Plasticnic
(May 2018) -written, narrated, and produced by Fiona Tinwei Lam, animated by Tisha Deb Pillai, sound design by Tinjun Niu; co-directed by Fiona and Tisha)
Screenings: Athens 7th International Video Poetry Festival (2018); Trenton Film Festival 2019; REELpoetry HoustonTX (2019), Newlyn International Short Film Festival UK (2019), All Together Now Festival (Michigan, 2019), Poetry+Video (Australia 2019), The Wrong Biennale of Digital Art and Culture, Inside Out Literary Arts: City Wide Poets program (Detroit 2019), Overmountain Animation Festival (Tennessee 2019), Ó Bhéal 7th International Poetry Film Festival (Ireland, 2019), Ó Bhéal Winter Warmer Festival, Ireland, 2019), The Athens 8th International Video Poetry Festival (2019: Poetry+Video reel); Los Angeles Animation Festival 2019; The Word National Center for the Written Word, UK 2020 (Poetry+Video reel); Lyra Festival 2020 (Bristol, UK screening of poetry films on Climate and the Environment); Cadence Video Poetry Festival 2020 (Online)
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Plasticpoems
(March 2019) – written, directed and produced by Fiona Tinwei Lam with animation by Nhat Truong, sound design by Tinjun Niu)
Screenings: Cadence Video Poetry Festival (2019), Cascadia Poetry Festival (2019 in Anacortes, WA), Experimental Film & Music Video Festival (2019) in Toronto, Art in Nature Festival (Seattle 2019), REELpoetry Houston (Houston, 2020) WINNER, JUDGES’ AWARD, BEST POETRY VIDEO
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Drunken Laundry Day with Charles Bukowski
(June 2016) – poem written and narrated by Henry Doyle, produced and directed by Fiona Tinwei Lam with team of Kristen Campbell (lead animator) and Sitji Chou and Carolina Gonzales (animators), Analee Weinberger (videographer), and Tinjun Niu (sound design)
Screenings: Slideluck III Hong Kong (2016); DOXA 2017 (Vancouver); Northwest Animation Festival 2017 (Portland); Ani’mest Festival 2017 (Bucharest); Film & Video Symposium of Video Poetry 2018 (Los Angeles); Zebra Poetry Film Festival (Muenster) 2018; Heart of the City Festival (Vancouver) 2018; So Limitless & Free Festival (Montreal) 2018 BEST NEW ART FORM FILM WINNER; Newlyn International Short Film Festival (Cornwall, England, 2019), Film and Video Poetry Symposium 2019 (Moscow, Russia)
Omelet
(2012) – written, narrated and produced by Fiona Tinwei Lam, with animation by Toni Zhang with Claire Stewart, sound design by Tinjun Niu)
Screenings: Visible Verse 2012 (Vancouver), International Poetry Film Festival 2013 (Athens), Zebra International Poetry Film Festival 2014 (Berlin), Interfilm Poetry Film Festival 2014 (Berlin), Sadho Poetry Film Festival 2015 (Delhi), Cadence Video Poem Festival 2018 (Seattle)
Aquarium
(2011) Written, narrated and produced by Fiona Tinwei Lam, with animation by Chelsea Ker and sound design by Tinjun Niu)
Screenings: Video Bardo Festival 2012 (Buenos Aires), Co-Kisser Festival 2013 (Minneapolis) BEST IN CATEGORY PRIZE (Relationships), International Poetry Film Festival 2013 (Athens), Sadho Poetry Film Festival 2015 (Delhi), Arts in Nature Festival Aug 25-26, 2018 (Seattle)
Chrysanthemum
Screenings: Visible Verse 2009 (Vancouver), International Poetry Film Festival 2013 (Athens)
SCREENINGS AND FESTIVALS
- Visible Verse Video-Poem Festival in Vancouver (“Chrysanthemum” 2009, “Omelet” 2012)
- VideoBardo Festival in Buenos Aires (“Aquarium” 2012)
- Co-Kisser Poetry Film Festival in Minneapolis (“Aquarium” 2013) CO-WINNER, BEST IN CATEGORY PRIZE (Relationships)
- International Poetry Film Festival in Athens (“Chrysanthemum”, “Aquarium” and “Omelet” Dec 14/13)
- Zebra Poetry Film Festival in Berlin, held biannually (“Omelet” Oct 17/14)
- Berlin’s Interfilm Short Film Festival (“Omelet” Nov 12-15/14 as part of “The Best of the Zebra Poetry Film Festival”)
- Sadho Poetry Film Festival, in Delhi (“Aquarium” and “Omelet” Nov 14-15/15 )
- Short to the Point Official Selection, Romania (“Drunken Laundry Day”, Oct/16)
- Slideluck Hong Kong III Screening (“Drunken Laundry Day” at The White Loft, Hong Kong, 11 Nov/16)
- DOXA documentary film festival (“Drunken Laundry Day” at SFU Woodwards, Vancouver, May 6/17)
- Northwest Animation Festival (“Drunken Laundry Day” at the Hollywood Theatre, Portland, May14/17)
- Anim’est Animation Festival (“Drunken Laundry Day” in Bucharest, Romania, Sept 29-Oct 8/17)
- Film and Video Poetry Symposium (“Drunken Laundry Day” Boston Court Performing Arts Centre in Pasadena, CA, April 29/18)
- Cadence Video Poetry Festival (“Omelet” in Seattle, April 26/18)
- Arts in Nature Festival (“Aquarium”, Camp Long, West Seattle, Aug 25-26/18)
- Zebra Poetry Film Festival (“Drunken Laundry Day” in Muenster, Germany on Sept 27-30/18)
- Vancouver International Writers’ Festival, (“Aquarium”, “Omelet”, “Plasticnic”, Oct 18/18)
- Heart of the City Festival (“Drunken Laundry Day” DTES Front & Centre showcase, Oct 26/18)
- So Limitless & Free Film Festival (“Drunken Laundry Day”) WINNER, BEST NEW ART FORM FILM (Montreal, Feb 10/19)
- Athens 7th International Video Poetry Festival (“Plasticnic” Athens, Dec 14-15/18)
- REELpoetry HoustonTX (“Plasticnic” Houston, Texas, March 23/19)
- Trenton Film Festival (“Plasticnic” Trenton, NJ, March 30/19)
- Newlyn International Short Film Festival (“Plasticnic” and “Drunken Laundry Day with Charles Bukowski” Cornwall, England, April 5-7/19)
- Cadence Video Poetry Festival (“Plasticpoems” in Seattle, WA, April 11/19)
- All Together Now Festival (“Plasticnic” Annex Gallery, Highland Park, Michigan April 28/19)
- Poetry+Video (“Plasticnic” as part of a 1 hr reel of poetry videos curated by Marie Craven, screening at Murwillimbah, Australia,May 4/19)
- Cascadia Poetry Festival (“Plasticpoems” in Anacortes, WA, May 9-12/19)
- The Twisted Oyster Film & New Media Festival (Kefalonia, Greece, May/19)
- Cadence Show Reel at Arts in Nature Festival, (“Plasticpoems” at Camp Long, Seattle, June 29-30/19)
- “City Wide Poets” program, Inside Out Literary Arts (“Plasticnic” at Detroit public library, July 11/19)
- Film & Video Poetry Symposium 2019 (“Drunken Laundry Day with Charles Bukowski: A Poem by Henry Doyle” at Cinema Kosmos, Moscow, Russia, July 14/19)
- Overmountain Animation Festival (“Plasticnic” at Johnson City, Tennessee, August 9-10/19)
- Experimental Film & Music Video (“Plasticpoems” at the Carlton Cinemas in Toronto on Oct 24/19)
- Ó Bhéal’s 7th International Poetry-Film Competition, IndieCork Festival of Independent Film and Music, (“Plasticnic” at the Blacknight Festival Centre, Carey’s Lane, Cork city, Oct 13/19)
- The Wrong Biennale of Digital Art & Culture (“Plasticnic” as part of a 1 hr reel of poetry videos curated by Marie Craven, Nov 1/19-March 1/20)
- Ó Bhéal Winter Warmer Festival, Cork, Ireland, (“Plasticnic” as part of a 1 hr reel of poetry videos curated by Marie Craven, Nov 22-24/19)
- Los Angeles Animation Festival 2019, (“Plasticnic”, December 7-8/19)
- Athens 8th International Video Poetry Festival (“Plasticnic” as part of Plastic+Poetry reel curated by Marie Craven, Dec. 13-14/19)
- REELpoetry/Houston TX international poetry film festival, (“Plasticpoems”, Jan 25/20) WINNER, JUDGES’ AWARD, BEST POETRY VIDEO
- The Word National Center for the Written Word, South Shields, UK (“Plasticnic” as part of Poetry+Video reel, January 17-March 17/20)
- Lyra Festival, Bristol, UK: screening of poetry films on Climate and the Environment (“Plasticnic” on March 14/20)
- Cadence Video Poetry Festival 2020 Online (“Plasticnic” April 15-19/20)
