
Calleen Koh
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Biography
Calleen Koh is a Singaporean BAFTA-nominated animation filmmaker, writer and artist, currently studying at California Institute of the Arts under the Experimental Animation MFA Programme. A lover of dark comedy, her films have been recognised for its subversive and irreverent energy.
Known For

Grace Lee, an overworked mom in Singapore, collapses at work. She gets admitted into the hospital, where she finds newfound freedom as a patient.
My Wonderful Life

Life on a conveyor belt seems great for Sushi and his Topping friends. But as he begins to contemplate his existence, Sushi wonders if there’s more to life than pimping himself out to savage consumers.
Sexy Sushi

Art student Ian Jing impresses the realism-loving art teacher Mrs. Hui from the get-go. Following her advice, he draws exactly what he sees, straining his eyes in the process. To Mrs. Hui’s horror, Ian’s artwork gets progressively blurrier. In turn, his online fame skyrockets, as art critics on social media praise his unique style as an abstract artist. They ascribe deep, profound (pretentious) intentions and meanings to his stylistic choices, when all he's actually doing is drawing exactly what he sees.
What I See

In a surreal world of sentient Butts and Hands, a celebrity chef’s outrageous behaviour on live television sparks a movement to empower those at the bottom of society. This cheeky, vividly-handled animated short pokes at the divisive, and often performative politics of equality in a hyper-mediated digital age.
Hot Buns

A pair of young twins, a secondary school prefect, and a conservative housewife each has a sex-related encounter during the course of a day.