Grace Han

Baekrajan, California

phd candy thinkin abt animation & cg @stanford ; 🍅 ; secretary @dorianawards ; words in @asianmoviepulse @cineuropa @hyperallergic @fananimresearch & more ; 🍉

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Interview with Andrew Ahn

6 days ago | asianmoviepulse.com | Grace Han

Andrew Ahn has skyrocketed to fame in the last fifteen years.
On a Night of Shooting Stars

Jan 11, 2025 | asianmoviepulse.com | Grace Han

While Japan is not typically known for its stop-motion animation, director Takeshi Yashiro is taking charge of the scene. His film, “Norman the Snowman: On a Night of Shooting Stars” (2021) marks one of the latest of an exclusively stop-motion filmography, including the original “Norman the Snowman” (2014), “Moon of a Sleepness Night” (2017), and “Gon, the Little Fox” (2019).
A Roundtable With Singapore’s Emerging Animators: 2024

Nov 6, 2024 | asianmoviepulse.com | Grace Han

Since 2020, we have worked with Cartoons Underground to interview their up-and-coming student animators. Some returned to the festival to show their later work, such as Olivia Griselda and Sarah Cheok; others have begun to make waves abroad, such as Calleen Koh; and still others are hard at work on their own life trajectories. This year, we spoke to the directors Jaime Ng Shu Yi (“Neh Neh Pok”), Wang Xiruo and Emily Tan (“The Seamstress’ Secret”), and Ning Xuan Tan (“I Think I’m Going to Die”).
Transnational Korean cinema: cultural politics, film genres, and digital technologies

Oct 29, 2024 | tandfonline.com | Grace Han

Advanced search Transnational Screens Latest Articles Submit an article Journal homepage Full Article Figures & data Citations Metrics Reprints & Permissions Read this article /doi/full/10.1080/25785273.2025.2423489?needAccess=true "Transnational Korean cinema: cultural politics, film genres, and digital technologies." Transnational Screens, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp. 1–2 Additional information Notes on contributors Grace Han Grace Han is a PhD candidate in Art History at Stanford...
She and Her Good Vibrations by Olivia Griselda and Sarah Cheok

Oct 28, 2024 | asianmoviepulse.com | Grace Han

Sarah Cheok and Olivia Griselda reunite at Cartoons Underground this year with their latest short, “She and Her Good Vibrations.” The film represents a homecoming of sorts for the duo. We at Asian Movie Pulse encountered them at the 2021 edition, where they said they met through a two-day industry workshop hosted by *SCAPE alongside their project producer (and current festival director), Jerrold Chong.
Short Film Review: Society of Clothes (2024) by Jeong Dahee

Oct 22, 2024 | asianmoviepulse.com | Grace Han

Jeong Dahee, one of Korea’s most well-beloved independent animators (“Movements” (2019), “Man on the Chair” (2014), “La Chambre Noire” (2011), among others) released a new award-winning short this year, titled “Society of Clothes.”“The Society of Clothes” takes on Jeong’s typical Absurd sensibilities by following an outfit without a body. In fact, in this alternate cityscape, most clothes function without bodies.
Short Film Review: Detours Ahead (2024) by Esther Cheung

Oct 21, 2024 | asianmoviepulse.com | Grace Han

If your car has broke down before in the middle of the road, you know how it feels. Frustration bubbles over as panic sets in; the scramble to reconfigure the day ahead because of an unforeseen obstacle is incomparable. However, Canadian animator Esther Cheung‘s “Detours Ahead” retains none of that frenetic energy. Introducing her short with whimsical curlicues, she pits her protagonist against a variety of obstacles.
Interview with Ryoo Seung-wan

Sep 22, 2024 | asianmoviepulse.com | Grace Han

Ryoo Seung-wan, also known as “Action Kid,” is one of the major players in the Korean film industry today. He’s most famous for directing the 5th all-time highest grossing film in South Korean cinema history, action-comedy detective film “Veteran” (2015). In more recent years, he wrote and directed the South Korean entry for Best International Film at the 94th Academy Awards, “Escape from Mogadishu” (2021) – a Korean peninsular analog to “Argo” (Ben Affleck, 2012) set in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Interview with Belkis Bayrak and Bekir Behrem

Sep 17, 2024 | asianmoviepulse.com | Grace Han

Belkis Bayrak made her feature debut with “Gülizar” at Toronto International Film Festival this year. The slow domestic drama is laden with suspense for the titular Gülizar, a Turkish woman (Ecem Uzun) due to be wed in Albania. She is sexually assaulted, however, when she crosses the border to meet her to-be-husband, Emre (Bekir Behrem). The incident taints any attempt at intimacy between them. Gülizar struggles to play the role of a model housewife, while Emre burns with revenge.
TIFF 2024 Awards Announced

Sep 17, 2024 | asianmoviepulse.com | Grace Han

This year’s Toronto International Film Festival comes to a close, with Zhao Tao (who starred in Jia Zhang-ke’s “Caught by the Tides”) and Malala-produced haenyo documentary “The Last of the Sea Women” recognized. Notably, Taiwanese cinema also fared very well this year.