Wong Ping
Still: Wong Ping's Fables 2WONG Ping (1984, Hong Kong) started out in the underground scene in Hong Kong and then went on to study media design in Australia. He began his career at a local TV station in Hong Kong, and started writing short stories which he published on his blog. Soon after, those stories turned into video animations. He has been releasing videos on YouTube since 2010, and in 2014 he founded Wong Ping Animation Lab. His works have been exhibited internationally in film festivals, museums, solo shows and group exhibitions. Wong Ping’s Fables 2 (2019) was nominated for an Ammodo Tiger Short Award at IFFR as well as the Short Film Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
Filmography
(selection) Under the Lion Crotch (2012, short), Doggy Love (2015, short), Who’s the Daddy (2017, short), Wong Ping’s Fables 1 (2018, short), Dear, can I give you a hand? (2018, instal), Wong Ping’s Fables 2 (2019, short)
Wong Ping at IFFR
Who's the Daddy
Exceptional animation in bright neon colours, full of suppressed sexual desire, fear and perversion, presented with disarming openness and humour. See also Wong Ping's Fables 1 in the programme collection Ammodo Tiger Short Competition 1.
9'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2019
Wong Ping's Fables 1
Slightly frenetic, poppy animation featuring a Buddhist elephant, a social media addicted chicken and a tree trunk with insect phobia.
13'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2019
Wong Ping’s Fables 2
What does an ex-activist cow and a three-headed rabbit have in common? They’re both doomed in Wong Ping’s political animated fable.
13'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020