Hannes Rall is Associate Chair Research and Professor for Animation Studies at the School of Art, Design and Media at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. He is also a successful director of independent animated short films: His films, primarily adaptations of classic literature, have been shown in over 650 film-festivals worldwide and won 75 international awards. Festivals screened at include Annecy, Stuttgart, Cinanima, MIAF, St. Louis IFF, Chicago Children Film Festival, Palm Springs Animation, DC Shorts, Filmfest Bremen, Interfilm, Minimalen, Rochester, Phoenix Film Festival, Dam Short Film Festival, Love Your Shorts and many others.