Posts in Film
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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Sound, Sound design, FilmAdrian Lo
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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Sound design, Sound, FilmAdrian Lo
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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Film, MusicAdrian Lo
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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