Cartoons Underground 2019
CU19: Awards
LOVE! Thank you everyone for joining us at CU19 at Kult Yard last Saturday, Nov 9! We received a full house and screened 3 programmes over the evening that include 19 short animation films. Our Jury team: Sonny Liew, Enge Xue, Davide Benvenuti, Raudha Zulkiffli and Chris Shaw had a great discussion on the awards in…
Read MoreFilmmaker Interview – Ji Hee Nam’s “Knife Hanging From A Tree” Explores an Exacerbating Case of Sour Grapes
Ji Hee Nam is an animator/ motion graphics designer from South Korea, currently based in L.A. Knife Hanging From A Tree is a film by her which explores the theme of sour grapes. She is inspired by humour from her daily life and finds dark humour very intriguing. One of the key features of her films…
Read MoreFilmmaker Interview – Jamie Goh’s ‘To Be Apart’ Explores the Innate Desire to Fit in
Jamie Goh, is an artist based in Singapore who has recently graduated from LASALLE College Of The Arts. To Be Apart, is the final year film she worked with her team mates Jeraldine Ong and Zheng Ying Jie at LASALLE. They share the common passion of wanting to tell stories that would be relatable to…
Read MoreCartoons Underground 2019 Tickets
Get Your Tickets Here! Cartoons Underground in partnership with Sideshow celebrates its 8th year with a new set of awards for the best animation from the region and the world. Celebrating our 8th year, 19 works have been selected from 1,416 entries submitted from 80 different countries and will be competing for the Golden Durian Awards featuring…
Read MoreFilmmaker Interview – Experience Old Hong Kong With Esther Cheung’s In Passing
Esther Cheung is an artist who is based in Toronto and is a recent Sheridan College graduate. In Passing is a film that she worked on during her final year there, it portrays 70s Hong Kong through the eyes of her parents. With a strong liking and appreciation for Art and Cinema, she finds Animation…
Read MoreCU19: Film Selection
Cartoons Underground is happening on 9th November, 6PM at Kult Yard! Get Your Tickets Here! This year, 19 works are selected from 1,416 entries submitted from 80 different countries. Out of these 19 films, 6 student films coming from LASALLE College of the Arts and Nanyang Technological University, will compete for the ‘Best Singapore Student…
Read MoreCU19: Thank you for your submissions!
See the film selection of CU19 here! We received a total of 1,416 entries for our 8th annual Cartoons Underground in Singapore. The selection process has started and the official film selection will be announced in August 2019. Selected films will be presented in 2 sections: International Competition and Singapore Student Animation. There will also…
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