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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.

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.

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 

...and

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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