Play, Make, Break: Alternative Voices In Animation
Join us for a screening followed by panel discussion on the trials and tribulations of women, trans, and non-binary filmmakers working in animation.
This panel is part of Objectifs’ biennial Women in Film and Photography showcase.
Screening followed by a Q&A
Rating: TBC
Objectifs Workshop Space
Free admission
12/11/2025, 7.30pm – 9pm
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I Think I’m Going to Die by Ning Xuan Tan / 2024 / 05:10 min / Singapore
A young girl finds her body afflicted by a mysterious condition. Panicked, she races through different worlds searching for a diagnosis.
This mixed media stop motion film moves between the mediums of sand, paper, collage, puppet, and clay.
Go Inside by Annie Hung and Joanne Poh / 2022 / 01:55 min / Singapore
Two lovers are making out but one of them accidentally swallows the other.
The Southwest Bird Show by Lolita Chiong / 2019 / 04:09 min / Singapore
Bird researcher Alan Mallard travels to the Sonoran Desert to film a lovebird documentary.
Acid Green by EXYL / 2023 / 08:25 min / Singapore
A person brushes the teeth of a dog and turns into a bus.
About the Speakers
Annie Hung (she/they) is an artist and filmmaker from Singapore whose practice explores the tender complexities of emotion. They reimagine memories through comedic animated creatures and objects, while also revealing overlooked moments of joy within discomfort. Their work often celebrates queer love, self-identity, and the collective joy of community.
EXYL is a filmmaker and animator born and raised in Singapore. They were trained in painting and drawing, but moved slowly but surely into time based mediums like live action and animation. They graduated with a BFA with honors in Film/Animation/Video from Rhode Island School of Design.
Their films have shown in internationally acclaimed festivals like Slamdance, Ann Arbor, Singapore International Film Festival, London Short Film Festival, Encounters, San Diego Underground, Linoleum and more. They were awarded the Terri Schwartz Asian Film Award at Ann Arbor and Best Animation at National Youth Film Awards Singapore. They will be attending fellowships and residencies at Ox-Bow School of Art, I-Park Connecticut and Dirt Palace in the coming year.
Lolita Chiong is a bird lover. She has big heart and heart eyes.
Ning Xuan Tan is a writer, director and editor from Singapore who graduated from Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design, and Media. Her love for unique, mixed-media experimentation inspires her work. I Think I’m Going to Die is her thesis film which she completed with Meghan Poh and Audrey Yong.