Awards :
The 72 Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland, Silver Leopard SRG SSR For The International Competition
New Orleans Film Festival 2020 - Jury Award for Animated Shorts Oscar®-qualifying
AFI Fest 2020, Special Mention for Animation
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2019 - Best Animated Short
Slamdance 2020 - Honorable Mention For Doc Short 58th
Ann Arbor Film Festival 2020- The Eileen Maitland Award
Chicago Underground Film Festival 2020, Helen Hill Animation Award
DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2020, Canada - The best short documentary
Iowa City International Documentary Film Festival 2020 - Jury Award
Oxford Film Festival 2020, Jury Award for Animation
Paris International Animation Film Festival, Jury Award
Taichung International Animation Festival, Jury Award
Originally from China, Danski Tang is an animation filmmaker and artist now based in Los Angeles.
Specializing in 2D hand-drawn animation, visual art, and experimental documentary, Danski uses animation as a means to investigate themes of memories, subconscious, cultural indoctrination, and body politics. Her work has been shown in numerous international film festivals such as MoMA DocFortnight, Melbourne International Film Festival,Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Hiroshima International Animation Festival, Vienna Shorts Festival. Her latest film “Umbilical” won the Pardino d’argento (Silver Leopard) SRG SSR at the International Competition at the 72 Locarno Film Festival, the Eileen Maitland Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival,the Best Animated Short at the San Diego Asian Film Festival 2019, and Honorable Mention for Documentary Short at Slamdance 2020, the Best Short Documentary at DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2020.
Danski holds an MFA in Experimental Animation from California Institute of the Arts and a BFA in animation from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Art. She currently teaches at CalArts and Cal State University Long Beach.
CV available upon request.