The maker calls his film a ‘cinematic poem’, which can serve to explain the unexplainable. A young boy in Malaysia goes shopping for his sick mother, while a girl in distant Japan tries to photograph an incredibly beautiful snow landscape. She finds an antique watch.
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Girl in the Water
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15th Thai Short Film and Video Festival: Opener
Nowadays, many independent filmmakers shoot their films using an ordinary Canon camera, the lauded 5D. The filmmaker’s grandmother even has a 7D.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Japan, Malaysia
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 24'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
