Presentations, Showcases, Awards

  • 2023 Invited Speaker NUS Art Fest

    Invited speaker/panelist and workshop leader at “Frames Of Mind - Making Movies that Matter – What Matters?” on cinematic storytelling as a tool for empathy and diversity.

  • 2023 Invited Speaker & Judge, NUS/Hwa Chong

    Invited speaker for masterclass on photography storytelling (emphasis smartphone) for students as well as photography competition judge at the Hwa Chong Institution Singapore, in addition to a masterclas lecture on digital art practice.

  • 2022. Asia TV Forum SG Pavilion

    Representative for Biome Entertainment
    at the Asia TV Forum under IMDA’s Singapore pavilion
    Representing feature films: CABIN, CONCEIVABLE, DON’T CRY

  • 2021. Invited Spotlight Project, Ventana Sur

    CONCEIVABLE, feature film.
    Producer: Chan Gin Kai
    Writer-directoir, co-producer: Sarah-Tabea Sammel
    Selected and invited project for the Blood Window Lab Spotlight of the Ventana Sur project market, Argentinia.

  • 2021. Official Selection BIFAN NAFF

    CONCEIVABLE, feature film.
    Producer: Chan Gin Kai
    Writer-director, co-producer: Sarah-Tabea Sammel
    Official selection of the 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Project Market, BIFAN NAFF.

  • 2021. Commission, Esplanade Singapore

    Children’s art installation, OUR WONDERLAND.
    An inter-disciplinary, experiential exploration of environment, co-existence, and emotional development through a short film, drawing prompts, and live storytelling workshops.
    Commissioned by Esplanade - Theatres On The Bay for the Playbox, 4-19 DEC 2021.

  • 2021. Exhibition, Singapore Botanic Gardens

    Solo exhibition, THE TREE PROJECT.
    Photography series with 34 exhibits.
    The People’s Gallery, Singapore Botanic Gardens, UNESCO World Heritage sight. October 2021.

    “The Tree Project”

  • 2020. Fujifilm Equipment Sponsorship

    Fujifilm Singapore equipment sponsorship.
    Photography - Documentary / Fine Art

    "The Tree Project"

  • 2020. Invited Panelist, ArtScience Museum

    Invited panelist to “Listening to the Rainbow” by the ArtScience Museum, Singapore.
    Art and community engagement expertise through “kino kino” and inclusivity / LGBTQI+ social capacity building.

  • 2019. Best Short Documentary Award

    New Earth International Film Festival. Best Documentary Short.
    Post-Producer, Story editor, Editor

    "Disappearing Souls"

  • 2019. Invited Speaker, Digital Literacy, SMU/KAS

    Invited speaker for “Constituting Digital Literay Workshop” by the Singapore Management University, Law, and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung.

  • 2018. Learn SG Seed Fund

    Lifelong Learning Seed Fund Award under Learn SG program. Founder of in-house inclusive community and education storytelling program for Alien&Turtle Studio.

    "kino kino"

  • 2018. Most Engaging Video, 360 Award

    Mumbrella Asia, Most Engaging Video, 360 - VR
    Award. Series Producer, Story Editor for Discovery Channel SEA. Ad-sales childrens’ VR series with Nideo Nestlé.

  • 2018. Invited Speaker, ARI, NUS

    Invited speaker to present original workshop discussion paper for “Writing the Internet” by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.

    “Command + Shift + 4: A Screenshot of Online Performativity”

  • 2016. Speaker, Society of Animation Studies

    Official speaker selection to present original research paper on animation studies at the annual conference of the SAS.

    “Drawn To Sound: Song Sequences in Disney Feature FIlms”

  • 2015. Canon Equipment Sponsorship

    Canon Germany equipment sponsorship for one year.

  • 2013. Research Scholarship

    Erasmus Mundus MULTI Scholarship for MA resesarch semester at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Research on animation theory and film studies.