Tan Wei Keong [email protected] tanweikeong.com
Filmography (Short Films)
Title / Year Awards, Notable Screenings and Notes
Kingdom Opening short film at Singapore International Film Festival 2018 • In Competition: Berlin International Film Festival, Germany
Between Us Two Supported by Japan Foundation Asia Center and Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum, Japan 2017 • Awards: Best Singapore Short Film, Singapore International Film Festival; Documentary Short Grand Jury Prize, Outfest Los Angeles • In Competition: Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France; Encounters Festival, UK; Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil; GLAS Animation Festival, USA; KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival, The Netherlands; TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival, Georgia; Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan • Official Selection: Taipei Film Festival, Taiwan; Animafest Zagreb, Croatia; New York LGBT Film Festival, USA; New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan; BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Festival, UK
The Great Escape Commissioned for the 18th Singapore Writers Festival with the support of National Arts Council 2015 • Awards: Honorific Mention Technoludic, Locomoción Festival de Animación • In Competition: Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France; London International Animation Festival, UK; China Independent Animation Film Forum; Multivision International Festival of Animation Arts, Russia • Official Selection: Image Forum Festival, Japan; Future Film Festival, Italy; New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan; Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan; Thai Short Film and Video Festival, Thailand; Athens Digital Arts Festival, Greece
Pifuskin • Awards: Winner (Non-Narrative), Aggregate Animated Shorts; Best Experimental, Singapore 2014 Short Film Awards • In Competition: Zagreb Animafest, Croatia; Singapore International Film Festival; Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany; Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan; London International Animation Festival, UK; Anim’est International Animation Film Festival, Romania; Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote, Spain • Official Selection: Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France; Edinburgh International Film Festival, Scotland; Toronto International Film Festival, Canada; Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival, UK; San Francisco Independent Film Festival, USA; New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Japan; Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Slovenia; Animafest Cyprus; Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Hush Baby Graduation film at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 2009 • Awards: Special Mention, Singapore International Film Festival; Best Animation, Singapore Short Film Awards; Voice Award, Singapore Short Film Festival; Originality Award, Very Short International Film Festival; Best Animation, Hong Kong International Mobile Film Awards • In Competition: Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, Germany; KROK International Animated Film Festival, Ukraine; Anifest, Czech Republic • Official Selection: Animatricks Animation Festival, Finland; Singapore Night Festival
White • Awards: Special Achievement Award, Singapore International Film Festival; Best Animated 2007 Film by a Student, Phoenix Awards • In Competition: Encounters Short Film Festival, UK; Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Japan; Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Indonesia; Animex International Festival of Animation & Computer Game, UK; Fresh Film Fest International Student Film Festival, Czech Republic; • Official Selection: Singapore Art Museum 8Q
Installations and Exhibitions
Title / Year Roles Organisation and Notes
Paper Wall Artist, Producer Djerassi Resident Artists Program, California, USA 2017
Notes of the Lighthouse Keepers Co-Artist, Producer Headlands Center for the Arts, California, USA 2016
Space for Strangers Artist, Producer Southern Exposure, California, USA 2016 Annual Juried Exhibition
Conversation Artist, Producer Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum, Japan 2016
Singapore Snaps Artist, Producer Singapore Survey, Helutrans Artspace, Singapore 2015
Foundin Toulouse Artist, Producer Fondation Espace Ecureuil, Toulouse, France 2015
Foundin Singapore Artist, Producer M1 Singapore Fringe Festival, Singapore 2014
My Way Artist Public Sculpture at Ministry of Education, Singapore 2000 Commissioned by Ministry of Education
Honours and Awards
2019 Young Artist Award, National Arts Council of Singapore
2018 Documentary Short Grand Jury Prize, Outfest Los Angeles
2017 Best Singapore Short Film, Singapore International Film Festival
2017 Winner (Non-Narrative), Aggregate Space Gallery, USA
2016 Honorific Mention Technoludic, Locomoción Festival de Animación, Mexico
2015 Best Experimental, Singapore Short Film Awards
2012 Best Animation, Hong Kong International Mobile Film Awards
2011 Originality Award, Very Short International Film Festival, Singapore
2010 Best Animation, Singapore Short Film Awards
2009 Special Mention Award, Singapore International Film Festival
2009 Voice Award, Singapore Short Film Festival
2008 Best Animated Film by a Student, Phoenix Awards, Singapore
2007 Media Education Award Scholarship, Media Development Authority of Singapore
2007 Special Achievement Award, Singapore International Film Festival
2000 Gold Award, Singapore Youth Festival
Professional and Curatorial
Year Role Organisation and Event
Present - 2014 Film Programme Director Cartoons Underground, Singapore
2016 Lecturer and Producer Japan Foundation Asia Center, ANIME-ASEAN, Singapore and Japan
2016 Film Programme Director Society for Animation Studies Conference, Singapore
2014 Lecturer Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media, Singapore
2010 Program Chair of Student Volunteers Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques (SIGGRAPH) Asia, South Korea
2010 - 2009 Animator Polygon Pictures Inc. Tokyo, Japan
2009 Committee of Student Volunteers SIGGRAPH Asia, Japan
2008 Committee of Student Volunteers SIGGRAPH Asia, Singapore
2008 Team Leader of Student Volunteers SIGGRAPH, USA
2009 - 2006 Animator and Production Assistant Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media, Singapore
Residencies
Year Organisation
2017 Djerassi Resident Artists Program, California, USA
2016 Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum, Japan
2015 Fondation Espace Ecureuil, France
Education
2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design and Media, Singapore