Wei Keong Tan

Tan Wei Keong was born in Singapore in 1984. His animations explore his identity through personal storytelling and fantasy worlds. He often combines photography, frame-by-frame drawings and photocopies, forming the visual world of his animated films. His most recent film, Kingdom, has been selected to compete at the Berlin International Film Festival 2019 and was also the opening short film at Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) 2018. His previous film, Between Us Two, received the Best Singapore Short Film award at SGIFF 2017 and the Grand Jury Prize Documentary Short at Outfest Los Angeles 2018. His films have been selected at many prestigious film festivals worldwide, including those at Annecy, Zagreb, Edinburgh, Toronto, Stuttgart and London.