Kongkee
A wry comics writer who cannot tell comedy from tragedy. Creating animations and comics in Hong Kong, Kongkee has published Hi-Jacking (collaborated with Chihoi), Pandaman, Ding Ding Penguin and etc. In 2015, Travel to Hong Kong with Blur was published in collaboration with internationally known band BLUR. In 2009, Kongkee founded Penguin Lab together with Law Man-lok for multimedia development and product making. Short animated film Howl the Mobile Fatty received Hong Kong ICT Awards and Best Digital Entertainment in (Animation) Silver Award in 2013. Their latest animation Saveur Térébenthine was selected to animation group of the 20th Incubator for Films & Visual Media in Asia (ifva), and it was presented the 16th Japanese digicon6 Awards. From 2016, his comic character "Ding Ding Penguin" are selected to be one of the statue in "Hong Kong Avenue of Comic Stars".
Nine Monkeys Workshop
Established in 2013 by animator Lee Kwok Wai, NMW focuses on animation and moving images. In 2009, Lee, as the director, awarded Hong Kong ICT Award and TBS Digicon6 Award by Time To Say Good-bye (《機甲記事錄》2009 ). In recent years, NMW worked closely with the comic artist Kongkee, together they produced renowned animations, included: Howl the Mobile Fatty (《哈爾移動肥佬》, 2012), Saveur Terebenthine (《松節油之味2014), and, Crazy Pandaman(2015). And Resettlement Memory (《七層譚》2016) was awarded in Golden award- Animation- 22nd IFVA, Digicon6 2016 Asia Perspective and silver award- digital entertainment - ICT Award Hong Kong. and invited to screen in Tai Chung International Animation Festival and ASIFA-South Animation Conference.
Zcratch, founded in 2006, is a numerous awarded multimedia creative group in Hong Kong, focusing on digital entertainment and moving images. Since 2005, the team has started to create award-winning animation across different media. Their work pieces had been widely exhibited and presented locally and internationally, in Hong Kong, China, Japan, Europe and North America. The team was awarded the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2008 - Best Digital Animation & Best Digital Entertainment (Independent) Award. Recently they won the 16th Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Awards Animation Category - Silver Award and up-and-coming Int. Film Festival Hannover 2011 International Competition - Honorary Mention.
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