FILM SCORING
Praised for her excellent musical literacy as well as the proficiency in creating dramatic connection to scenario by the American Prize, Hsin-Hua was recently nominated Best Score by New Jersey Web Fest (September 2023) for her original score in The Strawberry Jam.
Private youtube playlist includes Bacchus, awarded “Special Achievement in music for animation” by The American Prize, 2021
AWARDS
Best Score Nomination by New Jersey Web Fest, USA, 2023, for original music in The Strawberry Jam
Semi-finalist at California Independent Film Festival Film Scoring Competition, USA, 2021
Semi-finalist (top 10) at “Sound of Silences- A Competition of Musical Composition for The Moving Image”- Edison Studio, the Cineteca di Bologna (Film Archive of Bologna) and the Romaeuropa Festival, Italy, 2020
CREDITS
“The Strawberry Jam” (2022, 17 mins, Comedy, Directed by Laura Lionetta; Produced by Gorgoness Films) - Composer // Winner of Narrative Short (USA) - Charlie Chaplin Award at Chicago International
Arthouse Film Festival (Blowup Film Fest) (2023); Official Selection for Lady Filmmaker Festival in Beverly Hills, CA (2023), New Jersey Web Fest (2023), Venice Shorts Film Festival (2023), The Bahamas International Film Festival (2023), and Sunscreen Film Festival, FL (2023), USA
"PIPPI” (2021, Drama, Directed by Mia Walker) - Composer // Official Selection for NewFilmmakers LA: Infocus Asian Cinema (2023); Rhode Island International Film Festival (2021); The Dallas International Film Festival (2021); 14th Bushwick Film Festival (2021); St. Louis International Film Festival (2021); and Female Voices Rock Film Festival (2021), USA
“Beyond The Drama” (2021, Animation, Directed by Siti Lu) - Composer // Premiered at Producer Showcase at California Institute of The Arts, USA (2021)
“Driving Through the Dark” (2019, Drama, Directed by Kevin Yeh) - Composer // Official Selection for International Road Movie Festival, USA (2019)
“Weirdo” (2019, Animation, Directed by Jan Nan James Wang) - Composer, Sound Designer & Audio Engineer // Premiered at Producer Showcase at California Institute of The Arts, USA (2019)
“Got Milk?” (2018, Animation, Directed by Jan Nan James Wang) - Composer, Sound Designer & Audio Engineer // Premiered at Producer Showcase at California Institute of The Arts, USA (2019)
“Way Back Home” (2015, 21 mins, Drama, Directed by Tang-Jung Cheng) - Composer // The Second Best Short Fiction Award at Chennai International Short Film Festival, CISFF, India (2017); Official Selection for Fukuoka Independent Film Festival, Japan (2018); International Film Festival of Figueira Film Art, Portugal (2016); and MOD Microfilm and Golden Short Film Contest by Chunghwa Telecom and Taipei Film Commission, Taiwan (2016)
"Find The Money Dog" (2015, 30 mins, Drama, Directed by Jim Ho) - Composer // Official Selection for YoungFilmmakers Series New York in Anthology Film Archives, USA (2016); Opening Film of Graduation Film Festival of Department of Filmmaking in Taipei National University of Arts, Taiwan (2015)
“CAMPOBAG: A Chase of Dream” (2014, 32 mins, Featured Documentary, Produced by C+ Culture, Inc.) - Songwriter, Lyricist, Arranger & Audio Engineer for title song // World premiered at LUX Cinema, Taipei, Taiwan (2014)
“Drawing Dream” (2014, Animation) - Composer // Winner of National Animation Contest for Vocational Institutes by Ministry of Education Republic of China, Taiwan (2014)
"The Journey of the Twilight" (2014, Drama) - Composer // “Best Music Award” from HELLO LOVE Charity Short Film Competition by Taipei Film and Drama Union, Taiwan (2014)
“In Your Shot, I Wanna Say...” (2012, Drama) - Composer // Audience Choice Award and Special Jury Prize of Tainan 39 Hour Short Film Contestival by Tainan City Government, Taiwan (2012)
“Seventh Love Story” (2012, Drama, Directed by Kuang-De Chang) - Composer // Silver Award of JUST YOU! Taichung City Short Film Competition by Information Bureau of Taichung City Government, Taiwan (2012)