Mochi Lin
MOCHI LIN
Filmmaker · Animator · composer
Mochi grew up looking up at the green roof tiles around her neighbourhood,
running between the red imperial city walls of Beijing.
However, when she fled to Canada in 2015, looking down through the tiny porthole,
all she perceived was a city long shrouded with grey smog and yellow sandstorm.
Therefore, her artworks are often concerned with the escape, the censorship, the oppression and resistance,
the inability to express, and the irony of being physically free, yet still a prisoner.
Her art cannot be separated from her fellow men,
as it allows her to live, such as she is, on one level with them.
Outside of her studio, Mochi can always be found reading, writing, sending postcards to her penpals, hiking in the Canadian Rockies, learning languages, and above all, composing music and practicing the piano.
Education
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Bachelor of Fine Arts:
Film / Animation / Video
Concentration:
HPSS (History, Philosophy, Social Sciences)
2017 - 2022
BROWN UNIVERSITY
Concentration:
Music (Theory, Performance, Composition)
Other courses in:
International Law & Politicals, Comparative Literature,
English, Modern Culture & Media
2017 - 2022
Festivals / Screenings
2024
Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation, CANADA
Sundar Prize Film Festival, CANADA
Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival, CANADA
Lent International Multicultural Festival, SLOVENIA
Animasi Club, INDONESIA
2023
Venezia Short Film Festival, ITALY
ORION International Film Festival, AUSTRALIA
AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival, AUSTRALIA
Osaka Asian Film Festival, JAPAN
València Indie Film Festival, SPAIN
Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival, ITALY
Animation Dingle Festival, IRELAND
New York Indie Shorts Awards Festival, USA
Cannes Indie Shorts Awards Festival, FRANCE
Tokyo Shorts Film Festival, JAPAN
Vancouver Movie Awards Festival, CANADA
Echoes of Katyn International Film Festival, POLAND
San Bernardino Valley College International Student Film Festival, USA
Human Screen Festival, TUNISIA
Ismailia International Film Festival, EGYPT
Athens ANIMFEST - International Animation Festival, GREECE
Palm Springs Animation Festival, USA
Brighton International Animation Festival, UK
Story? International Student Documentary Festival, IRELAND
Italy International Film Festival, PORTUGAL
Dunhuang Animation Film Festival, CHINA
Doc Sunback Film Festival, USA
Meihodo International Youth Media Festival, JAPAN
Ivy Film Festival, USA
Pápa International Historical Film Festival, HUNGARY
Blacksphere International Film Festival, CZECHIA
Vancouver Short Film Festival, CANADA
FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival, PORTUGAL
Animation Festival of Halifax, CANADA
ANIMATOR International Animated Film Festival, POLAND
I.P.A.S. - Independent Political Activism Short Film Festival, GREECE
Student World Impact Film Festival, USA
International Film Festival for Human Rights, COLOMBIA
Linoleum Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, UKRAINE
ASIF International Animation Film Competition, ISRAEL
Les Percéides Film Festival, CANADA
Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival, USA
International Film Schools Festival, URUGUAY
Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE, CANADA
Sioux City International Film Festival, USA
Dalmatia Film Festival, CROATIA
Huntington Beach Cultural Film Festival, USA
Vancouver International Film Festival, CANADA
Vancouver Asian Film Festival, CANADA
Chaniartoon International Comic & Animation Festival, GREECE
CRAFT International Animation Festival, INDONESIA
REX Animation Film Festival, SWEDEN
Banjaluka International Animated Film Festival, BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
International Film Festival The Hague, NETHERLANDS
Still Voices Film Festival, IRELAND
AIU Festival, KUWAIT
Lublin Film Festival, POLAND
MORC Stop-motion Animation Festival, JAPAN
Hellbender Student Film Festival, USA
Los Angeles Animation Festival, USA
2022
AnimaDoc Film Festival - Rising of Lusitania, POLAND
Festival Stop Motion Montréal, CANADA
Lift-Off Global Network First-Time Filmmaker Sessions, UK
Brown Media Group Film Festival, USA
Oaxaca Film Festival, MEXICO
Black Cat International Film Festival, BOLIVIA
Cine Paris Film Festival, FRANCE
Madras Independent Film Festival, INDIA
Film in Focus International Film Festival, ROMANIA
ICONA Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival, GREECE
Festival Internacional de Cine de San Luis Potosi, MEXICO
Gold Movie Awards Festival, UK
Mindanao Film Festival, PHILIPPINES
Paris International Short Film Festival, FRANCE
ANIMAKOM - Bilbao International Animation Festival, SPAIN
Hollywood Short Film Festival, USA
Munich Short Film Festival, GERMANY
Luleå International Film Festival, SWEDEN
Intervalli Festival - Cinema, ITALY
Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest, ROMANIA
2020
Providence Children’s Film Festival, USA
Vancouver International Film Festival, CANADA
2016
British Columbia Student Film Festival, CANADA
Awards / Honours
BAFTA Student Awards Shortlist - Animation (2023)
第六十屆金馬獎 Golden Horse Awards Shortlist - Animated Short Film (2023)
Housen Short Film Award (Best Short Film) - Osaka Asian Film Festival (2023)
Best Student Documentary - Los Angeles Animation Festival (2023)
Audience Award in the International Competition - CRAFT Animation Festival (2023)
Best Undergraduate Animation Honourable Mention - Ivy Film Festival (2023)
Best Animated Film - International Film School Festival (FIEC) (2023)
Best Animated Short Film - Les Percéides Festival (2023)
Best International Documentary - Sundar Prize Film Festival (2024)
Silver Lynx – Animation - FEST – New Directors | New Films Festival (2023)
Outstanding Film - Meihodo International Youth Media Festival (2023)
Best Short Film & Jury's Distinction Award - New York Indie Shorts Film Festival (2023)
Best Short Film & Jury's Distinction Award - Venezia Short Film Festival (2023)
Best Short Animation - Hollywood Short Film Festival (2022)
Mindanao Film Festival - Langyaw Award Jury's Distinction (2022)
Best Non-Kansas Student Film - Doc Sunback Film Festival (2023)
Outstanding Achievement: Madras Independent Film Festival (2022)
Rhode Island School of Design FAV Department Award of Excellence (2020~2022)
Rhode Island School of Design Honour Student (2018~2022)
Junior Animation 1st place: British Columbia Student Film Festival (2016)
National 3rd place: Royal Canadian Legion National Remembrance Day Poster Contest (2016)
Exhibitions
RISD Film/Animation/Video Department Triennial, USA 2024
New Space(s) — RISD New President Inauguration, USA 2022
RISD Experimental and Foundation Studies Triennial, USA 2020
RISD Sculpture Marathon, USA 2019
Canadian War Museum, CANADA 2017
Interviews / Broadcasts
2024
Les Nouvelles Chinoises (Montreal Chinese News)
2023
National Film Board of Canada - Hothouse 14
RISD Alumini Magazine - Fall 2023
Osaka Asian Film Festival (Japanese)
Osaka Asian Film Festival (English)
KMTV (Kent, UK)
NVTV (Belfast, UK)
Latest TV (Brighton, UK)
Sheffield Live! (Sheffield, UK)
2022