根欲 (2024)

THE INESCAPABLE DESIRE OF ROOTS
6 MIN | SINGAPORE | MANDARIN, ENGLISH

 

SYNOPSIS

A man with hair growing wildly over his body is taken by a mania of ecstasy and anguish. He struggles with the hair becoming a means of discipline and punishment against himself, while being overwhelmed by the explosive jubilance of its sprouting. In this bizarre vision, overlaid 16mm and Super 8 film loop projections created with the filmmakers' own hair, clash in existential rage against discipline and the body in Singapore.

SCREENINGS

International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024 - World Premiere
Palm Springs International ShortFest 2024
Leiden Shorts 2024
Fantastic Fest 2024
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 2024 (special programme)
San Diego Asian Film Festival 2024
Ngilngig Asian Fantastic Film Festival 2024
Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2024
Singapore International Film Festival 2024
Experimenta 2024

TECHNICAL INFO

Year of production 2024
Length 05:40
Country Singapore
Shooting Format Super 8, 16mm
Screening Format DCP, ProRes 422
Aspect Ratio 1.33:1
Language Mandarin, English

 

CREDITS

Cast OLIVER CHONG
Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography, Music MARK CHUA, LAM LI SHUEN
Crew MATTHEW YANG, TANG KANG SHENG
Sound Design CHENG LIJIE, MARK CHUA, LAM LI SHUEN
Colour EUGENE SEAH