Chenmo Wu

Chenmo is a director and animator from China. Graduated from the China Academy of Art with an animation Bachelor degree in 2021. There, she explored the diverse medium of animation. She draws inspiration from her personal experiences and nightmares, utilizes diverse mediums to explore individual memory and socio-political changes. Before entering the Animation program at the Royal College of Art in 2022, she worked as an independent animator in Shanghai.

Her works have been Selected in the Chinese Competition Section of the INTERFILM & KUKI Film Festival, the Rising of Lusitania – Anima Doc Film Festival’s Competition Section, and the 4th Nanjing Contemporary Animation Art Documentation Exhibition.

During my childhood in the countryside, my upbringing was immersed in the chants of Buddhist scriptures by my grandmother. Consequently, animal symbolism and Zen elements frequently manifest in my works, and the conflict between tradition and modernity is also a theme of my focus.

In the past few years, I have been influenced by film studies and captivated by long shots, which has led me to relentlessly incorporate these lingering shots into my works.

During the study in RCA, documentary animation is the subject that I am most interested in. I began to have higher expectations for my work, hoping that my animation could be like the literal meaning of my name: never be silent about the reality in front.