Baba
A six-year-old boy uses the power of his imagination to protect himself against a harsh reality.
15'
Kenya
IFFR 2023
The moving landscape of a highway shot from inside a car and the animated drawings by the filmmaker compete for our attention. Meanwhile, on the soundtrack, we hear director Charlotte Bee Her Hong candidly talking to their partner about their previous artistic practice: observational sketches of random people done on public transport. Their spontaneous conversation addresses issues of intimacy, the meaning and purpose of creative work, and the strange encounters it propels.
– Cristina Álvarez López
IFFR 2023
- 5'
- Singapore
- 2022
- Director
- Charlotte Bee Her Hong
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Countries of production
- Singapore, United States
- Year
- 2022
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 5'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Giuliana Foulkes
- Production Company
- Total Blur Productions
- Sales
- Total Blur Productions
- Cinematography
- Charlotte Bee Her Hong
- Editor
- Charlotte Bee Her Hong
- Sound Design
- Charlotte Bee Her Hong
- Cast
- Charlotte Bee Her Hong, Giuliana Foulkes
Also in this combined programme
No Changes Have Taken In Our Life
A humorously tragic animation about a post-graduate job search amid the ennui of hometown culture.
45'
China
IFFR 2023
Sisters
A found footage road trip with two sisters who run wild before their paths diverge.
2'
Canada
IFFR 2023
- Director
- Charlotte Bee Her Hong
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Countries of production
- Singapore, United States
- Year
- 2022
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 5'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Giuliana Foulkes
- Production Company
- Total Blur Productions
- Sales
- Total Blur Productions
- Cinematography
- Charlotte Bee Her Hong
- Editor
- Charlotte Bee Her Hong
- Sound Design
- Charlotte Bee Her Hong
- Cast
- Charlotte Bee Her Hong, Giuliana Foulkes
Programme IFFR 2023
Short & Mid-length
Just as long as it takes. The Short & Mid-length film programme offers a unique showcase of films under 63 minutes.
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An affecting meditation on the pain experienced by refugees forced to live in limbo.
12'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2023
3 Lieder
Timeless, silent film vignettes based on songs from Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe. A tribute to early film.
7'
Germany
IFFR 2023
3 Peonies
Flowers are stuck down and covered by tape: a wry comment on 20th-century modernist art.
3'
United States
IFFR 2023