Screenings will be followed by discussions with directors present

 

Driving Test (Afghanistan/France; 25 min; 2011) Dir: Mahbooba Ibrahimi

A young woman struggles to get her driver’s license to join a company of taxi drivers where there are only men

 

April 21 (Animation; USA/Hong Kong; 4 min; 2014) Dir: Jessica Poon

An extended geographical metaphor that compares geometries and cubical shapes to anxiety

 

Doppelganger (Taiwan; 26 min; 2013) Dir: Hsieh Ting-hang

Dai-De is a young mortician who has been stealing gold teeth from his dead “customers

 

12:00 – 13:30

Beyond the Wave (Germany/Japan; 83 min; 2013) Dir: Kyoko Miyake

Having lived outside of Japan for more than a decade, Kyoko Miyake feels compelled to revisit Fukushima after the nuclear disaster

 

14:30 – 16:10

Journey (Hong Kong; 28 min; 2013) Dir: Wong Chin-Yan Doris

Dreaming is a luxury in Hong Kong, and Rachel and Ronald struggle between pursuing their dreams and facing reality

 

The Bag (Myanmar; 9 min; 2011) Dir: Thet Su Hlaing

Daw Nar Ku quietly creates a strikingly patterned traditional Lahu bag

 

Potter’s Song (Myanmar; 23 min; 2013) Dir: Hnin Ei Hlaing

Portrait of a community of potters in the town of Twante west of Yangon

 

Last Kiss (Myanmar; 22 min; 2014) Dir: Seng Mai Kinraw

Every day since civil war resumed between the Myanmar military and the Kachin Independence Organisation, Jaing Chying has written and recited a poem

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker, Thet Su Hlaing, Yangon Film School

 

 

16:30 – 18:00

COMPILATION OF EXPERIMENTAL FILMS - II

 

Noon Day Dispensary  (India; 26 min; 2014) Dir: Priya Sen

Noon Day Dispensary produces the ?unsettlinggaze?

 

Lost in Home (China; 29 min; 2013) Dir: Tan Tan

The record of a 100 year old community through thousands of pictures, poetic plots and a live performance

 

Night Noon (India/USA ; 11 min; 2014) Dir: Shambhavi Kaul

Geology’s ‘thrust and fold’ becomes the unlikely habitat for two actors’ shadowy encounters 

 

Let Go Aviary (Singapore; 3 min; 2004) Dir: Ang Sookoon

Solitary without solitude...

 

Fish Love (India; 12 min; 2014) Dir: Gayatri Kodikal

“I am the kind of fish who lives in sludge, the slimy undergrowth below this pond. I am madly in love with a fisherwoman, who visits the pond.”

 

Followed by a discussion with the filmmaker