SYNOPSIS

Two crocodilian men go to a swimming pool to cool off. One of them is seemingly of a different and special kind; the other is unable to control his desire.

SCREENINGS

International Film Festival Rotterdam 2023 - World Premiere
New Directors/New Films 2023 (MoMA and Film at Lincoln Center)
Palm Springs International ShortFest 2023
Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg 2023
Melbourne International Film Festival 2023
Uppsala Film Festival 2023
BAFICI (Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival) 2023
FEST – New Directors New Films Festival 2023
Encounters Film Festival 2023
Norwegian Short Film Festival 2023
Guanajuato International Film Festival 2023
Concorto Film Festival 2023
Silhouette Film Fest 2023
Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival 2023
L'Etrange Festival 2023 
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2023
SLASH Filmfestival 2023
Adelaide Film Festival 2023
Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival 2023
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2023
Kyiv International Short Film Festival 2023
Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival 2024
Glasgow Short Film Festival 2024
Queer East 2024
Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS 2024
Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival 2024
Mini Film Festival 2024
Minikino Film Week 2024
Blue Chair Film Festival 2024
Ngilngig Asian Fantastic Film Festival 2024

TECHNICAL INFO

Year of production 2023
Length 11:35
Country Singapore
Genre Fiction
Shooting Format 16mm
Screening Format DCP, ProRes 422
Aspect Ratio 1.37:1
Language English
Subtitles English (Chinese, Spanish subtitles available)

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CREDITS

Cast YAZID JALIL, NICKSON CHENG
Director, Writer MARK CHUA, LAM LI SHUEN
Producer LEE YI JIA
Cinematographer LINCOLN YEO
Production Sound Mixer CHENG LIJIE
Colourist EUGENE SEAH
Music Composer MARK CHUA, LAM LI SHUEN

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PRESS

ARTE.TV - Chomp It! Interview

Asian Movie Pulse - “Interview with Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen: Looking at the human animal, but with some courage” (2023)