Art Art Short Films

BOOKANIMA, a compound word of ‘Book’ and ‘Anima’, is Experimental Animation to give new cinematic life to book. It aims to create ‘Book Cinema’ in the third scope between Book and Cinema by Chronophotography Animation, paying homage for Edward Muybridge and Entienne-Jules Marey.BOOKANIMA experiments Chronophotography Animation about Andy Warhol.

“A nonresidential Japanese family lives in central Asia Kyrgyzstan. They plan a trip to Tokyo for the Olympics 2020. While the little girl Ayami is very excited about her first trip to the Japanese city, their plan gets shattered due to the covid lockdown. Ayami's parents try to convince her and make her understand the pandemic situation and the reality of life.”

A girl returns to Malaysia after her grandma’s death. The film explores their bond, the biculturalism of immigration, and the cultural rituals that can help heal grief and the loss of separation.

We get a glimspe of a tattoo artist's life as he talks about what got him started into the tattooing industry and the challenges he has faced to get to where he is confidently standing now.

Follow Joanna who is one of Singapore's last few experienced opera performers, where she will share with us her life in Cantonese Opera.

As a set designer, Phoebe creates universes that stem from seedlings of inspiration in her head. In this episode, she explains how stories can be brought to life using art and design.

When your thoughts pile up, they need to go somewhere. Weims explores the value of drawing as a way to express her innermost feelings.

Art does not have to be on a wall to be admired. Van explores the versatility of her craft as fashion pieces and collaborations.

It was pen to paper, but now it’s pen to iPad. When the medium ceases to matter, artists are able to explore and push the boundaries of creativity. Hafi reflects on how her art has grown, and how she uses it to strengthen her identity as a woman.

She painted with materials from her own life. Now, she brings these materials to life. Wei Li takes us into her vignette of her artistic craft.

Due to the rise of technology, movable type has completely replaced by digital printing system. Meet Yao Yu, a designer who has been collecting physical types and printing machines since 2013, and now his printing studio TypesettingSG has become the last and only studio in Singapore that is still providing traditional letterpress printing service.

The Wall (Ang Pader) focuses on a painter who goes about his daily job. However, he begins to notice a message being unveiled to him through the wall he’s supposed to clean up.