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SEP CREATOR | ANDREW LEUNG

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ANCIENT CHINA OF MARS

FEATURED IN

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About The Project

Ancient China of Mars is a animated dramedy series told in a mockumentary style about an Earthling Chinese family, the Lees, who are forced to escape to planet Mars. They leave behind a climate change-stricken planet and a society that will never let them flourish or go beyond the socioeconomic caste system that Earth has become, where they face an early and unnatural death.

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Except when they’re so close to their dreams, they find themselves stuck on the orbiting Ellis Island space station above Mars. It's a way station purgatory and immigrant holding space station that has developed a whole society of its own, filled with failed dreams of people who are stateless, neither Earthling nor Martian.

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Learn more about the project, get involved, check out the webtoon, and more, by clicking below.

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Writer/Producer/Director

Andrew "Drew" Leung is a concept designer for feature film, whose recent work includes The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Lion King, and The Jungle Book.

CAST AND CREW

This is the space to introduce the business’s team and what makes it special.

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Kamal Batra

Zeyb / Zari

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AEsha soni

Neelu

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AEsha soni

Neelu

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AEsha soni

Neelu

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AEsha soni

Neelu

Producers

Neal Ludevig

Producer

Vishaal Reddy

Producer

Jed Diffenderfer

Showrunner

Snarky Elephant
Productions

Producer 

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Editor

Austin Keeling

Composer

Caroline Ho

Editor & VFX

Michael Lafuente

Story Artist

Chris Siemasko

Visual Effects Art Director

Thang Le

PRESS

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From Blockbuster Blueprints to Personal Mythologies: Drew Leung and the Snarky Elephant Imperative
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Animation Co-Production Market & Pitching Forum
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Animated Sci-Fi Dramedy ‘Ancient China of Mars’ Rockets to Rome’s MIA Market With Offbeat Space Comedy About Immigrant Dream (EXCLUSIVE)
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Xavier Dolan’s ‘Rage,’ Andrew Leung’s ‘Ancient China of Mars,’ Eléa Gobbe-Mévellec’s ‘The Northern Star’ Among Highlights at Rome’s MIA Market

The project takes us on a journey that is not conventionally seen within the South-Asian community and we love it.

- VEYLEX

Insomnia  finds a hearty dose of laughs and sexuality to keep things entertaining, and Reddy injects Nikhil with enough charm and vulnerability to keep him relatable, even at his most neurotic. 

- David Reddish, QUEERTY

Vishaal Reddy’s ‘Insomnia’ gives a different perspective of Indian-Americans

- Staff Writer, NEWS INDIA

You learn more about these characters in the short episodes than you do in many of the TV shows trending on Netflix.

- Sharan Dhaliwal, BURNT ROTI

"Meet Vishaal Reddy, the creative genius behind a new dark comedy series, Insomnia"

-  Avani Thakkar, ELLE INDIA

...Refreshing and revolutionary...the best thing Reddy does is to embrace his nuanced identity in a way that previous representations rarely do.

Proma Khosla, MASHABLE

“Insomnia  has quickly become a-don’t-miss web series and an important source of adding shade and color to what can seem like black and white issues"

- Anubhuti Kumar,

BROWN GIRL MAGAZINE

ZARI: THEATRICAL TRAILER

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