Works

White stillShort film


White, 2'05"
Stop-motion animation

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Hush Baby stillShort film


Hush Baby, 3'40"
Hand-drawn, pixilation

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Synopsis

The Team

A man, dissatisfied with a white cube for a head, decides to give it up immediately for a fanciful one in the name of self-improvement, only to find himself unwillingly dealing with the consequence.

Director/ Producer
Editor
Sound Designer
Supervisor

Animation

Tan Wei Keong
Tan Wei Keong
Loo Zihan
Eileen Reynolds

Tan Wei Keong

Screenings and Awards

Film Stills

Asian Connection Film Festival
Official Selection, Lyon (France)
3 – 10 Nov ‘10

Children’s Season at Singapore Art Museum 8Q
Exhibition, Singapore
14 May – 18 Jul ‘10

BALINALE International Film Festival
Official Selection, Bali (Indonesia)
20 – 25 Oct ‘09

11th TBS Digicon6, Singapore Regional Award
Singapore Showcase as part of Animation Nation, Singapore
Prize of Effort
10 Oct ‘09

Short Circuit 2009
creative [SIN]ergy event, London (UK)
3 Jul ‘09

Singapore Animated
Singapore Creative Network UK event, London (UK)
25 Oct ‘08

Phoenix Awards
The Asia Film, Video and Digital Media Awards, Singapore
Best Animated Film by a Student
11 Sep ‘08

Animex International Festival of Animation & Computer Games
Animex Awards, Middlesbrough (UK)
4 – 8 Feb ‘08

Portable Film Festival
South-East Asian Cinema
10 Dec ‘07

Animation Nation 2007
International Shorts & Singapore Showcase, Singapore
23 Nov – 1 Dec ‘07

PROJECT: slingSHORT
Singapore Creative Network UK event, London (UK)
25 Nov ‘07

Encounters Short Film Festival
Emerging Talent & Singapore Showcase, Bristol (UK)
21 – 25 Nov ‘07

Singapore Season China 2007
Official Selection, Beijing (China)
11 – 15 Oct ‘07

Fresh Film Fest International Student Film Festival
Panorama Official Selection, Prague (Czech Republic)
22 – 26 Aug ‘07

Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
Singapore Best Shorts, Yogyakarta (Indonesia)
29 Jul – 2 Aug ‘07

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia
Asia International, Tokyo (Japan)
25 Jun – 1 Jul ‘07

Commonalities: 10th Anniversary Racial Harmony
The Arts House, Singapore
27 May ‘07

20th Singapore International Film Festival
Silver Screen Awards, Singapore
Special Achievement Award
18 – 30 Apr ‘07

Synopsis

The Team

A curious baby is protected from an environment of temptation.

Director/ Producer
Editor
Sound Designer
Pixilation

Animation

Colouring

Tan Wei Keong
Tan Wei Keong
Vanessa Seow
Loo Zihan

Tan Wei Keong

Henry Zhuang
Harry Zhuang

Screenings and Awards

Film Stills

Hong Kong International Mobile Film Awards
In Competition, Hong Kong
Best Animation Gold
20 – 23 Mar ‘12

Very Short International Film Festival
In Competition, Singapore
Originality Award
06 – 08 May ‘11

Animatricks Animation Festival
Official Selection, Helsinki (Finland)
14 – 17 Oct ‘10

KROK International Animated Film Festival
In Competition, Ukraine
18 – 27 Sept ‘10

ReAnimania International Animation Film Festival
In Competition, Yerevan (Armenia)
09 – 13 Sept ‘10

Children’s Season at Singapore Art Museum 8Q
Exhibition, Singapore
14 May – 18 Jul ‘10

Anifest 2010
In Competition, Teplice (Czech Republic)
18 – 23 May ‘10

17th Internationale Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart
In Competition, Stuttgart (Germany)
04 – 09 May ‘10

Animex 2010
In Competition, Middlesbrough (UK)
08 – 12 Feb ‘10

Singapore Short Film Awards
In Competition, Singapore
Best Animation
30 Jan ‘10

BALINALE International Film Festival
Official Selection, Bali (Indonesia)
20 – 25 Oct ‘09

The Kaleidoscope, Asian Cultural Collaboration Forum
Asian Animation, Hong Kong
4, 10, 17 Oct ‘09

11th TBS Digicon6, Singapore Regional Award
Singapore Showcase as part of Animation Nation, Singapore
Second Prize
10 Oct ‘09

5th Singapore Short Film Festival
Animated Shorts (In Competition), Singapore
Voice Award Singapore
17 Sep ‘09

Vancouver Singapore Film Festival
Official Selection, Vancouver (Canada)
05 Sep ‘09

6th Singapore Short Cuts
Official Selection, Singapore
22 Aug ‘09

5th IndPanda International Short Film Festival
Official Selection, Hong Kong
31 Jul – 19 Aug ‘09

2nd San Joaquin International Film Festival
Official Selection, California (USA)
14 – 23 May ‘09

22nd Singapore International Film Festival
Silver Screen Awards, Singapore
Special Mention
14 – 25 Apr ‘09

About me

Wei Keong’s animated short films White and Hush Baby were awarded Special Achievement and Special Mention respectively at the Singapore International Film Festival. As an animator in Tokyo, he worked on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed 2 (In-Game Cinematic) and Transformers Prime (Animated Television Series) at Polygon Pictures Inc.

Granted Media Education Scholarship by Media Development Authority of Singapore, he has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Animation from Nanyang Technological University.

He is Chair of Student Volunteer Program for SIGGRAPH Asia 2010 and was part of the committee for previous conferences.

Curriculum Vitae

Art Portfolio

Sketches

Contact

Tan Wei Keong
tanweikeong@gmail.com

Sales and distribution
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+65 62939782
info@objectifs.com.sg