When Ocean Rises

film type animated film Production Country Germany production year 2025 runtime 6'16 colour Color animation technique 2D computer animation, 3D computer animation
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.85:1 sound format 5.1 Audiomix

A polar bear and a penguin, who have lost their home and are looking for a new place to live, meet on the island where the dog lives. They all want the house for themselves until the ocean begins to rise and the island slowly sinks into the sea.

director Yongxin Wang Animation Yongxin Wang Editing Yongxin Wang Script Yongxin Wang DOP Yongxin Wang Original Score Renyou Zheng Production Anne Kathrin Seemann film school Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Festivals
2025 Sehsuechte – Internationales Studierendenfilmfestival Sehsüchte, Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany
2025 Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart (ITFS), Germany
School
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
Production
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
Distribution
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de
Sales
  • Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
  • Cristina Marx
  • Marlene-Dietrich-Allee 11
  • 14482 Potsdam
  • Germany
  • +49 331 6202564
  • http://www.filmuniversitaet.de

Yongxin Wang

An early interest in cartoons and illustrated storybooks led Yongxin Wang to explore the world of animation on my own. As her passion for animation grew, she moved to Germany in 2015 and started studying animation at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF.

Filmography
2021 Mmm…Cat
2022 Badepanne
2025 When Ocean Rises