Shorts I

walk walk
TAN Pin Pin, Singapore 2023, 27 min. English and Hokkien with English subtitles, digital, European Premiere

Where Do Ants Sleep At Night
Dean WEI, China 2023, 21 min. No dialogue, Berlin Premiere

Grounds of Coherence #1, but this is the language we met in
SHEN Xin, USA, China 2023, 13 min. Mandarin, Arabic, and English with English subtitles, digital, Berlin Premiere. Film includes open captions for audio description.

Girl of Wind
YUAN Nanxi, China 2023, 38 min. Mandarin with English subtitles, digital

Hear, Here explores how personal experiences and everyday movements are articulated through cinema, connecting individual narratives to broader sociopolitical contexts. This program delves into the intersection of personal emotions and public spaces, and invites us, the audiences, to listen differently—with our bodies, hearts, and imaginations.

In walk walk, we traverse contemporary Singapore, where walking becomes a dialogue with the city, others, and oneself. Where Do Ants Sleep At Night uses body language to express the feeling of alienation. Grounds of Coherence #1 weaves Mandarin, Arabic, and English to reflect on how sounds, gestures, and landscapes create shared worlds of meaning. Lastly, Girl of Wind follows a hearing-impaired girl who listens to the world with heightened awareness as she scales tall buildings with her bare hands. (CL)