PECULIAR AND STRANGE is the playful but profound story of two eccentric girls who discover the power of finding a friend as peculiar as you. As they embrace their strange, they let it truly and magically transform them—changing into unexpected forms while somehow becoming more and more themselves.

BEST CHILDREN'S FILM - Animated Expressions Expo 2023
BEST ORIGINAL ANIMATION - 8 & HalFilm Awards 2023
NOMINEE - Cindependent Film Festival 2023
SEMI-FINALIST - Berlin Shorts Award 2023
SEMI-FINALIST - Oakland Film Festival 2023
SEMI-FINALIST - Tokyo Shorts 2023
SEMI-FINALIST - Hong Kong Indie Film Festival 2023
SEMI-FINALIST - Arthouse Festival of Beverly Hills 2023
SEMI-FINALIST - Austin International Art Festival 2023



A Raccoon finds a flashlight in the woods.

GOLD MEDALIST - 45th Student Academy Awards
JACK LARSON STUDENT FILMMAKER AWARD - Fine Cut Festival of Films 2018
FIRST PLACE in Animation - Josiah Media Festival 2018
JURY PRIZE - Paris International Animation Film Festival 2018
NETIZEN CHOICE AWARD - Bucheon International Animation Festival 2018
OUTSTANDING ANIMATED FILM - Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival 2020
SHORTLIST - BAFTA Student Film Awards 2019
FINALIST - FilmJam 2018
FINALIST - Hsin-Yi Chidren's Animation Awards
HONORABLE MENTION - Ortometraggi Film Festival 2018


A girl walks home from the bus stop. Loosely based on my own experience of walking home alone for the very first time on the first day of school.


I didn't have any ideas for my 1 week film project.


Summer intern project done in Walt Disney Animation Studios. I contributed in developing the story and was responsible for the character design, 2D animation, 2D compositing, and end credit visuals.

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