Sneezing Baby Panda2015

Director
Lesley Hammond, Jenny Walsh

Acters

Jane Ubrien (Voice of Sneezing Baby Panda)
Amber Clayton (Marnie Tyler)
Nicholas Stribakos (Zoo Director)
Xiaowen Gao (Panda Keeper)
Grant Piro (Character voice)
Abbe Holmes (Character voice)

The amazing story behind the YouTube sensation!

When an Australian zoologist sees the viral internet sensation “Sneezing Baby Panda” she knows at once that the little cub could save her ailing zoo from closure. But dealing with Chinese villagers who have never seen the YouTube clip and foreign syndicates hell-bent on finding the panda first puts a stopper on her plans. Eventually tracking down the cub to a remote mountain breeding center, she finds that Chi Chi is more than a cub who once sneezed!

In 2006, a 16-second clip of a baby panda sneezing was uploaded on to YouTube. Nearly quarter of a billion views later, the viral video has generated hundreds of tribute and parody spin-offs and was named one of YouTube’s best 50 videos by Time Magazine.

“Aside from being a strong frontrunner for best movie title of the year, this chirpy Australian-Chinese co-production is a real delight… a giddy, funny mashing of corny story and savvy mockumentary… a sweet oddball of a film.” – 3AW

“The nature material is intimate, well shot and gripping, it’s message about the fragility of the environment urgent, loud and clear and the commentary on the history of China’s panda “cult” (for want of a better word) compelling. The best moments for me were of the observational footage of the zoologists treating pandas in surgery… (which) gives rise to that rarest of feelings found in the very best family pictures: a sincere, unashamed sweetness.” – SBS

“This crowd pleasing films sweetens the serious underlying message of habitat preservation. But messages come in all shapes and sizes so bring the family to this panda-rific charmer!” – Big Picture Film Festival, Sydney