TODAY: 23-year-old’s animation about sex education in Singapore snags Yugo BAFTA Student Awards nomination
BA(Hons) Animation Art alumna Calleen Koh is the only Singaporean whose short film, To Kill The Birds and the Bees, was nominated for the Yugo BAFTA Student Awards this year. Not only was her film able to stand out from the 715 submissions BAFTA received, she was also the only Singaporean and one of a handful of Asians who were nominated.
The 11-minute short animated film is about sex education in Singapore, and follows a pair of primary school twins, a secondary school prefect and a conservative housewife — each of them encountering a sexual situation in the course of their day. In an interview with TODAY, Calleen shares more about the inspiration behind and the making of the film.
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