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An intimate portrait of London’s East and South East Asian clubbing community, a world in which the allure of raving, fashion, and hyperpop becomes an affirmation of love, acceptance, and joy.
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Aileen Ye is een experimentele filmmaker en beeldend kunstenaar uit Dublin.
Aileen Ye is a filmmaker and visual artist from Dublin. Her work combines multiple mediums, exploring contemporary subcultures, movement practices, and diasporic histories.
Her films have screened at BAFTA and BIFA-qualifying festivals like BFI London Film Festival and Aesthetica, as well as venues including the BFI, Barbican, NOWNESS Asia, and LUX.
She holds an MSc in Sociology from Erasmus University Rotterdam, specialising in decolonial aesthetics and autoethnographic cinema. She is an artist member of Filmwerkplaats based in Rotterdam.
Websites
Professionele Website
aileenye.com/Social media
Maakt deel uit van Kunstenaarsinitiatief / Collectief / Broedplaats
Filmwerkplaats
Curriculum vitae
Opleidingen
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Autodidact
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2022 - 2022A24 Mentorship Programme A24
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2021 - 2021Decolonial Summer School Horse Hospital
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2021 - 2021DIY 16mm Filmwerkplaats, WORM
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2019 - 2020MSc Sociology Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Diploma behaald
tentoonstellingen
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2025Rotterdam Art Fair: Prospects Rotterdam Ahoy Rotterdam, Nederland Showcasing moving-image work 'beast' www.mondriaanfonds.nl/profiel/aileen-ye/ Groep
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2024BFI London Film Festival Institute of Contemporary Art London, Verenigd Koninkrijk Official selection screening of 'Midnight Rising' Solo
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2024Aesthetica Film Festival York, Verenigd Koninkrijk Official selection screening of 'Midnight Rising' - Documentary Competition Solo
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2024Ann Arbor Film Festival Michigan Theatre Ann Arbor, Verenigde Staten Official selection screening of 'Midnight Rising' - Official Competition Solo
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2024Norwich Film Festival Norwich, Verenigd Koninkrijk Official selection screening of 'Midnight Rising' - Documentary Competition www.norwichfilmfestival.co.uk/films/official-selection-2024/midnight-rising/ Solo
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2024Leeds International Film Festival Leeds, Verenigd Koninkrijk Official selection screening of 'Midnight Rising' - British Shorts Competition Solo
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2024CinemAsia Film Festival CinemAsia Amsterdam, Nederland Dutch premiere of film 'Midnight Rising' Solo
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2023Sounds From the Second Floor Celestial Festival Berlijn, Duitsland Screening of 'I Didn't Dare to Speak' and 'beast' as part of short film programme with Q+A yeoja-mag.com/celestial-festival-2023/ Solo
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2023Skate Film Short Competition Roffa Mon Amour Rotterdam, Nederland Winner of the Skate Film Short Competition with film 'I Didn't Dare to Speak' roffamonamour.com/screenings/your-favourite-skate-film/ Solo
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2023Skatepark Theater Rotterdam Rotterdam, Nederland Live skatepark event with screenings of 'I Didn't Dare to Speak' www.theaterrotterdam.nl/agenda/10651/mette-ingvartsen-dk/skatepark Groep
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2023XPOSED Film Festival 2023 XPOSED Festival Berlijn, Duitsland Official festival selection for screening of 'beast' xposedfilmfestival.com/2023/films/shorts-5-how-to-get-more-followers/ Solo
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2023FACT FACT Liverpool, Verenigd Koninkrijk Film screening of 'beast' Solo
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2023Positions: Afterlives Stroom Den Haag, Nederland Film screening of 'beast' stroom.nl/activiteiten/manifestatie.php?m_id=3817492 Groep
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2022Sinema Transtopia: Stories from the Periphery bi'bak Berlijn, Duitsland Screening and Q+A for film 'I Didn't Dare to Speak' bi-bak.de/en/bi-bakino/stories-from-the-periphery Groep
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2022NOWNESS Asia x Movement Festival NOWNESS Asia World premiere of 'beast' showcased on NOWNESS Asia and Eaton HK. www.nowness.asia/playlist/64877/movement-festival-2022-a-void Solo
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2022Remembering Place esea Contemporary Manchester, Verenigd Koninkrijk The programme explored how artists reimagine post-colonial Asia, migration, family and friendship. cfcca.org.uk/exchanges-open-house-people-place-space/ Groep
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2021Queer Diasporas Nieuwe Vide Haarlem, Nederland Premiere of moving-image 'I Didn't Dare to Speak' nieuwevide.com/expositie/queer-diasporas/?lang=en Groep
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2021Haarlem Kunstlijn Haarlem , Nederland Screening of 'I Didn't Dare to Speak' haarlemtownqueers.nl/Kunstlijn-2021 Groep
projecten
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2025
Sun Moon Rising Amsterdam, Nederland aileenye.com/SMR-2025 An exploration of movement and the body as a site for paralanguage, ancestral chambers, and the beautiful ugliness contained in physical euphoria. Through the body, the film explores the contemporaneous connection between pasts, present, and futures, encoded in the natural elements we share.
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2024
Midnight Rising London, Verenigd Koninkrijk aileenye.com/Midnight-Rising-2024 Midnight Rising is an intimate portrait of London’s East and South East Asian clubbing community, a world in which the allure of raving, extravagance, and hyperpop becomes an affirmation of love, acceptance, and joy. This world-within-a-world is instantly familiar - filled with ambitions, desires, and yearnings that reflect the joy and resistance of today.
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2022
beast Den Haag, Nederland aileenye.com/beast-2022 A martial arts inspired dance-fight between a lion dancer and queer performer reflecting the tension between traditional and modern identities in a dreamscape nightmare.
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2022
Spirited Away Vital Capacities Remote, Verenigd Koninkrijk vitalcapacities.com/exhibition/aileen-ye/ Een interactieve beleving van hoe ik aanneem dat mijn digitale uitvaart eruit ziet. De focus van dit project ligt op 'digitale dood' en 'onsterfelijkheid' en het uitwissen van traditionele culturele praktijken en menselijke verbondenheid.
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2021
ENTER Het Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, Nederland video.enter.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/ Produceerde een nieuw platform voor videoconferenties voor culturele werkers. Toezicht gehouden op kunstenaarsresidenties om experimentele interactieve ontwerpen op ENTER te maken.
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2021
I Didn't Dare to Speak Rotterdam, Nederland www.girlsinfilm.net/videos/i-didnt-dare-to-speak Shot on 16mm, this introspective short film celebrates loneliness as one of the most fulfilling parts of growing up, because without it, it asks, how can we truly understand ourselves?
Internationale uitwisselingen / Artist-in-residencies
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2022Vital Capacities Op afstand, Verenigd Koninkrijk Een onderzoeks- en beeldende kunstresidentie van een maand waar ik me richt op 'digitale dood' en 'onsterfelijkheid' en het uitwissen van traditionele culturele praktijken. vitalcapacities.com/exhibition/aileen-ye/
opdrachten
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2023Midnight Rising Gorilla Gorilla Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk Midnight Rising is an intimate portrait of London’s East and South East Asian clubbing community, a world in which the allure of raving, extravagance, and hyperpop becomes an affirmation of love, acceptance, and joy. This world-within-a-world is instantly familiar - filled with ambitions, desires, and yearnings that reflect the joy and resistance of today. aileenye.com/Midnight-Rising-2024 Uitgevoerd
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2022beast Tong Global Den Haag, Nederland Een door martial arts geïnspireerd dansgevecht tussen een leeuwendanser en queer artiest die de spanning tussen traditionele en moderne identiteiten weerspiegelt in een nachtmerrie in een droomlandschap. vimeo.com/747919492 Uitgevoerd
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2021I Didn't Dare to Speak Nieuwe Vide Haarlem, Nederland Korte film over een tienerschaatser in Rotterdam, die in en uit het leven en vriendschappen schaatst. vimeo.com/559589168 Uitgevoerd
Recensies
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2024SCENE with Aileen Ye on Midnight Rising Blog/Vlog BFI London, Verenigd Koninkrijk www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuCVzTf9E8Q Interview on filmmaking and on film 'Midnight Rising' as part of BFI London Film Festival
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2023Aileen Ye: beast Website The New Current London, Verenigd Koninkrijk www.thenewcurrent.co.uk/beast Interview on film 'beast'
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2022Talent Spotlight: 'beast 怪物' van Aileen Ye Website TONG Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk www.tong.global/point-of-view/article/talent-spotlight-beast-by-aileen-ye Article about short film 'beast'.
Prijzen en stipendia
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2025Cultuurfonds Voor de Kunst Nederland
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2024Best International Short Documentary Dublin International Film Festival Dublin, Ierland Competition award for film, 'Midnight Rising'.
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2023Kunstenaar Start Mondriaan Fonds, Netherlands Nederland
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2022FOCUS Award winnaar EVCOM Industry Awards Londen, Verenigd Koninkrijk Designed to celebrate young, diverse creative talent, the FOCUS Award is an award for emerging talent filmmakers.
artistieke nevenactiviteiten
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2025 - 2025Jury member for experimental film at NFFTY Festival
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2024 - 2024MUBI Netherlands guest host
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2023 - 2024Filmprogrammeur bij Eye Filmmuseum
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2023 - 2023Public lecture on 16mm filmmaking with BA Film students at University of Winchester
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2022 - 2025International guest film curator Loopt nog