树石写影Topophilia Films

About

Topophilia Films is a creative studio specialising in film, photography and brand storytelling for architecture, art museums, auction houses and cultural heritage. We work closely with institutions and practices to distil what makes them distinct, translating material, light and memory into engaging stories.

We help clients articulate, translate and amplify their identity through compelling visual narratives, building a coherent framework and visual identity for how their spaces, collections and values are seen. By ensuring consistency across their brand identity, services and processes, we help them communicate their vision clearly and build meaningful connections with the audiences and clients they seek to reach.

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FOUNDERS

Portrait of Ken Lim

Ken Lim

Creative and Brand Lead | Director

Ken is a filmmaker and content director working between Malaysia and China, making brand films and campaigns for museums, auction houses, and cultural institutions. His work turns collections, exhibitions, and specialist knowledge into public-facing narratives. He graduated with honours from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in Film and Television Production and Philosophy, and holds an MPhil in Film and Screen Studies from the University of Cambridge as a Chevening Scholar.

Portrait of Chen Chen

Chen Chen

Producer | Heritage Researcher

Chen Chen is a producer working between film and cultural heritage, leading Topophilia Films’ heritage practice. Her projects include a photographic survey of Allied Architects’ surviving buildings in China. She was production designer on the Tiger Award-winning The Cloud in Her Room (IFFR 2020), and former chief curator of the art-film programme at Shanghai’s Majestic Theatre. She holds a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MSc in Archaeology from the University of Oxford as a Chevening Scholar.