Gina See-Yuen Wong

Gina See-Yuen Wong (traditional Chinese: 黃思源; simplified Chinese: 黄思源; pinyin: Huáng Sīyuán) is a filmmaker and founder of the Pineapple Underground Film Festival, which screens independent films from around the world.[2][3] She also runs Experimenta, a performance art space in Hong Kong.[4]

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wong (黃).
Gina See-Yuen Wong
Wong See-yuen at WIFF in Miami
NationalityChinese
EducationUniversity of Hong Kong[1]
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, curator
Known forFounder of the Pineapple Underground Film Festival

Career

In 2009, Wong directed the video short “Shanghai Saga: Other Skies, Other Lands.” The short film was selected in the International Competition section of the 55th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.[5] In 2011 she wrote, produced, and directed the documentary “Orient Top Down”.[6]

She founded and curated the Pineapple Underground Film Festival (PUFF) in Hong Kong in 2011.[3][4][7] PUFF is an independently funded, indie film festival as opposed to other film festivals in China which are run by the government. Wong works to promote independent cinema in Hong Kong and throughout China. The festival includes a side feature, Secret Cinema, which takes the films from the film festival to Shanghai, where it is illegal to hold a film festival.[3] PUFF selects feature films, shorts and documentaries that would otherwise not be distributed in Hong Kong.[8] The first festival featured films from Canada, the United States, Greece, Italy, and China, as well as Iran, Brazil, Taiwan, Norway, and Spain.[7] The initial festival featured 26 films, and was up to 76 films by 2013.[8]

Wong produced “The Lives of Hamilton Fish” and “The Road to South” in 2013.[2][6]

Wong is also curator and co-founder of Experimenta, a digital media and performance art space in Hong Kong.[2][4][9] The space features a projection screen and rows of wooden chairs for showing experimental cinema.[10] Experimenta has hosted exhibitions of artists including João Vasco Paiva,[11] Nadim Abbas,[12] Susanne Buerner,[13] Lam Hoi Sin,[14] and Ho Sin Tung.[15] In 2013, Wong co-produced a video art exhibition “The Personal and the Political” with Lam Hoi Sin.[14][16][17] Wong was on the board of Para/Site Art Space.[9]

Filmography
  • 2009 Shanghai Saga: Other Skies, Other Lands - Short film. Director.[18]
  • 2016 Papagajka - Associate producer [19]

References
  1. "Postgraduate Thesis: Global feminisms in feminist art and their new challenges". University of Hong Kong.
  2. Yi, Caiqian (July 17, 2014). "Hong Kong films of bounds by - independent female directors Images". Cinezen. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  3. Mason, Rachel (June 3, 2013). "Gina Wong's Vision for Hong Kong and The Pineapple Underground Film Festival". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  4. Pordes, Dan (June 10, 2011). "Hong Kong's first Pineapple Underground Film Festival". CNN. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  5. "Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen" (PDF). Unreal Asia. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  6. "Gina See-yuen Wong". IMDB. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  7. Pordes, Dan (June 10, 2011). "Hong Kong's first Pineapple Underground Film Festival". Global Report. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  8. Li, Zoe (June 6, 2013). "PUFF Brings Indie Spirit Back to HK Film Festivals". Blouin Art Info. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  9. "EXPERIMENTA (Hong Kong)". ArtSlant. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  10. "Taste apple: three three shop deep in Central do not reveal". Apple NextMedia. May 13, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  11. "Experimenta (Hong Kong)". ArtSlant. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  12. "Nadim Abbas". TimeOut. November 10, 2010. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  13. Peckham, Robin. "Contemporary Art with an Internet Focus". ArtSlant. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  14. "The Gateway Between East and West: Top Ten Hong Kong Galleries". The Culture Trip. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  15. "Love Hotel: Please Pretend We've Been to A Lot of Places". Hong Kong Eye. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  16. "The Personal and the Political - Lam Hoi Sin. Wong See Yuen". Asia Art Archive. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  17. "Biography". Wyng Masters Award. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
  18. Chau, Beatrix (2009). "Shanghai Saga: Other Skies, Other Lands". onlinefilm.org. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  19. "Pioneering Women's Roles in the Film Industry". hivelife.com. March 13, 2018. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
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