David Shiyang Liu http://david-shiyang.com commercial director & filmmaker Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:42:33 +0000 en hourly 1 ‘5Films’ wins Best Editing at SSFA! http://david-shiyang.com/2010/02/5films-wins-best-editing-at-ssfa/ http://david-shiyang.com/2010/02/5films-wins-best-editing-at-ssfa/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:20:41 +0000 thedak http://david-shiyang.com/?p=149 Delighted to announce that 5Films just won Best Editing for the first ever Singapore Short Film Awards! Much kudos to Jack, whom evidently, isn’t just an awesome Producer anymore.

]]> http://david-shiyang.com/2010/02/5films-wins-best-editing-at-ssfa/feed/ ‘5films’ wins Best Cinematography! http://david-shiyang.com/2009/05/5films-wins-best-cinematography/ http://david-shiyang.com/2009/05/5films-wins-best-cinematography/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 03:04:09 +0000 thedak http://david-shiyang.com/2009/05/5films-wins-best-cinematography/ ‘5Films’ takes home ‘Best Cinematography’ from this year’s Silver Screen Awards at the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival. Kudos to DP Simon Walsh, who could not attend the ceremony, but will be getting the trophy, hopefully in person when Dave has the cash to fly back to Melbourne for a holiday…

Much thanks to all for your support and encouragement!

]]> http://david-shiyang.com/2009/05/5films-wins-best-cinematography/feed/ Bonjour France, bonjour Cannes! http://david-shiyang.com/2009/04/bonjour-france-bonjour-cannes/ http://david-shiyang.com/2009/04/bonjour-france-bonjour-cannes/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 12:21:31 +0000 thedak http://david-shiyang.com/?p=137 ‘5films’ is now part of Festival de Cannes Short Film Corner 2009, which will be held as part of the Festival de Cannes from May 15th to 23rd.

David will be going down, so if you’re in the area, feel free to hit him up there!

]]> http://david-shiyang.com/2009/04/bonjour-france-bonjour-cannes/feed/ Hey, it’s the US of A! http://david-shiyang.com/2009/03/hey-its-the-us-of-a/ http://david-shiyang.com/2009/03/hey-its-the-us-of-a/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:54:00 +0000 thedak http://david-shiyang.com/?p=131 Good news! ‘5films’ will be screening at more festivals!

The first one would be held at Boston International Film Festival, 23rd April.

It will later screen at Colorado Springs’ Indie Spirit Film Festival, which takes place from 24th to the 26th of April, although the exact date has not been confirmed yet.

]]> http://david-shiyang.com/2009/03/hey-its-the-us-of-a/feed/ 22nd SIFF Short Film Competition Trailer http://david-shiyang.com/2009/02/22nd-siff-short-film-competition-trailer/ http://david-shiyang.com/2009/02/22nd-siff-short-film-competition-trailer/#comments Wed, 25 Feb 2009 01:40:26 +0000 thedak http://david-shiyang.com/?p=127
22nd SIFF Singapore Short Film Competition Trailer from siff on Vimeo.

http://www.filmfest.org.sg/index.php

‘5films’ was picked as one of 9 finalists from 90 submissions, and is competiting for awards in Best Film, Best Director, Best Performance, Best Cinematography, and Special Mention.

Screening dates of ‘5films’ at SIFF are on the 15th, 18th and 25th of April. Get your tickets here!

]]> http://david-shiyang.com/2009/02/22nd-siff-short-film-competition-trailer/feed/ ‘5Films’ is In Competition at SIFF! http://david-shiyang.com/2009/01/5films-is-in-competition-at-siff/ http://david-shiyang.com/2009/01/5films-is-in-competition-at-siff/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:08:36 +0000 thedak http://david-shiyang.com/?p=122 Happy to announce that ‘5Films in an Anthology of a Film a Month’ is now In Competition for the Silver Screen Awards at the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival, 2009!

Please keep those fingers crossed for us, and hopefully we’ll have more news soon about other festival screenings…

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Alas, I’m no code monkey and I already have enough trouble wrestling with CSS as it is. Fiddling with Wordpress templates is considerably more difficult and akin to wrestling with CSS and battling two rabid monkeys at the same time, whislt having your hands tied up behind your back and your pants around your ankles.

]]> http://david-shiyang.com/2009/01/a-static-splash-page/feed/ 5films in an anthology of a Film a Month. http://david-shiyang.com/2009/01/5films-in-an-anthology-of-a-film-a-month/ http://david-shiyang.com/2009/01/5films-in-an-anthology-of-a-film-a-month/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0000 thedak http://david-shiyang.com/?p=28 Running Time: 22 minutes
Shooting Formats: Super 16mm, DVCPRO-HD, HDV & miniDV.
Genre: Drama

Synopsis:
The average city dweller has lived about thirty plus years of life. Thirty years - long enough for an accumulated storage of memories anchored by the 5 senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. Two people fall in love through a shared commonality, but never meet. A mother fantasizes over her son’s best friend. A young girl sprays cologne over common household items. A man develops a palate for his mother’s goldfish. A girl follows a limping stranger around a city. From a series of 12 films created once a month in 2008 by filmmaker David Shiyang Liu, comes this anthology of 5 films centered around the 5 human senses; inspired by and featuring the music of Nine Inch Nails’ GHOSTS I-IV album.

‘5films’ are the moments in our lives we don’t forget, a testament to the stories that everyday people collect.

Festivals:
  • Best Cinematography - Silver Screen Awards - 22nd Singapore International Film Festival, 2009.
  • Official Selection - 2009 Indie Spirit Film Festival, Colorado Springs, USA
  • Official Selection - 2009 Boston International Film Festival, Boston, USA
  • Short Film Corner - 62nd Festival de Cannes, France

Contact Us:
Producer: Jack Haycox
Writer/Director: David Shiyang Liu
Director of Photography: Simon Walsh

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Shooting Format: DVCPRO-HD

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