Bobbing Buoy films was set up in 2008 by award winning filmmakers Wee Li Lin and Charles Lim to produce quality features, shorts and commercials for the Asian and international market. Hailing from prestigious visual art institutions in the USA and UK, Li Lin and Charles have made award winning feature films, visual art works and shorts with their recent feature film "Forever" winning an award in the Shanghai International Film Festival and their latest short film "All The Lines Flow Out" winning an award at the prestigious Venice Film Festival. Bobbing Buoy Films also works with talented individuals from across the globe to produce films which are uniquely Anglo-Asian and of the highest narrative and visual standard.
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For KK Hospital
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For KK Hospital
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 Li Lin Wee Director, Producer, Writer |
 Charles Lim Yi Yong Director, Cinematographer |
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| Li Lin Wee Director, Producer, Writer |
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Li Lin is known to be the most prolific female short filmmaker in Singapore with almost 10 short films under her belt. Most of them award winners, in 2005, Li Lin’s short film “Autograph Book” was the first ever Singapore film selected for the prestigious Tribeca Film Festival in New York. A graduate of Brown University in Rhode Island, USA with a BA in Art Semiotics, Li Lin also spent a semester in Tisch-NYU doing “Sight and Sound”, an intensive filmmaking production course. She recently completed her MFA in Dramatic Writing at Tisch Asia on a Media Education Scheme Scholarship. Earlier this year, Li Lin received the honorary award from the Singapore Short Film Awards for her outstanding contribution to the Singapore short film scene. Li Lin has made two feature films, the critically acclaimed “GONE SHOPPING” in 2007 which was partially funded by the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board and well received “FOREVER” in 2011 which was funded by the MDA’s New Feature Film Fund and supported by Iceberg Design. lilin@bobbingbuoyfilms.com |
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| Charles Lim Yi Yong Director, Cinematographer |
Charles Lim Yi Yong was a former national sailor who competed in the 1996 Olympics representing Singapore and Team China in the 2007 America’s Cup. in 2000, Charles graduated from the Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design with a 1st class honors BA in fine Art. Immediately after school, Charles went on to found a net collective art group called tsunamii.net which exhibited in the prestigious Documenta11. Combing his knowledge of the sea and love for making images, he embarked on the SEA STATE series body of artwork, which went on to exhibit round the world at Manifesta7, the Shanghai Biennale and most recently the Singapore Binennale. Of late, these efforts have been translated to the moving image and cinema. Charles's recent short film "One Day I forgot and Used my Hands" was screened at the Rotterdam international Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival and the Edinburgh Film Festival. His latest short film, "All the lines flow out", premiered at the 68th Venice Film Festival this year and won a "special mention award", making him the first Singaporean to ever win an award at the world renowned festival. The jury at the festival had this to say about the winning work, “Charles Lim Yi Yong’s striking cinematography maps the water passages of the contemporary city, creating an abstract mystery appropriate to an era of hyper-mobility, virtual networks and ecological crisis.” mataikan@gmail.com |
