Presentations, Showcases, Awards
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2023 Invited Speaker NUS Art Fest
Invited speaker/panelist and workshop leader at “Frames Of Mind - Making Movies that Matter – What Matters?” on cinematic storytelling as a tool for empathy and diversity.
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2023 Invited Speaker & Judge, NUS/Hwa Chong
Invited speaker for masterclass on photography storytelling (emphasis smartphone) for students as well as photography competition judge at the Hwa Chong Institution Singapore, in addition to a masterclas lecture on digital art practice.
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2022. Asia TV Forum SG Pavilion
Representative for Biome Entertainment
at the Asia TV Forum under IMDA’s Singapore pavilion
Representing feature films: CABIN, CONCEIVABLE, DON’T CRY -
2021. Invited Spotlight Project, Ventana Sur
CONCEIVABLE, feature film.
Producer: Chan Gin Kai
Writer-directoir, co-producer: Sarah-Tabea Sammel
Selected and invited project for the Blood Window Lab Spotlight of the Ventana Sur project market, Argentinia. -
2021. Official Selection BIFAN NAFF
CONCEIVABLE, feature film.
Producer: Chan Gin Kai
Writer-director, co-producer: Sarah-Tabea Sammel
Official selection of the 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Project Market, BIFAN NAFF. -
2021. Commission, Esplanade Singapore
Children’s art installation, OUR WONDERLAND.
An inter-disciplinary, experiential exploration of environment, co-existence, and emotional development through a short film, drawing prompts, and live storytelling workshops.
Commissioned by Esplanade - Theatres On The Bay for the Playbox, 4-19 DEC 2021. -
2021. Exhibition, Singapore Botanic Gardens
Solo exhibition, THE TREE PROJECT.
Photography series with 34 exhibits.
The People’s Gallery, Singapore Botanic Gardens, UNESCO World Heritage sight. October 2021. -
2020. Fujifilm Equipment Sponsorship
Fujifilm Singapore equipment sponsorship.
Photography - Documentary / Fine Art
"The Tree Project" -
2020. Invited Panelist, ArtScience Museum
Invited panelist to “Listening to the Rainbow” by the ArtScience Museum, Singapore.
Art and community engagement expertise through “kino kino” and inclusivity / LGBTQI+ social capacity building. -
2019. Best Short Documentary Award
New Earth International Film Festival. Best Documentary Short.
Post-Producer, Story editor, Editor
"Disappearing Souls" -
2019. Invited Speaker, Digital Literacy, SMU/KAS
Invited speaker for “Constituting Digital Literay Workshop” by the Singapore Management University, Law, and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.
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2018. Learn SG Seed Fund
Lifelong Learning Seed Fund Award under Learn SG program. Founder of in-house inclusive community and education storytelling program for Alien&Turtle Studio.
"kino kino" -
2018. Most Engaging Video, 360 Award
Mumbrella Asia, Most Engaging Video, 360 - VR
Award. Series Producer, Story Editor for Discovery Channel SEA. Ad-sales childrens’ VR series with Nideo Nestlé. -
2018. Invited Speaker, ARI, NUS
Invited speaker to present original workshop discussion paper for “Writing the Internet” by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.
“Command + Shift + 4: A Screenshot of Online Performativity”
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2016. Speaker, Society of Animation Studies
Official speaker selection to present original research paper on animation studies at the annual conference of the SAS.
“Drawn To Sound: Song Sequences in Disney Feature FIlms”
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2015. Canon Equipment Sponsorship
Canon Germany equipment sponsorship for one year.
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2013. Research Scholarship
Erasmus Mundus MULTI Scholarship for MA resesarch semester at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Research on animation theory and film studies.