Artist Statement

“Every thought should recall the debris of a smile.”

My work aims to explore the fragility and fragmentation of memory, the disorientation of time, and the fantasticality of the every day. The characters in my films are often disparaged and in the process of becoming themselves without being fully realized. My narrative approach is to confront the mundane with the magical, the escapism with the truth.

Biography

Tin Lee is a writer and director based in New York. Born in Hong Kong, she moved to San Francisco in 2001 to study at San Francisco State University where she received a B.A. in Film Production. She went on to manage several independent movie theaters and help organize and coordinate a variety of Asian and Asian American film festivals in the city. She relocated to New York in 2016 to further pursue her passion in filmmaking. Tin is currently a co-leader of the Monday chapter of FilmShop - a nonprofit collective of independent filmmakers - where she helps moderate and give feedback on member projects in order to ensure a safe creative environment. Her short films have screened at numerous film festivals such as OutFest LA, BFI London Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, Portland Oregon Women's Film Festival, and New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival.