Hi, My name is Sijia Luo (Pinyin/English), or 罗丝佳 (Chinese) and 羅絲佳 (Traditional Chinese/Japanese), also らしか (Hiragana). So, let's make things simple, call me Sijia.
I make animation short films and always design the sound and make background music by myself. This way, I can convey what I am thinking directly to the audience.
Making something move is more enjoyable for me. People usually call me an animation director, a filmmaker, or a time-based artist.
See more details in the Bio (click).
Education
2017- 2020 M.A. Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School Films and New Media, Department of Animation (東京藝術大学映像研究科アニメーション専攻), Japan
2011- 2015 B.A. Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, The School of Animation, China
Group Exhibitions
2023 EASTEAST_TOKYO 2023's EE_V/S/P Program: the PLAN, Japan
2022 "间隙间" Exhibition, YanBooks Art Bookstore Beijing, China
2021 Artists in FAS 2021 Exhibition, Fujisawa Art Space, Japan
2021RAM PRACTICE 2021-Exhibition, RAM Association, Japan
2021 online nomination exhibition, 26th Campus genius Contest, Japan
2020 Animation Forest of Love & Memory- Feinaki Animation Program, 798 Kids Art Festival, Beijing, China
2020 11th graduation exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School Films and New Media, Department of Animation, Yokohama, Japan
2019 iSTART Children's Art Festival, LuxeLakes A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, China
2019 “Phenakistoscope” Stroll The Line Series, MoCA, Shanghai, China
2019 O'it Live at Summer Artfair by Ohitmoves, Quanye Chang, Beijing, China
2019 Independent Animation Screening & Communication, The Post Mountain, Beijing, China
2018 Fenaki X CHAO Animation Screening, CHAO Art Center, Beijing, China
2017 The Cult Culture and Art Exhibition, Beiwaitan 111 Art Park, Shanghai, China
2016 Independent Animation Show, CHAOS Art Space, Chongqing, China
Solo Exhibitions
2017 So Red and a Little Blue, Demolden Video Project, Spain
Residence & others
June 2020- March 2021 Trainee, RAM Association, Research for Arts and Media-project, Japan
July 2021- Artist in Residence, Artists in FAS 2021, Fujisaw City Art Space, Japan
Awards
2023
Be Gone, Best Music Video Award, Animocje 2023
2022
Be Gone, Best Music Video Award, CutOut Fest International Animation Festival
Be Gone, Best Music Video Award, The 17th Animest International Animation Film Festival, Romania
2021
I Am a Motif, Best Experimental Film student award, Mosaic World Film Festival, USA.
I Am a Motif, Encouragement Award, Moving Body Festival- "Critical Moves" Bulgaria
2020
I Am a Motif, Jury’s Choice Award by Shen Jie, Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, China
I Am a Motif, Jury’s Choice Award by Lei Lei, The 9th China Independent Animation Film Forum, China
I Am a Motif, Best Experimental of 2D Animation Award, International Student Animated Film Animafantasia Festival, Romania
2018
Time Autobahn, Art Division Nominated, 24th Campus Genius Contest, Japan
I Have Known Love, ANIMA+ Exhibition Finalist, FILE – Internacional Electronic Language Festiva, Brazil
2016
So Red and a Little Blue, Jury Award, Dum-D Student Animation Festiva, USA.
Screenings& Selected
[2023]
Turku Animated Film Festival, Music Video Panorama, Finland
Insomnia International Animation Film Festival, International Competition of the XI, Russia
La Guarimba Film Festival, Music Videos Competition, Italy
Vagrant Film Festival, Short Films, Belarus
Fest Anča - International Competition of Music Videos, Contemporary Abstract and Non-narrative Animation, Slovakia
Dunhuang Animation Festival 2023 - International Competition, China
UNDER_the_RADAR - Competition, Austria
Animocje 2023 - Music Videos Competition, Poland
18th Athens Animfest - Experimental Program, Greece
Chinese film+河岸影像周: Chinese Film and Video Festival, Germany
Film Maudit 2.0, Short Films, USA.
PIAFF, Paris International Animation Film Festival, Music Competition, France
[2022]
Future Vision Festival 異色アニメ映画祭, Tokyo & Amsterdam
CutOut Fest 2022, Official Selection - Music Video, México
The Tiny Art festival in Sanya 2022, Screening Program, Japan
"间隙间" Exhibition, YanBooks Art Bookstore Beijing, China
The 24th Bucheon International Animation Film Festival, Best of Feinaki Beijing Animation Week 2019-2021 Program, South Korea
4th TOPU International Animation Week, The Main Competition, China
Feinaki Beijing Animation Week 2022, Music Video Competition, China
17th Anim'est International Animation Film Festival, ANIMUSIC NIGHT Competition, Romania
Coming of Age 2022 by Allers-Retours Paris, France
Sijia Luo Animation filming talking &Hiroshima Animation Festival Review with AniBunny, China
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, Music Animation Competition, Japan
Filmfest Bremen, SHORT & SWEET: INNOVATION program, World Premier, Germany
Esto Es Para Esto, Shortfilm Experimental, Mexico
12th Tehran International Animation Festival, International short competition, Iran
NOWNESS China nowness- shorts, Online Premier, China (web)
[2021]
International Short Film Festival Canton, Official Selection, China
Moving Body Festival- "Critical Moves" program, Bulgaria
CineCina Film Festival - Project Horizon, USA
StopTrik, "Feinaki Beijing Animation Week Best of Feinaki (Beijing, China) - Young Filmmakers from China", Slovenia
Photometria International Photography Festival, Photometria in Motion, Ioannina, Greece
Mosaic World Film Festival, US and World Experimental Films and Music Videos, Competition, USA.
"Kinetic Thinking" program, The Non-syntax Experimental Image Festival at the CALM & PUNK GALLERY, Japan
The 9th International Video Poetry Festival, "Video Art Zone" program, Athens, Greece
Nippon Connection, "Tokyo University Of The Arts: Animation Shorts", Germany
Filmfest Bremen, "SHORT & SWEET: MUSIC 2", Germany
Feinaki Award Winning Film 2019-2020 Collection, Beijing, China
"Previous Year's Film program" of GEIDAI ANIMATION 12COMMA- Online Screening, Japan
26th Campus Genius Contest, Japan
Blacksphere festival, Czech Republic
[2020]
HiShorts! Film Festival, Animation Competition, China
“Young Perspective2020”, Image Forum, Japan
KUKI festival, CCAERM Selected Program, Germany
3rd Contemporary Animation Art Documentation Exhibition, CCAERM on Kuki special program, China
International Student Animated Film Animafantasia Festival 2020, Romania
Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, China
9th China Independent Animation Film Forum, China
Animation Runs! vol.58, Japan
Soundscreen Film Festival, Italy
Inter College Animation Festival 2020, Japan
11th graduation exhibition, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School Films and New Media, Department of Animation, Japan
[2019]
Tricky Woman 2019, Beyond Animation program, Austria
ANIMAC 2019 International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, Spain
An Evening of Animation: Student Works from Japan and the US, USA.
[2018]
AnimaCité : Séléction de courts-métrages japonais, France
The 7th China Independent Animation Film Forum, Special spotlight program, China
Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation, International Student Competition, Canada
24th Campus Genius Contest, Japan
The 7th Primanima World Festival of Animations, Short Films Competition, Hungary
FILE – Internacional Electronic Language Festiva, Brazil
[2017]
Fête de l’anim, France
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, France
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia
Vimeo staff picks
[2016]
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival, The Latest Chinese Independent Animation Film program, Japan
Taichung International Animation Festival, Taiwan
3rd DC Chinese Film Festiva, USA
The 12th Indie-AniFest , ‘PANORAMA’ section, South Korea
15th Countryside Animafest Cyprus, Views of the World, Cyprus
Dum-D International Student Animation Festival, USA.
Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Graduated Competition, France
Flatpack Film Festival, UK
Holland Animation Film Festival, Netherland
[2015]
ANNY: Animation Nights New York, USA
Anim!Arte, Brazil
The Fourth China Independent Animation Film Forum, China
[2014]
21th Beijing College Student Film Festival, China
The Third China Independent Animation Film Forum, China
[2013]
Xian International Animation Film Festival, China
[2012]
1st Shenzhen Independent Animation Biennale, China
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Web Press
2022 Interview, Music Animation "Be Gone" Q&A (ZH)
2022 Interview, By NOWNESS China, about the film "I Am a Motif" (ZH)
2020 Interview, about the main visual design for the TOPU Animation Week 2021 (ZH)
2019 Interview, GEIDAI 11NEO graduation exhibition Blog (JP)
2018 Interview, China Independent Animation Film Forum (ZH)
2016 Interview, China Independent Animation Film Forum (ZH)
2015 Interview, AnimeTaste (ZH)