Manchester Animation Festival

The Windy Day

Dir. Zong-Yi Xie, Shih-Chien Hsu | Taiwan

“The Windy Day” follows a group of kids as they struggle with loss, friendship, and the passing of time. Through denial, conflict, and finally witnessing loss itself, they begin to see the world from a new perspective and step into the next stage of their lives.

On a windy afternoon, a strange gust carries their kite onto a water tower. The kids bravely climb the tall, swaying ladder, rising higher than trees and power lines. At the top, in a single, miraculous moment, another powerful wind arrives, and that changes everything.