Hoi Chiu

Hoi Chiu, ‘tide’ in Chinese, sees the world in a grain of sand. As a renowned sand painting artist, he explores the possibilities of sand through various media such as puppetry, drawings and performing arts. Active in promoting sand painting in popular culture, he keeps experimenting with music videos, animations, TV and social media. In 2016, Hoi Chiu created his first animation work Red Egg which was later nominated in various international film festivals. It also received the “Best Digital Entertainment Silver Awards” by the Hong Kong ICT Awards. In 2017, Hoi Chiu, with his animation Digisolate, won the “Rising Star Award” (Animation Category) in  Canada International Film Festival 2019.