Awards & Accolades

Here’s what people think.

  • "Cool, playful, and effortless... Shawn and his team are truly, truly gifted.

    — Lilly Lui, Executive Producer of The Golden Globes, Hollywood Foreign Press Association

  • “The audience will not receive just a story so much as an experience, a feeling. They will get to dazzle at the imagery, the music, the art of it all, and that is the beauty of experimental film.”

    — Los Angeles Film Awards on a short film by Shawn Quek

  • "The Jean-Luc Godard Award is an achievement for a lifetime. It indicates that you are far ahead of the crowd and have been distinguished as a master of the craft.

    — Anwesha Sarkar, Festival Director of Cult Critic upon awarding Shawn Quek the Jean-Luc Godard Award.

  • "A unique approach to storytelling."

    — Roy Zafrani, Director of Top Shorts Film Festival

The Accomplice: French Experimental Short Film

Kolkata, 2022

Berlin, 2021

Cannes, 2021

Los Angeles, 2021

New York, 2021

Singapore, 2021

Bolpur, 2021

Cult Critic: Jean-Luc Godard Award

Berlin Flash Film Festival: Honourable Mention

Cannes Indie Shorts: Honourable Mention

Los Angeles Film Awards: Best Young Filmmaker

Top Shorts Film Festival: Best Young Filmmaker

World Film Carnival: Best Amateur Film

Tagore International Film Festival: Best Director

Still Here: Experimental Short Film

Paris, 2019

Clash of the Titans Film Festival: Best Director

Aperture Charity Gala: Photography Exhibition

Beijing, 2019

Abstract Photography: Official Selection

The Other Side, Chinese Narrative Short Film

New York, 2019

Hanoi, 2019

Shanghai, 2018

Tribeca Shorts Film Festival: Official Selection

Across Asia Youth Film Festival: Best Picture

Shanghai Youth Film Festival: Best Picture

Dragon’s Eye: Photography Exhibition

Beijing, 2019

Beijing, 2018

Editorial Photography: Official Selection

Street Photography: Official Selection