe says, "If it doesn't rain today, and it doesn't rain tomorrow, I shall see a dead clam on the beach." The clam retorts, "If I don't open today, and I don't open up tomorrow, I shall see a dead snipe on the beach." While they are grappling with each other, a fisherman passes by and nets them both.
| Screenwriters | Gu Hanchang Mo Du | 顾汉昌 墨犊 | |
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| Director | Hu Jinqing | 胡进庆 | |
| Art Design | Lu Ruhao | 陆汝浩 | |
| Animation Design | Ge Guiyun Wu Yunchu Zha Kan Lu Songmao | 葛桂云 吴云初 查侃 陆松茂 | |
| Photography | Geng Kang | 耿康 | |
| Character Drawing | Yue Huimin Gong Jinfu | 岳慧敏 龚金福 | |
| Painted Scene | Wu Zhongwen | 伍仲文 | |
| Composer | Duan Shijun | 段时俊 | |
| Effects | Bai Weimin | 白伟民 | |
| Recording | Zhan Lei | 詹磊 | |
| Editing | Mo Puzhong | 莫普忠 | |
| Conductor | Song Guanghai | 宋光海 | |
| Played by | Shanghai Film Orchestra | 上海电影乐团 |