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

2025 The Scholarly Heritage & Cultural Spirit of Chinese Animation, China Academy of Art, China

2024 DESPUÉS DEL VIDEO, Fundación Caja Cantabria, Santander, Cantabria, Spain

2024 Pineal Gland Sashimi - Video Artworks Exchange Exhibition by Young Generation Artists from China and Japan, Wuhan United Art Museum, China

2023 Pathfinding Voyage - Exhibition Programme of Feinaki, Inside-out Theatre, Beijing, China

2023 Exhibition in the Airport- NEW CHITOSE ARport Walk, Hokkaido, Japan

2023 CREATIVE GARDEN KYOTO- exhibition of AR artworks, Kyoto, Japan

2023 EASTEAST_TOKYO 2023's EE_V/S/P Program: the PLAN, Tokyo Science Museum, Japan

2022 "间隙间" Exhibition, YanBooks Art Bookstore Beijing, China

2021 Artists in FAS Exhibition, Fujisawa Art Space, Japan

2021 RAM 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

October 2023, Jury of Music Video Competition, Animest International Animation Festival, Romania

July 2021- Artist in Residence, Artists in FAS 2021, Fujisaw City Art Space, Japan

June 2020- March 2021 Trainee, RAM Association, Research for Arts and Media-project, Japan

Awards

2024 Burger Order (Anthology), VITA SHORTS, Surprise Short Film Award, China

Be Gone, International Curator's Choice Award, Berlin NewGen Film Festival 2024, Germany

Be Gone, the "Shishi Yamazaki" Award of the Japanese Commissioned Competition, Hiroshima Animation Season, Japan

2023

Be Gone, Best Music Video Award, Animocje, Poland

2022

Be Gone, Best Music Video Award, CutOut Fest International Animation Festival, Mexico

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

[2025]

Feinaki's Sea Breeze Animation Season tour, China

The 3rd Hamburg Chinese Film Festival, Opening Film, Germany

The Scholarly Heritage & Cultural Spirit of Chinese Animation- Feinaki Screening, China

[2024]
VITA Shorts in Beijing x UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, China
HiShorts! Film Festival - Animation Shortlisted, China
Berlin NewGen Film Festival, Germany
Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, Short Film Competition, China
VITA Shorts, Official Selection, China
First International Film Festival Xining - First Pioneer Program, China
The Nearby Independent International Film Festival, Official Selection, China
Hiroshima Animation Season 2024, Japanese Commissioned Film Competition, Japan

[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 Perspective 2020”, 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 Festival, 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 Festival, 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, Netherlands

[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