This slick duotone animation is based on a Taoist fable, which tells the story of a battle between two countries over territories on a tiny snail's horn. Big and Small are not mere limited to the visual, but also refer to the psychological. Territory is Wei Hou's first animation production, it's also his graduation project at Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design in Halle, Germany in 2009. Wei currently works and live in Germany.

It has been screened at the Beijing Film Academy - Animation Academy Award 2009, The Smalls Showcase 2009, Holland Animation Festival 2009, The Bitfilm Festival 2009 and many more.

Directed and animated by Wei Hou, sound design by Marcus Illgenstein and music by Stephan Kloss.

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