The Gate
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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A Provincial Hospital
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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Eat Your Catfish
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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Descent
Composer | Sound designer | Re-recording mixer
2021; Phantom Films (Malaysia); Fiction; 16 mins; Malay, English
Love and adulation has long turned into bitter frustration for the struggling and ageing musician Mark. Pandemic plunges his city into lockdown leaving him adrift and delirious. Desperately searching for new inspiration, will he succeed and rediscover his sense of purpose, or is he simply driving recklessly toward the abyss?
Directed by Damian Antochewicz.
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Rhino
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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Invisible to the Eye
Sound designer
2020; (Turkey); Documentary; 85 mins; Turkish
Inspired by Eremya Çelebi Kömürciyan's book “History of Istanbul: Istanbul in the Seventeenth Century”, Invisible to the Eye traces this particular itinerary in contemporary Istanbul and opens up an endless path into the multifaceted visual history of this long-standing city.
Directed by Zeynep Dadak.
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Cheongsam: Lost & Found
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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Doolittle Raiders: A China Story
Music | Composer
2017; UK & China; Documentary; 10 mins; Mandarin & English
Original music for a short documentary about the story of the legendary US WWII pilots told by their children and Chinese eye-witnesses.
Directed by Melinda Liu & Tian Macleod Ji.
Official selection at the Imperial War Museum Short Film Festival (UK, 2018)
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Prayer for Peace
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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A Portrait of Linva
Director | Editor | Composer
2016; Hong Kong; Documentary; 7 mins; Cantonese
My second 'Portrait of Hong Kong' is about Linva Tailors in Central in which essentially we consider the question: what of our urban fabric?
Directed by Tian Macleod Ji & Adrian Lo.
Winner of 'Outstanding Micro Film' at the Golden Flower Awards (Hong Kong, 2016)
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A Way of Life
Director | Editor | Composer
2015; Wake Artisans (Japan, UK, Hong Kong); Documentary; 10 mins; Japanese
Kasama & Mashiko are two regions in Japan that produce some of the most unique and sought-after handmade pottery in the world. The potters who create these magnificent works spend decades refining their craft - throwing, moulding, glazing and firing - in the rural countryside. A Way of Life is a short documentary about the skill and passion of eleven such potters, revealing not only their sources of inspiration and determination, but also discovering what exactly pottery means to them.
Directed by Adrian Lo & Tian Macleod Ji.
Winner at the London Lift-Off Film Festival (UK, 2015); Official selections at Fine Arts Film Festival (Venice, CA, 2016), FoodCine.ma (Singapore, 2016), A Design Film Festival (Singapore, 2016), APIFA (Jakarta, 2016), MADE London (UK, 2016)
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A Portrait of Sun Wah Kee
Director | Editor | Composer
2015; Hong Kong; Documentary; 5 mins; Cantonese
My first documentary short about Sun Wah Kee - my local Cantonese restaurant - in which we explore ideas about food, sustainability, and urban gentrification.
Directed by Tian Macleod Ji & Adrian Lo.
First Prize at Milan Expo (Italy, 2015)
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