Mr Ao Chen 

Postgraduate research student

Mr Ao Chen is a PhD Candidate within Film at the University of Southampton in the UK.

2014-2016 Master of Fine Arts, Digital Arts (with Distinction), Pratt Institute, New York City, USA

2010-2014 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Animation (with Distinction), Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China

His film conference paper Nominal Film Frame: The Ending of Blow-up (2020) was officially selected for:

• The 30th International Screen Studies Conference (UK)

His animated short film Black (2020) was officially selected for and published in:

• The 44th Annecy International Animation Film Festival (France)

• The 34th Leeds International Film Festival (UK)

• The 23rd Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico)

• The British Council Film – UK Animation

• The MUBI

 His animated short film Red (2019) was officially selected for and published in:

• The 43rd Annecy International Animation Film Festival (France)

• The 64th Cork International Film Festival (Ireland)

• The 32nd Filmfest Dresden – International Short Film Festival (Germany)

• The 23rd Winterthur International Short Film Festival (Switzerland)

• The 22nd Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico)

• The 13th Fest Anča International Animation Festival (Slovakia)

• The 12th Mexico City Contemporary Animation Festival – Animasivo (Mexico)

• The AVA EU Library – Short Film Animation

• The British Council Film – UK Animation

• The MUBI