A Grieving Heart

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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.

Content warning: death

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.

Producer: Wendy Cong Zhao

Writer: Wendy Cong Zhao

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