Sheldon Chau

// FEATURED WORK

POOJA, SIR

feature • 2024 • Nepal
Venice Film Festival ‘24

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feature • 2026 • USA/Hong Kong
(as Additional Cinematographer)
Sundance ‘26

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TWO OLD WOMEN

short • 2025 • Alaska (Gwich’in)
Hawaii FF ‘25 & Seattle FF ‘26

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DEMBA

feature • 2024 • Senegal
Berlinale ‘24

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KANNAPPA

feature • 2025 • India (Telugu)
India, Opening Weekend #1 Box Office

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AFRICAN FOLKLORES REIMAGINED:
ENMITY DJINN

short • 2023 • Netflix • Mauritania

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SUMMER KNIGHT

feature • 2020 • China
Tokyo FF ‘19 - Best Film

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NAFI’S FATHER

feature • 2020 • Senegal
Locarno FF ‘19 - Best Film

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LEIVA
”LLEGARÁ”

music video • 2022 • Mexico

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YOKELAN, 66

short • 2022 • USA
AFI Fest, Jury Award ‘22

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ROOTS THAT REACH TOWARD THE SKY

short • 2024 • USA
BFI London ‘24

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LEIVA
”FLECHA”

music video • 2021 • Mexico

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THE VISIT

short • 2018 • Taiwan

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THE VISIT • short film • dir. Roxy Shih (Copy)

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broadway off-stage:
ESCALATE ft. brianna mercado

dance video • 2025 • NYC

FISH BONES

feature • 2018 • USA
Slamdance ‘18

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SAN MIGUEL

short • 2018 • Mexico
Cannes ‘18

CITY ODES
NYC: IN BETWEEN WORDS

documentary poem • 2018

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CITY ODES
LAGOS, NIGERIA: EKO ILE

documentary poem • 2020

UPS
AAPI: FORGED BY FIRE

commercial • 2022 • USA

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