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I am currently based between Hong Kong and Singapore, working across higher education and the arts.

My work centres on cinema and other screen cultures, with a particular interest in the infrastructures through which art and media are produced, circulated, and experienced. I examine how material, institutional, and technological conditions shape what becomes visible, accessible, and consumable, as well as the forms of attention, encounter, and affect that emerge around moving images.

In 2021, I founded Singapore Film Database (SGFilmDB), a digital resource documenting feature films made in / made with Singapore from 1965 to the present. The platform also maps the wider film ecology through listings of funding opportunities, organisations, and creative spaces that support filmmaking in Singapore.

Current engagements:

Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong Programmes: Master of Arts in English Studies & Master of Arts in Creative Communications

Film programmer (Asian Feature Competition/ Horizon) for the 37th Singapore International Film Festival, happening from 21 Oct — 1 Nov 2026.

Get in touch: [email protected]

Find my full curriculum vitae here:

Sim Jiaying Curriculum Vitae

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Recent Engagements

2025 Artlab Editorial Fellow

Associate Faculty, Singapore University of Social Science

Film Programmer, 36th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF)

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Publications

Art Writing

Book Chapters

Research Articles

Reviews

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Public Talks

Invited Talks

Presentations

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Projects

Singapore Online Film Database

Creative Productions