Commercials
More work
Long Form
Creating awareness
Awardwinning project
The Invisible Ones
Since the outbreak of Covid-19 verbal and physical racial discrimination against people of (East and South East) Asian origin has increased exponentially in the Netherlands. However, anti-Asian racism is no new phenomenon. Many Asian Dutch have experienced everyday racism from a young age. Asian Dutch are underrepresented and stereotyped in Dutch media and culture – in content as well as in production.
The main goal of the project The Invisible Ones with its video #IkZieWatJijNietZiet (I Spy With My Little Eye) was to raise awareness of and to counter anti-Asian racism. The video is meant as an empowering platform and cultural space for the invisible Asian Dutch and their voices and perspectives. The video also served as a showcase for Asian Dutch creative talent. Almost everyone of the team is from Asian descent.
#IkZieWatJijNietZiet has gone viral and has been shared over 4000 times. In 2021 the video has been rewarded with a Silver Lamp at ADCN’s Dutch Creativity Award.
www.theinvisibleones.nl
Credits
Concept & Editing: Chee-Han Kartosen-Wong
Production: Bongkar met Wongkar
Creatieve producer: Tieka Masfar
Spoken Word: Kevin Groen
Animation: Chun Lee [Small Red Car]
Animation assist: Alex Guo
D.O.P.: Junior Masfar
Music: Joris Titawano
Sound Design: Eelco Jorissen
Voice-Over engineer: Clifford Goilo
Colour Grading: Brian Krijgsman [MPC]
Colour assist: Maruf Khan [MPC]
Illustrations: Sioejeng Tsao
Digitale Collages: Rui Jun Luong
Retouch: Jan-Willem Dijkstra
PR: Hagens PR
“Ignored identities, forgotten stories and many languages spoken by silent voices”
About me
I’ll be frank: when I was studying Media Technology in Uni I didn’t think of becoming an Editor. Instead I was learning the ropes of being a Web Designer. Then one day I saw one of Adidas’ iconic commercials on the telly and I knew straight away that I wanted to tell stories through editing and create commercials and other beautiful content.
So I applied for a job opening at 180 Amsterdam as a Tape Operator/Assistant Editor. That was the place where my editing career really started. I put all of my energy and love into my job and pretty soon I was promoted to Junior Editor.
After a couple of years I left 180 and continued to freelance for various renowned agencies, production companies and brands. I worked on commercials, short documentaries, music videos, fashion films but also helped set up the Editing department at 24Kitchen, The Netherlands’ first ever TV channel dedicated to food. As Senior Editor I edited over 75 hours of food programs. That’s a whole lot of stirring-in-pots shots!
“It doesn’t matter whether it is long form, short form, no form, Chee-Han
will always bring that bit of editing magic to make your film great.”
To gain more international experience, I moved to London which became my second home town. I had a very exciting time and lots of great opportunities crossed my path. I travelled a lot, edited for high end fashion brands, worked for several award-winning production companies like Passion Pictures, found a great agent and met amazing fellow editors.
After a while it was time to return to Amsterdam. Since being back in Amsterdam I have been working for local and international companies and brands. Couple of project I’ve worked on have been rewarded with awards such as Cannes Lion, One Show and Epica.
In 2023 I’ve cut my first feature film Happy Palace which is a project close to my heart. I really enjoy the combination of cutting long and short format projects.
Besides film editing I’ve also given guest lectures on editing and diversity for students in media studies. Together with my husband we’ve launched our first Dutch children’s book “Waar Is Mijn Noedelsoep?!?” (Where Is My Noodle Soup?!?) in September 2019 which has officially become a bestseller.
All in all, I'm grateful to have worked on wonderful projects with wonderful people and look forward to continue to do so!
CLIENTS
24Kitchen, 72AndSunny, 180Amsterdam, Wieden+Kennedy, adidas, AtomizedTV, Anomaly, Ambassadors, Asics, Calvin Klein, Dior, Disney, Funx, Google, Glassworks VFX, Halal, HuluTV, JWT, MPC, Mulberry, New Amsterdam, Nike, Passion Raw, Philips, TBWA, Tommy Hilfiger, VICE, Vogue, We Are Pi, Whitehouse Post and many more.
Skill set
Short and long form such as Feature films and commercials.
Adobe CC, Avid MC
An experienced eye for diversity & inclusivity
Dutch, English, Cantonese Chinese
WAAR IS MIJN NOEDELSOEP?!?
GEBAKKEN RIJST MET VAN ALLES EN NOG WAT!!!
Reza & Chee-Han Kartosen-Wong
Illustrations by Maria Koutamanis.
Published by Rose Stories.
bongkar met wongkar
A social enterprise with a focus on increasing diversity and inclusion in media and culture
