A writer, editor and illustrator who transforms her experimental visions into cinematic reality. Ning Xuan loves directing unique narratives that compel all hearts.
Ning Xuan is a writer, director and editor from Singapore who recently graduated from Nanyang Technological University, School of Art, Design, and Media. Her love for stop-motion and mixed-media experimentation inspires her work.
Her latest graduation short "I Think I'm Going to Die” (2024), is set to have its world premiere at Cartoons Underground Singapore.
Her first film "Paper Offerings" (2022), co-directed with Vanessa Ng and Winona Mazo, was also selected for the Annecy Film Festival MIFA Campus as a collaboration with the French Embassy of Singapore and animation schools: Atelier de Sèvres, École Émile Cohl, LASALLE College of the Arts and Nanyang Technological University. It has also won first place at the 100-Second International Film Festival in Tehran.
Khabarovsk International Animation Film Festival "Animur" Khabarovsk
2023
Official Selection Paper Offerings
ANIMART FESTIVAL Hydra
2023
Honourable Mention Paper Offerings
Student World Impact Film Festival New Jersey
2023
Official Selection Paper Offerings
LJMU MA Short Film Festival Liverpool
2023
Official Selection Paper Offerings
The 5th Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival Kumamoto
2023
Award Winner Paper Offerings
100-Second International Film Festival Tehran
2023
First Select Paper Offerings
Shibuya TANPEN Film Festival CLIMAX at Sasebo Tokyo
2022
Collaboration with the French Embassy of Singapore and animation schools: Atelier de Sèvres (Paris), École Émile Cohl (Lyon), LASALLE College of the Arts (Singapore) and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) Paper Offerings
Annecy Film Festival MIFA Campus - Paris-Lyon-Singapore: Live Elsewhere Annecy
A writer, editor and illustrator who transforms her experimental visions into cinematic reality. Ning Xuan loves directing unique narratives that compel all hearts.