The stop-motion animated film The Healing Tree will screen May 18-20th at the 2016 Creative Minds Festival de Cannes, one of the 30 films selected out of 400 submissions. The Creative Mind Group has partnered with the Festival de Cannes to host an exclusive screening of the best short films from the Creative Minds community. For the Short Film Catalog listing, click here.

In this modern dark fantastical retelling of Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree, a sick child (voiced by Constance Chang), abandoned by her mother (voiced by Leanne Chang) and now living alone with her neglecting father (voiced by Albert M. Chan), befriends a magical tree in her backyard that nurtures her over the years of her life. Directed by Frances E. Chang and produced by Georgina Gonzalez.

Watch the trailer here.