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Filmmaker 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 MoreHave a chat with the poster designer for CU 2018 – Ben Tan!
Ben Tan, the poster designer for Cartoons Underground 2018 Name: Ben Tan Where do you live: Singapore 1. Tell us more about how you got started as an artist? I think this is a rather premature question because I’m not really an artist, or at least not yet- I’m only 19. But I…
Read MoreAn Interview With Tiffany Lim
Title: Artist Interview: Tiffany Lim Writer: Matthew Bates Date: Monday, 2nd July 2018 _________________________________________________________________________ Introduction In order to learn more about Singapore’s budding talent, Cartoons Underground dives behind the scenes with Tiffany Lim, an artist who has garnered an impressive resume at the age of 24. Having worked with several notable organizations in Southeast Asia,…
Read MoreInterview with Actor & Voice Over Artist Michael Bates
Michael Bates is a seasoned actor and voiceover artist from Dublin, Ireland, with a wide range of experience on stage and screen spanning over twenty-five years.
Read MoreAward-winning films on display at CU 2017! [Part 1]
Did you know that this year’s selection at Cartoons Underground is full of award-winning films that have made waves at prestigious film festivals all around the world? Today we feature a few of these films that will make your eyes pop, your jaws drop and your heart skip a beat or two! Poles Apart directed by…
Read MoreBreaking Barriers for Women in Film and Animation
Our very own Festival Director, Vicky Chen, was part of an expert panel discussing about Breaking Barriers for Women in Film and Animation! SheSays Singapore hosts a discussion on women in film Women make up 51% of the world population, and buy more than half of cinema tickets, yet there are a disproportionately low number of…
Read MoreAn Evening with Raul Garcia : Making Animation my Business
Do not miss this rare opportunity to learn from one of the best in the animation business! 27th APRIL 2017 6:20PM – 8:30PM LASALLE College of the Arts & NTUC present an evening with Raúl Garcia Raúl Garcia was previously a Senior Animator at Walt Disney and his movie credits including The Lion King, Aladdin,…
Read MoreAn Invitation to the Singapore Premiere of “Extraordinary Tales”, directed by Raul Garcia!
“Extraordinary Tales” is an animated anthology of 5 stories adapted from Edgar Allan Poe and includes the voice talents of Sir Christopher Lee, Bela Lugosi, Julian Sands and Guillermo Del Toro. Raul Garcia was previously a Senior Animator at Walt Disney and his movie credits including The Lion King, Aladdin, Tarzan, Who Framed Roger Rabbit,…
Read MoreEpic Sketchbook: Enricho Casarosa
Enrico Casarosa. Big fan, especially of his girls. I bought his sketchbook Fragments years ago (he published with Ronnie del Carmen, another genius), and it remains one of my favorites. I was lucky enough to be in Monkeysuit anthology so long ago with him, this was the closest brush with the master i got! Patrick…
Read MoreThank You 2016
2016 was a great year for Cartoons Underground (though sadly not so great for the rest of the world) We saw the biggest festival for Cartoons Underground in 2016, our fifth annual edition, with 600 attendees, 8 screenings, five local films, one awesome looking poster by Jia, and are looking to expand further this year, more…
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