Simon Liu is an artist filmmaker whose practice centers on the rapidly evolving psychological and sociopolitical landscapes of his homeland of Hong Kong through material abstraction, speculative history, and subversion of documentary cinema practices through short films, multi-channel video installations, 16mm projection performances. His work has been exhibited at institutions including the Whitney Biennial 2024, Museum of Modern Art, MOCA Los Angeles, SFMoMA, The Shed, PICA, Tai Kwun Contemporary, Museum of the Moving Image, Everson Museum, Moderna Museet, "Dreamlands: Expanded", and the M+ Museum. His films have screened at festivals globally including the Toronto, New York, Berlin, Rotterdam, BFI London, Edinburgh, Jeonju, and Hong Kong International Film Festivals alongside the Sundance Film Festival, New Directors/New Films, CPH:DOX, Cinéma du Réel, Punto de Vista, Viennale, and the Media City Film Festival. The M+ Museum and MoMA recently acquired Liu’s Quadruple 16mm Projection Highview, along with other recent works, for their Permanent Collections. He is currently editing his first feature film, Staffordshire Hoard.
SCREENERS FOR FILMS HERE - Please email liufilmsliu@gmail.com with any requests
Collections
Museum of Modern Art: Highview, E-Ticket, Signal 8, & Happy Valley in Permanent Collection (New York, USA, 2021)
M+ Museum : Highview in Permanent Collection (Hong Kong S.A.R, 2020)
Awards, Grants & Honors
Hong Kong International Film Festival - Short Film Competition Jury (2024)
Jerome x Camargo Foundation Fellowship (2026)
NYSCA Individual Artist Grant (2022)
Lo Schermo Dell’Arte : VISIO Production Award (2022)
M+ Museum : M+ Cinema Pre-Show Commission (2022)
The Shed : OPEN CALL Commission (2021)
Festival du Nouvéau Cinéma - Dada International Award (2021)
Melbourne International Film Festival - Best Experimental Short Film (2021)
EXiS - Experimental Film & Video in Seoul : Best EXiS Award (2021)
TIDF Taiwan International Documentary Festival - Special Mention for Chinese Documentary Award (2021)
European Media Art Festival - Special Mention for EMAF Award (2021)
Onion City Film Festival - Best of Fest Award (2021)
ICDOCS - WOW Award (2021)
Ann Arbor Film Festival: Barbara Aronofsky Latham Award for -force- (2021)
Punto de Vista International Documentary Festival : Jury Special Mention for Signal 8 (2021)
International Film Festival Rotterdam : Nominated for Tiger Award for Short Film (2021)
Jerome Foundation : Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship (2019 - 2021)
Documenta Madrid : FUGAS Competition Special Mention for Signal 8 (2020)
Cork International Film Festival : Grand Prix Documentary Short Award for Signal 8 (2020)
Ann Arbor Film Festival : Kodak Cinematic Vision Award for E-Ticket (2020)
Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University - Artist-in-Residence (2020)
CineCina Film Festival - New Horizon Short Film Competition Jury Member (2020)
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival - Jury Member (2020)
EXiS - Experimental Film & Video in Seoul : Best EXiS Award for E-Ticket (2019)
International Film Festival Rotterdam : Nominated for Tiger Award for Short Film with E-Ticket (2019)
New York State Council of the Arts [NYSCA] & Wave Farm : Media Arts Assistance Fund (2018)
Athens International Film & Video Festival : Jury Special Mention for Highview (2018)
Paris Festival of Different & Experimental Cinémas : Jury Special Mention for Harbour City (2016)
Crossroads Festival w/ SF Cinematheque : Audience Award for Harbour City (2016)
Institutional Exhibitions, Performances and Programs
2024
Whitney Museum of American Art - Whitney Biennial 2024 - Even Better Than the Real Thing: Film Program :: Let’s Talk — New York, USA
M+ Museum - Making Matters Group Exhibition — Hong Kong S.A.R
Independent Art Fair - Filmmaker’s Cooperative Showcase :: Harbour City — New York, USA
M+ Museum - Asian Avant Garde Festival: Overlappers - Collaborative Performance with Jennie MaryTai Liu — Hong Kong S.A.R
M+ Museum - M+ Facade Presentation: Hide & Seek — Hong Kong S.A.R
2023
*KAJE :: Let’s Talk (solo exhibition) — Brooklyn, USA
C-LAB - Taiwan Contemporary Culture Lab :: Memory Palace in Ruins (group exhibition) — Taipei, Taiwan
*Moderna Museet :: It Don’t Look Like Rain (solo program) — Stockholm, Sweden
*Stanford University :: It Don’t Look Like Rain (solo program) — Palo Alto, USA
2022
*Museum of Modern Art :: Modern Mondays - An Evening with Simon Liu (solo program) — New York, USA
*M+ Museum :: Between Frames - An Evening with Simon Liu (solo program) — Hong Kong S.A.R
M+ Museum - “Street Optics” Programme :: E-Ticket — Hong Kong S.A.R
2021
*MOCA Los Angeles - SCREEN Series :: Signal 8 & Happy Valley — Los Angeles, USA
Portland Institute of Contemporary Art - TBA Festival 2021 :: CONVICTION (-force- & sistern) — Portland, USA
*UC Irvine - UAG Gallery :: Signal Issues (solo exhibition) — Irvine, USA
The Shed - OPEN CALL 2021 Group Exhibition :: Devil’s Peak — New York, USA
Everson Museum of Art & Urban Video Project - What Happened Group Exhibition — Syracuse, NY
*CMCA - Center for Maine Contemporary Art x Camden International Film Festival :: Signal 8, Happy Valley, & Devil’s Peak — Camden, USA
2018
M+ Museum - Haunting Images : Live Cinema with Lim Giong :: Harbour City — Hong Kong S.A.R, China
*Tai Kwun Contemporary :: Start From Scratch, Not Two Steps Back (Curated by Simon Liu) — Hong Kong S.A.R, China
*Yale University :: I Decided To Turn Left (Solo Program) — New Haven, USA
2016
DREAMLANDS: EXPANDED - Whitney Museum / Microscope Gallery :: The Owl Flies at Twilight - Group performance with Optipus — Brooklyn, USA
DREAMLANDS: EXPANDED - Whitney Museum / Microscope Gallery :: Cluster Click City Sundays - Brooklyn, USA
Film Festival Screenings
2024
Open City Documentary Festival - Artist in Focus — London, United Kingdom
Jeonju International Film Festival :: Let’s Talk — Jeonju, Korea
TIDF - Taiwan International Documentary Festival :: Let’s Talk — Taipei, Taiwan
Museum of the Moving Image - First Look Festival :: Single File — New York, USA
CPH:DOX - Copenhagen International Documentary Festival :: Single File — Copenhagen, Denmark
2023
Toronto International Film Festival - WAVELENGTHS :: Let’s Talk — Toronto, Canada
Vancouver International Film Festival - MODES :: Let’s Talk — Vancouver, Canada
Media City Film Festival :: Let’s Talk — Windsor, Canada
Festival du Nouvéau Cinéma :: Let’s Talk — Montréal, Canada
SF Cinematheque & The Lab :: It Don’t Look Like Rain (solo program) — San Francisco, USA
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival :: It Don’t Look Like Rain (solo program) — Milwaukee, USA
Winnipeg Film Group :: Ghostly Revenants (group screening) — Winnipeg, Canada
2022
New York Film Festival - Currents :: Devil’s Peak — New York, USA
IDFA - International Documentary Festival Amsterdam :: Devil’s Peak — Amsterdam, Netherlands
Viennale International Film Festival :: Devil’s Peak — Vienna, Austria
Light Matter Film Festival :: Devil’s Peak — Alfred, USA
25fps Festival :: Devil’s Peak — Zagreb, Croatia
Jeonju International Film Festival :: Devil’s Peak — Jeonju, Korea
Hamburg International Short Film Festival :: Happy Valley — Hamburg, Germany
Cinéma du Réel :: Devil’s Peak — Paris, France
Media City Film Festival :: Happy Valley — Windsor, Canada
Berlinale International Film Festival - Forum Expanded :: Devil’s Peak — Berlin, Germany
2021
Viennale International Film Festival :: Happy Valley — Vienna, Austria
International Kurtzfilmtage Winterthur : Signal 8 & -force- — Winterthur, Switzerland
Melbourne International Film Festival :: Happy Valley — Melbourne, Australia
Ediburgh International Film Festival :: Signal 8 — Edinburgh, Scotland
San Francisco International Film Festival :: Signal 8 — San Francisco, USA
Jeonju International Film Festival :: Happy Valley — Jeonju, Korea
Hamburg International Short Film Festival :: Signal 8 — Hamburg, Germany
Festival du Nouvéau Cinéma :: Happy Valley — Montréal, Canada
CROSSROADS w/ SF Cinematheque :: -force- — San Francisco, USA
EXiS - Experimental Film & Video in Seoul :: Happy Valley — Seoul, Korea
Open City Documentary Festival :: Happy Valley — London, United Kingdom
Punto de Vista International Documentary Festival :: Signal 8— Pamplona, Spain
TIDF - Taiwan International Documentary Festival :: E-Ticket & Happy Valley — Taipei, Taiwan
European Media Art Festival :: Happy Valley — Osnabrück, Germany
Abandon Normal Devices - AND Festival :: Signal 8 — Manchester, United Kingdom
PROCESS Festival :: E-Ticket — Riga, Latvia
Light Matter Film Festival :: Happy Valley — Alfred, USA
Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo :: Happy Valley — Mexico City, Mexico
San Diego Asian Film Festival :: Happy Valley & -force- — San Diego, USA
UNDERDOX filmfestival :: Happy Valley — Munich, Germany
Winnipeg Underground Film Festival :: E-Ticket — Winnipeg, Canada
Images Festival :: Happy Valley — Toronto, Canada
IndieLisboa :: Happy Valley — Lisbon, Portugal
Onion City Film Festival :: -force- — Chicago, USA
ICDOCS :: Happy Valley & -force- — Iowa City, USA
Ann Arbor Film Festival :: -force- — Ann Arbor, USA
International Film Festival Rotterdam - Tiger Short Competition :: Happy Valley — Rotterdam, Netherlands
2020
New Directors/New Films at the Museum of Modern Art & Film at Lincoln Center :: Happy Valley — New York, USA
New York Film Festival - Currents :: -force- — New York, USA
25fps Festival :: Signal 8 — Zagreb, Croatia
Documenta Madrid :: Signal 8 — Madrid, Spain
RIDM - Montréal International Documentary Festival :: Signal 8 — Montréal, Canada
Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporáneo :: Signal 8 — Mexico City, Mexico
New Orleans Film Festival :: Signal 8 — New Orleans, USA
Antimatter [media art] :: Signal 8 — Victoria, Canada
Cork Film Festival :: Signal 8 — Cork, Ireland *Grand Prix Documentary Short Award*
Fracto Film Encounter :: Signal 8 — Berlin, Germany
Spectral Film Festival :: Signal 8 — Stevens Point, USA
Walker Art Center - “Expanding the Frame - Constructing Landscape” :: E-Ticket — Minneapolis, USA
CROSSROADS w/ SF Cinematheque :: Signal 8 & Fallen Arches — San Francisco, USA
EXiS - Experimental Film & Video in Seoul :: Signal 8 — Seoul, Korea
Open City Documentary Festival :: Signal 8 — London, United Kingdom
Hong Kong International Film Festival :: Signal 8 — Hong Kong S.A.R
Cinéma du Réel :: Signal 8 — Paris, France
Houston Cinema Arts / PSA :: “Memory Strata - Films by Sky Hopinka & Simon Liu”
Images Festival :: Signal 8 — Toronto, Canada
European Media Art Festival :: Signal 8 — Osnabrück, Germany
Onion City Film Festival :: Signal 8 — Chicago, USA
IndieLisboa :: Signal 8 — Lisbon, Portugal
1º Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine :: Signal 8 — Lima, Peru
Dallas International Film Festival :: Signal 8 — Dallas, USA
Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival :: Signal 8 — Minneapolis, USA
Athens International Film & Video Festival :: Signal 8 — Athens, USA
Portland International Film Festival :: Signal 8 — Portland, USA
Ann Arbor Film Festival :: E-Ticket — Ann Arbor, USA *Winner of Kodak Cinematic Vision Award*
Asian Film Archive - “State of Motion 2020: Rushes of Time” :: E-Ticket — Singapore
Revolutions Per Minute Festival :: E-Ticket— Boston, USA
Institute of Contemporary Art - London Short Film Festival :: E-Ticket — London, UK
International Film Festival Rotterdam :: Signal 8 — Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sundance Film Festival - New Frontier Shorts Program :: E-Ticket — Park City, USA
2019
New York Film Festival - Projections :: Signal 8 — New York, USA
MUBI - NYFF’s Projections MUBI Special :: Signal 8 — USA
NYFF Projections: Los Angeles w/ Acropolis Cinema :: Signal 8 — Los Angeles, USA
Parrish Art Museum - Contact :: E-Ticket — Watermill, USA
Houston Cinema Arts Festival :: E-Ticket — Houston, USA
Cork Film Festival :: E-Ticket — Cork, Ireland
Sundance Hong Kong - HK Short Film Competition :: E-Ticket — Hong Kong S.A.R, China
Beijing International Short Film Festival :: E-Ticket — Beijing, China
London International Animation Festival - Edge of Frame Program :: :: E-Ticket — London, UK
l'Alternativa - 26th Barcelona Independent Film Festival :: E-Ticket & Fallen Arches — Barcelona, Spain
The Bridge - “You Don’t Need a Fancy Camera to Make Movies” :: E-Ticket — Charlottesville, USA
Lausanne Underground Film Festival :: Harbour City — Lausanne, Switzerland
Aguilar Film Festival :: E-Ticket — Aguilar De Campoo, Spain
WNDX: Winnipeg Festival of the Moving Image :: Fallen Arches — Winnipeg, Canada
Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image :: E-Ticket & Fallen Arches— Binghamton, USA
Festival du Nouvéau Cinéma :: E-Ticket — Montréal, Canada
UNDERDOX filmfestival :: E-Ticket — Munich, Germany
Antimatter [media art] :: E-Ticket — Victoria, Canada
Nomadica - Weekend :: E-Ticket — Bologna, Italy
Microscope Gallery - Scrapbook (or, Why Can’t We Live Together) :: Fallen Arches & Highview — Brooklyn, USA
New Orleans Film Festival :: E-Ticket — New Orleans, USA
Paris Festival of Different & Experimental Cinémas :: E-Ticket — Paris, France
Open City Documentary Festival :: E-Ticket — London, United Kingdom
EXiS - Experimental Film & Video in Seoul :: E-Ticket & Cluster Click City Sundays — Seoul, Korea *Winner of Best EXiS Award*
Quinzaine Realisateurs/HKAC - New Waves, New Shores: Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 50 Meets HK Cinema :: Fallen Arches & Harbour City — Hong Kong S.A.R, China
Sheffield Doc/Fest :: E-Ticket — Sheffield, United Kingdom
Vienna Independent Shorts :: E-Ticket — Vienna, Austria
Norwegian Short Film Festival :: E-Ticket — Grimstad, Norway
Maryland Film Festival :: E-Ticket — Baltimore, USA
Chicago Underground Film Festival :: E-Ticket — Chicago, USA
FilMadrid :: E-Ticket — Madrid, Spain
Oak Cliff Film Festival :: E-Ticket — Dallas, USA
Fracto Film Encounter :: E-Ticket — Berlin, Germany
European Media Art Festival :: Fallen Arches — Osnabrück, Germany
ICDOCS :: E-Ticket — Iowa City, USA
Athens International Film & Video Festival :: E-Ticket — Athens, USA
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival :: E-Ticket — Milwaukee, USA
Hong Kong International Film Festival :: E-Ticket — Hong Kong S.A.R, China
Portland International Film Festival :: Fallen Arches — Portland, USA
Revolutions Per Minute Festival :: Star Ferry — Boston, USA
LIGHT FIELD :: Fallen Arches — San Francisco, USA
International Film Festival Rotterdam - Tiger Short Competition :: E-Ticket — Rotterdam, Netherlands
2018
Toronto International Film Festival - Wavelengths :: Fallen Arches — Toronto, Canada
Ohio State University - CINEMA, EXPANDED :: Program w/ Josh Lewis — Columbus, USA
Cork Film Festival :: Star Ferry — Cork, Ireland
Festival du Nouvéau Cinéma - LES NOUVEAUX ALCHIMISTES :: Star Ferry — Montréal, Canada
Paris Festival of Different & Experimental Cinémas :: Star Ferry — Paris, France
Antimatter [media art] :: Star Ferry — Victoria, Canada
Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image :: Star Ferry — Binghamton, USA
PHOTOFAIRS - “Connected” Video Program w/ VIDEOTAGE :: Star Ferry & Highview — Shanghai, China
IMAGE FORUM Festival (East Asian Competition) :: Highview — Tokyo - Kyoto - Nagoya - Yokohama, Japan
Edinburgh International Film Festival :: Star Ferry — Edinburgh, Scotland
LIGHT INDUSTRY - Other Tongue : An Evening with NANG :: Highview — Brooklyn, USA
CROSSROADS w/ SF Cinematheque @ SF MoMA :: Highview — San Francisco, USA
Beijing International Short Film Festival :: Star Ferry — Beijing, China
Chicago Underground Film Festival :: Star Ferry — Chicago, USA
Winnipeg Underground Film Festival :: Harbour City — Winnipeg, Canada
Milwaukee Underground Film Festival :: Sneyd Green — Milwaukee, USA
European Media Art Festival :: Star Ferry — Osnabrück, Germany
UNDERDOX filmfestival :: Star Ferry — Munich, Germany
Athens International Film & Video Festival :: Highview — Athens, USA
Moscow International Experimental Film Festival :: Star Ferry — Moscow, Russia
Syros International Film Festival :: Star Ferry — Syros, Greece
FRACTO : Experimental Film Encounter :: Sneyd Green — Berlin, Germany
FilMadrid :: Star Ferry — Madrid, Spain
Kyiv International Short Film Festival :: Highview — Kiev, Ukraine
Hong Kong International Film Festival :: Star Ferry — Hong Kong S.A.R, China
Filmmakers Co-Op NY: New Year New Works :: Highview — New York, USA
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Bright Future Shorts) :: Star Ferry — Rotterdam, Netherlands
2017
BFI London Film Festival - EXPERIMENTA :: Highview — London, United Kingdom
UNION DOCS - Hortus Harare: Andreas Wutz with Negativland Lab :: Shuffle Cove — Brooklyn, USA
Festival du Nouvéau Cinéma - LES NOUVEAUX ALCHIMISTES :: Highview — Montréal, Canada
Back to the Future: PROJECT! :: Cluster Click City Sundays — Rotterdam, Netherlands
Art Cinema OFFoff & Film Fest Gent: TO BE ALIVE! - An Expanded Cinema Event :: Highview & Cluster Click City Sundays — Ghent, Belgium
Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival :: Highview — Lausanne, Switzerland
Antimatter [media art] :: Highview & Sneyd Green — Victoria, Canada
New Orleans Film Festival - Projection-Mapping Installation w/ Cinema Reset :: Highview — New Orleans, USA
Close Up Film Centre :: I Decided to Turn Left (solo program) — London, United Kingdom
The Parrish Museum :: The Owl Flies at Twilight (Group performance with Optipus) — Water Mill, USA
Split Film Festival :: Sneyd Green — Split, Croatia
San Diego Underground Film Festival :: Sneyd Green — San Diego, USA
EXiS - Experimental Film & Video in Seoul :: Highview — Seoul, Korea
FilMadrid :: Highview — Madrid, Spain
Moviate Underground Film Festival :: Harbour City — Harrisburg, USA
Hamburg International Short Film Festival - DeFramed Competition :: Sneyd Green — Hamburg, Germany
Maryland Film Festival :: Sneyd Green — Baltimore, USA
Hong Kong International Film Festival :: Highview— Hong Kong S.A.R, China
Untitled Art Fair w/ San Francisco Cinematheque :: Harbour City — San Francisco, USA
Diffraktions #7 w/ LaborBerlin at Silent Green :: Highview & Cluster Click City Sundays — Berlin, Germany
RE-VOIR (The Film Gallery) :: I Decided to Turn Left (solo program) — Paris, France
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Bright Future Shorts) :: Highview — Rotterdam, Netherlands
2016
Mono No Aware X - Annual Festival of Expanded Cinema :: Highview — Brooklyn, USA
China Independent Film Festival :: Harbour City — Beijing, China
l'Alternativa - 23nd Barcelona Independent Film Festival :: Donkey Riding — Barcelona, Spain
Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival :: Sneyd Green — Kassel, Germany
Paris Different & Experimental Film Festival :: Harbour City — Paris, France
The Nightingale :: A Door will Open and You will Walk Through it (program w/ Josh Lewis) — Chicago, USA
Floating Projects Collective :: A Door will Open and You will Walk Through it (program w/ Josh Lewis) — Hong Kong S.A.R, China
Fruity Space :: A Door will Open and You will Walk Through it (program w/ Josh Lewis) — Beijing, China
SIGHT UNSEEN :: A Door Will Open & You Will Walk Through It (program w/ Josh Lewis) — Baltimore, USA
Moscow International Experimental Film Festival :: Harbour City — Moscow, Russia
EXiS - Experimental Film & Video In Seoul :: Harbour City — Seoul, Korea
Bains Argentiques - International Meeting of Artist-Run Film Labs :: Harbour City & Shuffle Cove — Nantes, France
TRANS-PECOS :: Sound / Film Collaboration with Warren Ng — Brooklyn, USA
Kilroy Metal Ceiling (HANDMADE MOVIES) :: Harbour City — Brooklyn, USA
FilMadrid :: Harbour City — Madrid, Spain
CROSSROADS w/ SF Cinematheque :: Harbour City — San Francisco, USA
International Film Festival Rotterdam (Deep Focus Shorts) :: Harbour City — Rotterdam, Netherlands
2015
Mono No Aware IX - Annual Festival of Expanded Cinema :: Harbour City — Brooklyn, USA
Microscope Gallery :: Process As Image (program w/ Josh Lewis) — Brooklyn, USA
Songs For Presidents Gallery :: Silent Films For One or Two Projectors (program w/ Josh Lewis) — Brooklyn, USA
Asian American International Film Festival - The Art of Cinema Program :: Donkey Riding — New York, USA
Winnipeg Underground Film Festival :: Afternoon In — Winnipeg, Canada
2014
100 FOOT FILM FILMS : COLLABORATIONS (Traveling Film Program) :: Afternoon In — Various Venues, United Kingdom
Gstaad Film Festival :: Afternoon In — Gstaad, Switzerland
2013
Marfa Film Festival :: Ditchwork — Marfa, USA
Northside Film Festival :: Flyer Boy — Brooklyn, USA
2012
Curta Cinema - Rio De Janeiro International Film Festival :: Flyer Boy — Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
WNDX: Winnipeg Festival of the Moving Image :: Ditchwork — Winnipeg, Canada
LoWave Human Frames Project (DVD Anthology Release) :: Flyer Boy — Paris, France
Selected Publications, Media & Press
Delaney Holton: “Negotiating Disappearance: Protective Abstraction in Simon Liu’s quasi-protest trilogy”, Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, Volume 9
Simon Wu: “On Opacity: How Artists Resist “Representation” and Legibility”, Art in America, May 2021
Tausif Noor: “Shed’s Open Call Showcases Emerging Visual Talents”, New York Times, July 2021
Phil Coldiron: “We Can’t Go Home Again - On the Films of Simon Liu”, Cinemascope Magazine, Spring 2021
Matt Turner: “The Creative Approach One Filmmaker Is Taking to Depict the Hong Kong Protests”, Hyperallergic, September 2020
Michael Sicinski: “New York Film Festival 2020: An Eventful Year”, MUBI, September 2020
Susannah Gruder: “Sundance 2020 Documentary Shorts”, Hyperallergic, January 2020
David Perrin: “Strange Signs from the Future: New York Film Festival's Projections”, MUBI, October 2019
Clarence Tsui: “Hong Kong filmmaker’s Toronto film festival showing reflects city’s international legacy”, South China Morning Post, September 2018
Simon Liu / Julian Ross: “I Decided to Turn Left - Excerpts & Annotations from a Conversation with Julian Ross”, NANG Magazine - Issue 4, IN & OUT - Spring 2018
Clarence Tsui: “New Waves, New Shores: Cannes’ Director’ Fortnight 50 Meets Hong Kong Cinema”, Hong Kong Arts Centre / Quinzaine Realisateurs, June 2019
Michael Sicinski: “Welcome to the Other Resistance: The Year in Experimental Film” / “Top 30 Experimental Films of 2018”, MUBI, January 2019
Chanel Kong: “M+ Museum Release - Haunting Images: Live Cinema by Lim Giong”, West Kowloon Cultural District, October 2018
Michael Sicinski: “Toronto: Wavelengths Preview — “We Do Not Care if We Go Down in History as Contrarians”, MUBI, September 2018
Nicolás Carrasco: “TIFF 2018. WAVELENGTHS: FALLEN ARCHES, FAINTING SPELLS, WALLED UNWALLED”, Desist Film, September 2018
Jesse Hawthorne Ficks: “Ficks Pick at TIFF: Experimental cinema is where it’s at!”, 48Hills, September 2018
Valerie Soe: “Both Ends Burning: Crossroads festival of artist-made films and video”, Beyond Asiaphilia, June 2018
Mike Metzger: Chicago Underground Film Festival Coverage, Cinefile, June 2018
Richard Tuohy / Simon Liu: “Highview”, Millennium Film Journal, Issue 66, Fall 2017
Jens Maier-Rothe: “Welcome to Planet FOMO: the 46th International Film Festival Rotterdam”, OCULA, February 2017
Clarence Tsui: “Hong Kong-based director’s road movie premieres at Rotterdam festival” (Review of Harbour City at IFFR), South China Morning Post, February 2016
Professional Appointments & Teaching /
Cooper Union School of Art : Adjunct Assistant Professor — New York, USA : Fall 2018 to Present
Columbia University : MFA Adjunct Faculty — New York, USA : Spring 2024 to Present
Pratt Institute : Adjunct Assistant Professor — Brooklyn, USA : Spring 2024 to Present
Bard College : MFA Faculty — New York, USA : 2022
Artist Presentations / Workshops
Stanford University : Visiting Artist — Palo Alto, USA : 2023
Harvard University - Sensory Ethnography Lab : Visiting Artist — Cambridge, USA : 2022
Union Docs : Guest Panelist — Brooklyn, USA : 2022
University Colorado Boulder : Visiting Artist — Boulder, USA : 2022
Emerson College : Visiting Artist — Boston, USA; 2022
MassArt - MACC Screening Series — Boston, USA; 2022
University College London - The Bartlett School of Architecture Screening Room — London, United Kingdom : 2022
RISD - Rhode Island School of Design : Visiting Artist — Providence, USA : 2021
CalArts - California Institute of the Arts : Visiting Artist — Santa Clara, USA : 2021
UC Irvine : Visting Artist — Irvine, USA : 2021
New Orleans Film Festival : White Walls Panel — New Orleans, USA : 2019
Maryland Film Festival : Creative Non-Fiction Panel — Baltimore, USA : 2019
University of Virginia — Charlottesville, USA : 2019
Manchester Metropolitan University - School of Art — Manchester, UK : 2019
Montclair State University — Montclair, USA : 2019
Yale University — New Haven, USA : 2018
Ohio State University — Columbus, USA : 2018
Floating Projects Collective — Hong Kong S.A.R, China : 2017
The New School — New York, USA : 2016
China Central Academy of Fine Arts — Beijing, China : 2016
Beijing Film Academy — Beijing, China : 2016
University Illinois Chicago — Chicago, USA : 2016
United World College — Hong Kong S.A.R, China : 2016
The New School — New York, USA : 2015
Curatorial
Tai Kwun Contemporary : Start From Scratch, Not Two Steps Back (10/23/18) — Hong Kong S.A.R
Beijing Film Academy : Passive Stride (9/13/16) — Beijing, China
China Central Academy of Fine Art : A Thoughtful Day (9/6/16) — Beijing, China
Kilroy Metal Ceiling :: Cat on a Cool Metal Ceiling (7/14/16) — Brooklyn, USA
Films & Videos (2008 - 2022)
2024
Staffordshire Hoard (Work In Progress - Feature Film, DCP)
Fun Times (Work in Progress, 16mm)
Double Take (Work in Process, 35mm)
2023
Let’s Talk (11 minutes, 16mm)
Single File (11 minutes, 35mm)
2021
CONVICTION (Four-Channel Video Installation)
Devil’s Peak (Six-Channel Video Installation)
2020
Happy Valley (12 Minutes, 16mm)
- force - (9 Minutes, 16mm & AE to 2K, Co-Directed by Jennie Marytai Liu)
2019
Signal 8 (14 Minutes, 16mm)
E-Ticket (13 Minutes, DCP)
2018
Fallen Arches (10 Minutes, 35mm)
Star Ferry (8 Minutes, 35mm)
2017
Highview (22 Minutes, Quadruple 16mm Projection)
2016
Cluster Click City Sundays (18 Minutes, Triple 16mm Projection)
Sneyd Green (11 Minutes, 16mm)
2015
Harbour City (14 Minutes, Dual 16mm Projection)
Shuffle Cove (9 Minutes, 16mm)
2014
Donkey Riding (7 Minutes, 16mm)
Afternoon In (3 Minutes, 16mm)
2012
Ditchwork (24 Minutes, HD/16mm/Super8)
2008
Flyer Boy (11 Minutes, 16mm)
Miscellaneous Film & Documentary Credits (2010 - 2018)
Annunciation (2014) :: dir. Ben Hozie, 88 Min. — Cinematographer & Editor
Through A Lens Darkly (2014) :: dir. Thomas Allen Harris, 92 Min. — Assistant Editor
The Pleasures of Being Out of Step (2013) :: dir. David Lewis, 87 min. — Assistant Editor
Slavery By Another Name (2012) :: dir. Samuel D. Pollard, 90 min. — Associate Editor
CHOICES w/ Terence Blanchard (2012) :: dir. Samuel D. Pollard, 63 min. — Editor & Post-Production Producer
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion (2010) :: dir. Thomas Allen Harris, Multi-Episode Web Series — Assistant Editor
Education
2010 BFA, Film & Television Production NYU: Tisch School of the Arts