Quest log | Episode 60- Junxiang

The Cosmic Children

A conversation with Huang Junxiang , producer and director of various multimedia films. ____________________________ Huang Junxiang enjoys a good comedy and is grateful to be able to pursue a career in filmmaking. His short film, Give Yourself a Chance, was awarded at the Very Short International Festival 2012. His second, I Will Die screened at Singapore International Film Festival 2014. His most recent effort is Piece of Meat (2019), co-directed with Jerrold Chong, which enjoyed its premiere at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes and subsequently travelled to Annecy and Busan. Together with Jerrold, they co-directed this year's NDP music video, "The Road Ahead". He has also served as the multimedia producer for SEA Games 2015, NDP 2016, and the Singapore Bicentennial 2019. As a producer at Eric Khoo's Zhao Wei Films, he has produced a number of feature films including In The Room (Toronto 2016), Apprentice (Un Certain Regard 2016), Ramen Teh (Berlin Culinary Cinema 2018), Buffalo Boys (Fantasia Film Festival 2018) and Tiong Bahru Social Club (Busan International Film Festival 2020). He has also served as producer for both HBO Asia anthology series Folklore (2018) and Food Lore (2019) which has travelled to festivals including Toronto, Sitges and Fantastic Fest.