Nicola Fan
Directing
Biography
Nicola Fan is a graphic designer + filmmaker, based in Hong Kong. She works as an art director for marketing and campaign materials; and is a director/producer for branded content, music videos, documentaries and shorts. She has worked for clients such as Red Bull, Sunkist, Samsung, New Balance, J.P.Morgan, and Time Warner. Her works have been featured on billboards, in TV commercials, at film festivals, in print as well as in merchandise stores. At the recommendation of the Hong Kong International Film Festival, her latest music video “The Eve” was sponsored by Hong Kong Arts Centre in 2014 to be sent to worldwide film festivals, where it was screened at Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival, NYC Independent Film Festival, Incubator for Film and Visual Media in Asia, and more. Selected by Werner Herzog, she was 1 of 50 international filmmakers to participate in his 2021 Film Accelerator Lab at Lanzarote. Created at the lab, her short documentary THE ISLAND LIVES was selected for 2022 Cannes Court Métrage. Her short film DAFFODIL is now available on Amazon Prime Video. It was an official selection at 2020 Vancouver Asian Film Festival, awarded Best Short Film Cinematography at 2019 European Cinematography Awards; Best Fantasy Film and Best Female Director at 2019 Independent Shorts Award. Her first feature length documentary SHE OBJECTS was an official selection at 2016 Sundance Film Festival Hong Kong. It won Best Scientific & Educational Documentary at 2017 Nice International Film Festival. Nicola graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, where she grew her passion in communication design and storytelling through moving images.
Known For
Love is like a flickering lamp whose shades and shadows conjure up images that unsettle the mind. Barista Dawn met her elite boyfriend at a café in Hong Kong’s financial district. At his surprise birthday party, Dawn finds herself out of place among her boyfriend’s privileged friends. Among the birthday presents is a gold designer lamp. As Dawn ponders its reflection, a nightmare begins to take form in her head. On the next day, Dawn encounters a mysterious woman who is her mirror image. Dawn decides to follow her.
The Lamp
Based on true events, a Hong Kong teenage girl’s first day out of juvenile detention center takes an unexpected turn.
Lil' Tiger
Follows an interracial couple’s encounter with a harasser who won't leave them alone
Ey You!
A trip through the psyche of an apathetic workaholic in the sudden wake of her estranged mother's suicide.