Work — Adrian Lo

Sound designer/ Supervising sound editor

2023; Rohfilm/ ZDF (Germany); Drama; 100 mins; German

Ein Mord aus dem Nichts, und das bisherige Leben ist von einer Sekunde auf die andere vorbei. Das intensive Drama versucht Licht in eine unfassbare Tat zu bringen und führt durch ein Dickicht aus Mutmaßungen und Unterstellungen.

Directed by Kanwal Sethi.

World premiere at Filmfest Hamburg (2023).

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Sound design, Sound

Re-recording mixing, Sound design, Sound

Until the Sun Dies

Re-recording mixing, Sound design, Sound

Sound design & Re-recording mixer

2023; Urua Films & K13 Studios (Germany); Documentary; Spanish

“Until the Sun Dies” tells the condition of a whole country: the beauty of life and resistance falling in a heartbeat into death and destruction. In their search for peace and justice, two important social leaders of Colombia find themselves trapped in an endless tension between violence and hope.

Directed by Jonas Brander.

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Re-recording mixing, Sound design, Sound

Sound design, Sound, Film, Documentary

The Gate

Sound design, Sound, Film, Documentary

Sound designer

2023; Ma.ja.de/ ZDF & 3SAT (Germany); Documentary; 90 mins; English

In the middle of the barren Utah desert is the Dugway Proving Grounds, a top-secret military testing facility. Bound to this place are the lives of a soldier, a military chaplain, a father searching for his missing son, and a survivor of the atomic bomb. Their fates and fortunes reveal a country scarred by war.

Directed by Jasmin Herold & Michael Beamish.

World premiere at DOK Leipzig (2023).

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Sound design, Sound, Film, Documentary

Re-recording mixing, Sound, Documentary, Film

A Provincial Hospital

Re-recording mixing, Sound, Documentary, Film

Re-recording mixer

2022; Agitprop, Chaconne Films, Sutor Kolonko (Bulgaria, Germany); Documentary; 105 mins; Bulgarian

A provincial hospital in Bulgaria, COVID ward. A skilfully constructed survey of the bleak goings-on in an underfunded facility where, even when looking death in the face, people still manage to find their sense of humour.

Directed by Ilian Metev, Ivan Chertov, Zlatina Teneva

World premiere at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2022)

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Re-recording mixing, Sound, Documentary, Film

Sound, Sound design, Re-recording mixing, Documentary, Film

Eat Your Catfish

Sound, Sound design, Re-recording mixing, Documentary, Film

Sound designer | Re-recording mixer

2021; Zela Film (United States, Spain, Turkey); Documentary; 74 mins; English

Kathryn’s ALS has left her paralyzed and her family’s relations in tatters, but she holds on to see her daughter’s wedding. With humor and extraordinary intimacy, this film probes the breakdown of a family’s bonds and of a woman’s will to live.

Co-directed and co-produced by Adam Isenberg, Noah Amir Arjomand, and Senem Tüzen.

World premiere at IDFA, Envision Competition (The Netherlands, 2021); Winner of Best Documentary at Istanbul Film Festival (2022)

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Sound, Sound design, Re-recording mixing, Documentary, Film

Sound, Sound design, Film

Rhino

Sound, Sound design, Film

Sound designer

2021; (Ukraine, Poland, Germany); Drama; 101 mins; Ukrainian, Russian

Starting out as an aggressive delinquent, a young man nicknamed “Rhino” quickly works his way up the criminal hierarchy in 1990’s Ukraine. Rhino has only known power and cruelty, but with nothing left to lose, could he finally find a chance at redemption?

Directed by Oleh Sentsov.

World premiere at Venice International Film Festival (2021)

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Sound, Sound design, Film

Music

Anaesthesia

Music

Music | Single | Video | Remixes

Written, performed & produced by Adrian Lo.

Music video by Tian Macleod Ji, Nick Whitworth, & Adrian Lo.

Released on 30 June 2020 via SEEAHOLE on digital platforms.

Remixes by Andreas Vorwerk and Sadaharu Fukuoka.

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Music

Writer, Director, Producer

Living Heritage

Writer, Director, Producer

Writer | Director | Producer

2020; Hong Kong; Documentary; 25 mins; ( +160 mins of Masterclass material); Cantonese

Three portraits of vanishing traditional Chinese handicrafts in Hong Kong: Paper crafting; Cheongsam making; and Paper cutting. ‘Living Heritage’ details the struggles in which traditional crafts attempt to remain both authentic and relevant at the same time.

Commissioned by the Jockey Club ICH+ Program. Executive produced by Hong Kong Arts Centre.

Official selection at Ortigia Film Festival (Italy, 2020); On Art Film Festival (Poland, 2020); CortiSonanti Short Film Festival (Itlay, 2020)

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Writer, Director, Producer

Director, Writer, Music, Film, Documentary

Cheongsam: Lost & Found

Director, Writer, Music, Film, Documentary

Writer | Director | Editor | Composer

2017; Hong Kong Arts Centre (Hong Kong); Documentary; 30 mins; Cantonese

Seven stories about the contemporary cheongsam. A half-hour documentary commissioned by Hong Kong Arts Centre for their special exhibition on the iconic Chinese cheongsam.

Screened at Hong Kong International Airport 2017-2019.

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Director, Writer, Music, Film, Documentary

Director, Documentary, Film, Music, Producer, Writer

Prayer for Peace

Director, Documentary, Film, Music, Producer, Writer

Writer | Director | Editor | Composer

2017; Hong Kong; Documentary; 15 mins; (+21 hours exclusive archive); Cantonese

Once every 10 years, these villagers from the outskirts of metropolitan Hong Kong gather for five days of traditional Taoist rituals called Prayer for Peace. Operas, martial arts, bonfire offerings - why do they insist on keeping these traditions?

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Director, Documentary, Film, Music, Producer, Writer