MID-AUTUMN CHINESE FILM FESTIVAL
中秋中国电影展映 

I Am What I Am 2 (雄狮少年2) 

China | Animated/Martial Arts/Comedy | 2024 | 133 minutes
In Mandarin w/ English Subtitles

Director: Sun Haipeng
Cast: Wang Yilang, Chen Yexiong, Li Xin, Cai Xinran, Guo Hao, Zhang Jie

SYNOPSIS:

A village boy who came to Shanghai to make a living decides to enter the 'Shanghai Fight Night' martial arts competition to raise money for his bedridden father. Representing the fading tradition of Chinese martial arts, he must overcome not only his formidable opponents but also prejudice and himself. 

Sun Haipeng, Director

From 2003 to 2004, he served as the Art Director at Wuhan Future Window Film & Television. From 2004 to 2008, he worked as the Executive Director in the Animation Department at Hubei Dolphin Media. From 2008 to 2009, he was an Animation Director at Shenzhen Cube Animation Group. Since 2007, he has been creating his personal “Super Bao” series of animated short films. In 2009, he began forming the “Super Bao” creative team, and in 2011, he started producing the Super Bao series Kungfood TV animation and the animated film Kungfood, serving as the Chief Director. He is currently the Director and Chief Director at Yidong Entertainment. In 2015, he was awarded the “Outstanding Animation Creator Talent in 2014” by the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television. 

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Date:
Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025
3:00 p.m.
Doors open 30 minutes before screening.

Location:
AMC NEWCITY14
1500 N. Clybourn Ave.
Chicago, IL 60610

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