In the Taiwanese countryside, a high school senior, Shuan, is passionate about playing guitar. One summer day, his parents argue heatedly about money. Pretending to attend the study group, Shuan escaped his household chores and went to the city to hang out with his bandmates. Later that day, a typhoon hit, bringing strong winds and heavy rain. Meanwhile, Shuan’s mother had not yet returned home, and his young sister was nowhere to be found.
This film essay brings together the particular and the universal in a conversation with a landscape framed by a window from a single vantage point. It draws from the intimate, the historical, the political, and the aesthetic to uncover the complex processes that have shaped the landscape over time, while simultaneously deconstructing the gaze that rests upon it.
A short documentary about a transgender woman who moved from Thailand to Darwin when she was a teenager. It follows her story of strengthening her relationship with her mother and finding love.
A teenage girl tormented by severe anxiety, depression, and hallucinations, finds herself unable to manage her overwhelming emotions. Escaping into an 80s-inspired altered reality born from obsession, she becomes determined to end her life. With a six-shooter tucked into her back pocket, she hurtles down this dark destructive path, searching for escape. The angels in her life desperately try to pull her back from the brink, but lurking in the shadows, a sinister beast relentlessly urges her onward, determined to ensure she completes her tragic quest.—Jacob Stieneker
Chohui, a girl whose armpits grow grass instead of hair, sets out to visit her aunt—the only other woman in her family—after her mother's absence. There, she encounters a new kind of growth.
In 2023, Alice visited Japan to commemorate the first anniversary of her book “We Are What We Eat – A Slow Food Manifesto”, published by Ama no Kaze. The journey took her across various regions of Japan, where she had school lunches and interacted with local producers and chefs dedicated to regenerating the local biodiversity through protecting their land. Through Alice’s passionate words and intent gaze, the audience will witness beautiful Slow Food initiatives in Japan.
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