A Grieving Heart

A GRIEVING HEART is a 2D animated short film about an immigrant woman examining her past in the wake of her American ex-boyfriend’s death. The narrator reflects on her Chinese-American upbringing, her past relationship, and her current grief. This film explores how love and loss impact the ways she confronts her immigrant identity, memories, insecurities, and regrets.

Wendy Cong Zhang is an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. She has been working and teaching in the independent animation field since 2011. She a is a 2025 graduate of the Integrated Media Arts MFA program at Hunter College. A GRIEVING HEART was her thesis film which premiered at the Woodstock Film Festival.

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