Art Beats Festival

About the Workshops

August 11-21 at Sunway University

The chosen student participants from both universities will team up and attend masterclasses and workshops with distinguished industry professionals along with our Sunway University and Lancaster University academics to develop their ideas and realise them in time for the exhibition at the festival on August 19 and 20.

This is an intensive program, and all participants should be prepared to work on their creative output throughout their stay. All participants will have access to the facilities at Sunway University, including computer labs with editing software as well as film equipment with a range of digital cameras, lighting, and other production gear. The program is divided between hands-on instruction and the production of a short creative output linking with this year’s festival’s themes of Planetary Health, Crossing Borders and Hidden Voices. All groups receive support and feedback throughout the process.

          

Student Groups and Outputs

Group 1

  1. Aisya Abdul Halim (Sunway University) – Cinematography
  2. Chew Yun Han/Chewing Gum (Sunway University) – Director
  3. Dawid Stasiak (Lancaster University) – Editor
  4. Johnny Lau (Lancaster University) – Cinematography
  5. Leonardo Seno Antoni (Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta University) – Director/ Sound Mixer
  6. Marwa Hasna Akbar (Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta University) – Cinematography
  7. Gurprit Kaur (Sunway University)

Synopsis

A film which explores the juxtaposition of urbanisation and nature through personal short stories.

Group 2

  1. Aqill Azmel (Sunway University, Producer & Sound Recordist)
  2. Yohan Gwon (Sunway University, Co-Director & Co-Editor)
  3. Maria Hill (Lancaster University, Co-Editor)
  4. Rhys Kenyon (Lancaster University, Co-DOP)
  5. Victoria Elen Drave Leung (Lancaster University, Co-DOP & Co-Director)

Synopsis
The eyes of a traveller recognize patterns and images from a simpler time. Why is it that places and people remind us of home?

Group 3

Co-directed by all 

  1. Eve Harding (Lancaster University)
  2. Sky Fong (Lancaster University)
  3. Ken Ho (Sunway University)
  4. Utrraa Kumaru (Sunway University)
  5. Behram Vandriwala (Lancaster University)
  6. Nemo Lee (Sunway University)

Synopsis

  1. Spaces and people within the Spaces
  2. The beauty and beast of the nature
  3. Twelve eyes, Six Stories

Group 4

  1. Jessica Broad (Lancaster University)
  2. James Rist (Lancaster University)
  3. Jianan Chen (Crystal) (Lancaster University)
  4. Muhammad Adnan Firdaus (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
  5. Zharifah Khoirunisa Rahmawati (Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
  6. Hsin En Wei (Sunway University)

Synopsis

Six students from around the world travel to Malaysia and reflect on their time here with a phone call home to a loved one.

Group 5

  1. Adelia Rachmawati (Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta University)
  2. Annisa Suci Sukmawati (Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta University)
  3. Bisma Radilah (Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta University)
  4. Jeremy Loo Jun Ren (Sunway university)
  5. Ian Hunt (Lancaster University)
  6. Tan Li Xuan (Sunway University)

Synopsis

Students reflect on their loneliness in a foreign land. They go on a same path, see and feel the surroundings. It reminds them of their loneliness but they interpret loneliness in different ways. This is our life but, do we need to fit in?

Individual

Bobbie-Jo Glendinning ( Lancaster University)

Synopsis

Her Wandering Mind explores the fluidity of emotions and thoughts I have experienced since travelling to a new place for the very first time