We’ve been closely tracking Tsz-wing Ho’s artistic journey on Vimeo and have been captivated by her vibrant and abstract animations, which truly stand out on the platform. We’re not alone in our admiration for her work either, as her short films have garnered attention and selection at festivals around the globe. Eager to delve into the unique aesthetic that defines her creations and to gain insights into her creative process, we are joined by this talented filmmaker from Hong Kong. In our conversation, she shares the influences shaping her work and expresses gratitude for the opportunity to carve out a career crafting surreal films.
We’ve been following your work for a while, ever since we witnessed the wonderful Catgot back in 2019, and your kaleidoscopic style really left a mark on us. Can you tell us a little about your filmmaking journey and when your love for animation first began?...
We’ve been following your work for a while, ever since we witnessed the wonderful Catgot back in 2019, and your kaleidoscopic style really left a mark on us. Can you tell us a little about your filmmaking journey and when your love for animation first began?...
- 12/14/2023
- by Rob Munday
- Directors Notes
Angel Wu’s graduation film, “drawn undrew draw” is quite frankly intimidating. In under four minutes, the film flips through an incredible series of illustrations at lightning speed. A dramatic orchestral score accompanies the piece, dramatizing the sense of frenetic energy even further. The short’s festival run is behemothic as well: it screened in two of the world’s most prestigious animation festivals, Annecy and Animfest Zagreb, this year.
“drawn undrew draw” will play in Cartoons Underground from 20-27 November.
For a film that is so publicly circulated, however, “drawn undrew draw” feels almost too personal. She brews over five central questions throughout the film: “Why did you draw? How did you begin to draw? Why did you stop drawing? How did you go back to draw? Will you draw on?” In each “answer,” she seems to frantically search for visual evidence to make up for lost time. Sometimes,...
“drawn undrew draw” will play in Cartoons Underground from 20-27 November.
For a film that is so publicly circulated, however, “drawn undrew draw” feels almost too personal. She brews over five central questions throughout the film: “Why did you draw? How did you begin to draw? Why did you stop drawing? How did you go back to draw? Will you draw on?” In each “answer,” she seems to frantically search for visual evidence to make up for lost time. Sometimes,...
- 11/22/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
How does one visualize a linguistic form that describes — well — visuals? Martin Gergik’s “Haiku | 俳句” investigates this seemingly circular question in an experimental project. With the aid of performing artists, a plethora of Japan-related imagery and a complex audio track, Gergik captures the ephemeral essence of the haiku in a series of fleeting moments.
“Haiku | 俳句” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Gerigk divides the eighteen-minute short into three parts, akin to the haiku’s own format: “Prisms” ; then, “Death” ; and finally, “Pines.” In this elegant symphony, life’s most basic, geometrical forms transcend into chaotic birdsong, and finally arc into an evergreen afterlife of close-ups. Two human performers, a stocky man and an immaculately groomed woman, punctuate the pauses in stock imagery. They narrate the film with pellets of words; some that string together in descriptive meaning, and some simply add to the cacophony. The...
“Haiku | 俳句” review is part of the Submit Your Film Initiative
Gerigk divides the eighteen-minute short into three parts, akin to the haiku’s own format: “Prisms” ; then, “Death” ; and finally, “Pines.” In this elegant symphony, life’s most basic, geometrical forms transcend into chaotic birdsong, and finally arc into an evergreen afterlife of close-ups. Two human performers, a stocky man and an immaculately groomed woman, punctuate the pauses in stock imagery. They narrate the film with pellets of words; some that string together in descriptive meaning, and some simply add to the cacophony. The...
- 1/10/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
The awards ceremony for the most important animation festival of the year was… quiet. Instead celebrating in the iconic lakeside and mountains, this year’s awards were announced via live recording and an emailed newsletter. Annecy International Animated Film Festival went completely online this year.
After a few years with geographical focuses in Asian countries, this year’s festival still has had a relatively kind focus towards East Asian films. Notable Asia-based directors this year include the return of neo media artist Max Hattler (“Divisional Articulations”) with minimalist stop motion “Serial Parallels,” and Yifan Bao’s Satoshi Kon-esque, first film “The Town.” All in all, roughly 25 percent of the 21 awards in total went to Asia-based directors.
For the full list, consult the results below. Keep tabs on our reviews page of some of our festival favorites; Annecy is available to stream (for 17 euros!) until 30 June 2020.
Official Feature Films Competition
Annecy Cristal – “Calamity,...
After a few years with geographical focuses in Asian countries, this year’s festival still has had a relatively kind focus towards East Asian films. Notable Asia-based directors this year include the return of neo media artist Max Hattler (“Divisional Articulations”) with minimalist stop motion “Serial Parallels,” and Yifan Bao’s Satoshi Kon-esque, first film “The Town.” All in all, roughly 25 percent of the 21 awards in total went to Asia-based directors.
For the full list, consult the results below. Keep tabs on our reviews page of some of our festival favorites; Annecy is available to stream (for 17 euros!) until 30 June 2020.
Official Feature Films Competition
Annecy Cristal – “Calamity,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
“Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary,” the hand-drawn biopic about Martha (Calamity) Jane’s empowering journey West in 1863, from French director Rémi Chayé, won the Cristal Award at the Annecy 2020 Online animation festival. North American theatrical distribution has not been announced but leading contenders include GKids and Shout! Factory, which handled Chayé’s acclaimed Arctic adventure, “Long Way North.”
The Jury Award and Jury Distinction Award went to “The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks,” an experimental drama about Stalin’s reign of terror from Russian director Andrey Khrzhanovsky, and” Kill It and Leave This Town” (Poland), a black-and-white hybrid dystopian drama about a despairing guy who hides in his memories, directed by Mariusz Wilczynski; and the Contrechamp Award and Contrechamp Distinction Award were bestowed on “My Favorite War”, a personal story from director Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen about growing up during the Cold War using cut-outs, and “The Shaman...
The Jury Award and Jury Distinction Award went to “The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks,” an experimental drama about Stalin’s reign of terror from Russian director Andrey Khrzhanovsky, and” Kill It and Leave This Town” (Poland), a black-and-white hybrid dystopian drama about a despairing guy who hides in his memories, directed by Mariusz Wilczynski; and the Contrechamp Award and Contrechamp Distinction Award were bestowed on “My Favorite War”, a personal story from director Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen about growing up during the Cold War using cut-outs, and “The Shaman...
- 6/20/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
“Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary,” the hand-drawn biopic about Martha (Calamity) Jane’s empowering journey West in 1863, from French director Rémi Chayé, won the Cristal Award at the Annecy 2020 Online animation festival. North American theatrical distribution has not been announced but leading contenders include GKids and Shout! Factory, which handled Chayé’s acclaimed Arctic adventure, “Long Way North.”
The Jury Award and Jury Distinction Award went to “The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks,” an experimental drama about Stalin’s reign of terror from Russian director Andrey Khrzhanovsky, and” Kill It and Leave This Town” (Poland), a black-and-white hybrid dystopian drama about a despairing guy who hides in his memories, directed by Mariusz Wilczynski; and the Contrechamp Award and Contrechamp Distinction Award were bestowed on “My Favorite War”, a personal story from director Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen about growing up during the Cold War using cut-outs, and “The Shaman...
The Jury Award and Jury Distinction Award went to “The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks,” an experimental drama about Stalin’s reign of terror from Russian director Andrey Khrzhanovsky, and” Kill It and Leave This Town” (Poland), a black-and-white hybrid dystopian drama about a despairing guy who hides in his memories, directed by Mariusz Wilczynski; and the Contrechamp Award and Contrechamp Distinction Award were bestowed on “My Favorite War”, a personal story from director Ilze Burkovska Jacobsen about growing up during the Cold War using cut-outs, and “The Shaman...
- 6/20/2020
- by Bill Desowitz
- Thompson on Hollywood
As a rule, Max Hattler’s films are successful in the (animation) film festival circuit and “Serial Parallels” is no different. With it, he pays tribute to his new hometown, densely populated Hong Kong, where he moved from the, in comparison, almost flat and expansive London. It premiered at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (Itfs) and has been shown at many other festivals such as Encounters Bristol and the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival.
“Serial Parallels” is screening at Vienna Shorts
“Serial Parallels” highlights the architecture of Hong Kong, more precisely that of the hyper-crowded apartments. They visualize how Hong Kong, by building up towards the sky, tries to accommodate 7 million people on 1.104 km²of land. “Serial Parallels” looks at this from different angles. First, there is the life-circle of the buildings. It starts with buildings in different phases of construction, then moves on to inhabited ones and...
“Serial Parallels” is screening at Vienna Shorts
“Serial Parallels” highlights the architecture of Hong Kong, more precisely that of the hyper-crowded apartments. They visualize how Hong Kong, by building up towards the sky, tries to accommodate 7 million people on 1.104 km²of land. “Serial Parallels” looks at this from different angles. First, there is the life-circle of the buildings. It starts with buildings in different phases of construction, then moves on to inhabited ones and...
- 6/3/2020
- by Nancy Fornoville
- AsianMoviePulse
Other winners at animation event include Manana Forever and Fongopolis.
Alan Holly’s short Coda won the top prize, the Anca Award, at Slovakia’s animation event Fest Anca that ended Sunday in the small town of Zilina, located near the borders of Poland and Czech Republic.
Following on from the film’s previous accolades at SXSW, Edinburgh and Galway, the Irish director continued to impress jury members with his hand-drawn animation and storyline depicting a young man who is confronted with death.
UK-based animator and installation artist Max Hattler, along with other jury members including Slovakian producer Peter Badac and Swiss animator Michael Frei, handed out the award saying, “This made us want to die in the best possible way.”
Holly, pleased by the award along with the event’s festive offerings, added, “Sorry I slept in and missed my own screening. This festival has been tons of fun.”
Coda was produced...
Alan Holly’s short Coda won the top prize, the Anca Award, at Slovakia’s animation event Fest Anca that ended Sunday in the small town of Zilina, located near the borders of Poland and Czech Republic.
Following on from the film’s previous accolades at SXSW, Edinburgh and Galway, the Irish director continued to impress jury members with his hand-drawn animation and storyline depicting a young man who is confronted with death.
UK-based animator and installation artist Max Hattler, along with other jury members including Slovakian producer Peter Badac and Swiss animator Michael Frei, handed out the award saying, “This made us want to die in the best possible way.”
Holly, pleased by the award along with the event’s festive offerings, added, “Sorry I slept in and missed my own screening. This festival has been tons of fun.”
Coda was produced...
- 6/24/2014
- ScreenDaily
This year, Chicago’s durable Onion City Experimental Film And Video Festival is celebrating its devotion to challenging, exciting and entertaining experimental and avant-garde films for a quarter of a century. Hosted, as always, by Chicago Filmmakers, the 25th annual edition of the fest runs at several locations around the Windy City — the Gene Siskel Film Center, Columbia College and the Music Box Theater — on September 5-8.
The opening night program is a terrific lineup of eclectic short works from some of the giants of the experimental film world, such as animators Jodie Mack and Lawrence Jordan, documentarian Deborah Stratman, British filmmaker Ben Rivers, Indian filmmakers Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel, classic experimental filmmaker Phil Solomon and several more.
The rest of the fest is also jam-packed with other terrific short films and videos, from filmmakers such as Jennifer Reeder, Stephanie Barber, Mike Hoolboom, Lewis Klahr, Scott Fitzpatrick and tons more; plus,...
The opening night program is a terrific lineup of eclectic short works from some of the giants of the experimental film world, such as animators Jodie Mack and Lawrence Jordan, documentarian Deborah Stratman, British filmmaker Ben Rivers, Indian filmmakers Shai Heredia and Shumona Goel, classic experimental filmmaker Phil Solomon and several more.
The rest of the fest is also jam-packed with other terrific short films and videos, from filmmakers such as Jennifer Reeder, Stephanie Barber, Mike Hoolboom, Lewis Klahr, Scott Fitzpatrick and tons more; plus,...
- 9/5/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Day five of the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival promises a smorgasbord of great films and there are still 6 days to go!
Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il
The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.
http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012
Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Monday, November 12th
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Doc Shorts – Longevity plays at 5:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre
A quintet of shorts exploring issues of aging and persistence.
Free To Attendees 50 And Older
Bo (Kelly McCoy & Dave Schwep, U.S., 2012, 22 min.): When attorney and Playboy photographer Bo Hitchcock is diagnosed with cancer, he decides to forgo chemo and Western...
Sliff’s main venues are the the Hi-Pointe Theatre, Tivoli Theatre, Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Webster University’s Winifred Moore Auditorium, Washington University’s Brown Hall Auditorium and the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville, Il
The entire schedule for the 21st Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival be found Here.
http://cinemastlouis.org/sliff-2012
Here is what will be screening at The 21st Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival today, Monday, November 12th
–
Doc Shorts – Longevity plays at 5:00pm at the Tivoli Theatre
A quintet of shorts exploring issues of aging and persistence.
Free To Attendees 50 And Older
Bo (Kelly McCoy & Dave Schwep, U.S., 2012, 22 min.): When attorney and Playboy photographer Bo Hitchcock is diagnosed with cancer, he decides to forgo chemo and Western...
- 11/12/2012
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 10th annual Lausanne Underground Film Festival is a truly epic film event with an immense lineup of the strangest, sexiest, most grotesque, oddball and downright freakish movies from all over the world — from modern underground treats to classic cult movies of yesteryear.
The fest officially begins on Oct. 15 with a special live performance by the legendary Diamanda Galas. But the film festivities run from Oct. 17-23, starting with the grand opening of an exhibition and retrospective of the films by Ericka Beckman.
The full film lineup, which is presented below, is a massive mix of underground greatness, but here are some of the highlights:
Gross-Out Flicks:
Chop, dir. Trent Haaga.
The Taint, dir. Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson.
Calibre 9, dir. Jean-Christian Tassy.
The Bunny Game, dir. Adam Rehmeier
Trippy Movies:
Profane, dir. Usama Alshaibi
The Oregonian, dir. Calvin Lee Reeder
Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass, dir.
The fest officially begins on Oct. 15 with a special live performance by the legendary Diamanda Galas. But the film festivities run from Oct. 17-23, starting with the grand opening of an exhibition and retrospective of the films by Ericka Beckman.
The full film lineup, which is presented below, is a massive mix of underground greatness, but here are some of the highlights:
Gross-Out Flicks:
Chop, dir. Trent Haaga.
The Taint, dir. Drew Bolduc and Dan Nelson.
Calibre 9, dir. Jean-Christian Tassy.
The Bunny Game, dir. Adam Rehmeier
Trippy Movies:
Profane, dir. Usama Alshaibi
The Oregonian, dir. Calvin Lee Reeder
Hellacious Acres: The Case of John Glass, dir.
- 10/13/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The Jarman Award, Nationwide
British film might have been savaged by The Cuts, but it's good to see some survivors at the art film end of the spectrum, like this award giving recognition to experimental moving image artists. The shortlist is 10 strong, and a showcase of the work, accompanied by the makers, tours Britain before the winner is announced in October (part of the prize is a Channel 4 commission). Clio Barnard, director of The Arbor, is probably the best-known name among a diverse spread of young artists exploring "hierarchies of attention" to Greek mythology to (in the case of Ed Atkins) ghosts that weigh several billion tons and bleed tar.
Various venues, Tue to 1 Oct
Hackney Film Festival, London
If your notion of a film festival involves red carpets, celebrity guests, and major premieres, they're not having any of it in Hackney. In keeping with the borough's down-to-earth image,...
British film might have been savaged by The Cuts, but it's good to see some survivors at the art film end of the spectrum, like this award giving recognition to experimental moving image artists. The shortlist is 10 strong, and a showcase of the work, accompanied by the makers, tours Britain before the winner is announced in October (part of the prize is a Channel 4 commission). Clio Barnard, director of The Arbor, is probably the best-known name among a diverse spread of young artists exploring "hierarchies of attention" to Greek mythology to (in the case of Ed Atkins) ghosts that weigh several billion tons and bleed tar.
Various venues, Tue to 1 Oct
Hackney Film Festival, London
If your notion of a film festival involves red carpets, celebrity guests, and major premieres, they're not having any of it in Hackney. In keeping with the borough's down-to-earth image,...
- 9/9/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
In recent years France has been among the front-runners in pushing the boundaries of modern horror. With such offerings as Frontier(s), Inside and High Tension, French filmmakers have been making us seriously squirm. It is with this reminder of the quality of their filmmaking that we at Dread Central bring you an announcement of the film list from the 17th Annual L'Etrange Festival, France's biggest horror film festival.
With over 70 films being screened and more than 17,000 attendees expected to descend on Paris, Le'Etrange Festival
Below we have the Complete listing of the festival's events:
From the Press Release
L’Étrange Festival – a unique event bringing filmgoers a fascinating roster of provocative and eye-opening films – is thrilled to announce the line-up for its 17th edition, September 2 – 11, 2011 in Paris, France.
The 2011 line-up continues the tradition of highlighting emerging talent, paying homage to independent-minded filmmakers and featuring a truly diverse program that includes cutting-edge works,...
With over 70 films being screened and more than 17,000 attendees expected to descend on Paris, Le'Etrange Festival
Below we have the Complete listing of the festival's events:
From the Press Release
L’Étrange Festival – a unique event bringing filmgoers a fascinating roster of provocative and eye-opening films – is thrilled to announce the line-up for its 17th edition, September 2 – 11, 2011 in Paris, France.
The 2011 line-up continues the tradition of highlighting emerging talent, paying homage to independent-minded filmmakers and featuring a truly diverse program that includes cutting-edge works,...
- 8/25/2011
- by Doctor Gash
- DreadCentral.com
Why Watch? Sometimes it’s important to forget about actors or a narrative and just go with some incredible visuals that happen to have an underlying socio-political subtext. Say what? Exactly. It’s abstract that’s actually watchable with symbols that don’t pull punches. Your childhood kaleidoscope meets American quilting and Islamic religious icons with explosive consequences. What Will It Cost? Just 2 minutes of your time. Does it get better any better than that? Check out Collision for yourself: Collision (2005) Written and Directed by: Max Hattler Trust us. You have time for more short films.
- 3/19/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Last Sunday, Cine-Vue was lucky enough to be invited along to the final day of the 2011 London Short Film Festival at London's ultra-stylish Institute of Contemporary Arts. The 10 day annual event which took place from the 7 to 16 January has been responsible for championing some of the finest, most innovative shorts from some truly talented upcoming film makers.
Formed in 2003 by Philip Ilson and Kate Taylor and initially under the guise of the first Halloween Short Film Festival (a continuation of The Halloween Short Film Club which Ilson had been programming since 1994), the London Short Film Festival reached the form we see today in 2008 and has been growing year on year to take in more films, live music, industry and training and diverse, high quality venues.
"Leftfield and Luscious"
The final day of this year's festival - entitled "Leftfield and Luscious" - gave audience members the opportunity to see some of the most ground breaking,...
Formed in 2003 by Philip Ilson and Kate Taylor and initially under the guise of the first Halloween Short Film Festival (a continuation of The Halloween Short Film Club which Ilson had been programming since 1994), the London Short Film Festival reached the form we see today in 2008 and has been growing year on year to take in more films, live music, industry and training and diverse, high quality venues.
"Leftfield and Luscious"
The final day of this year's festival - entitled "Leftfield and Luscious" - gave audience members the opportunity to see some of the most ground breaking,...
- 1/20/2011
- by Daniel Green
- CineVue
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