Connections Across Distances

Alfonso Luis Sales
Duration: 3:57

During a hot summer day, a Taho vendor is surprised to see two other street vendors (Buko vendor and Balut Vendor) at his usual selling place in the park. Tensions rise when a potential customer arrives. The three vendors end up competing against each other showing their wits and skills with a mix of charm, showing why it’s always more fun in the Philippines.

Credits:

Director, Cinematographer, Editor: Alfonso Sales
Choreographers: Erik Cruz, Jigoro Gragasin, Elijah Mendoza
Producer: Sky Solitude Pictures
Production Manager, Colorist: Raine De los Reyes
Camera Operators: Shim Abrio, Kyle Chu, Raine De los Reyes
Production Assistants: Debie Rose Tiamson, Iñigo Abaya, Julia Rebollido, Karla Urquiaga, Marco Profeta

Lisa Kusanagi
Duration: 8:34

Between past/water and future/desert, a woman warrior dances to bring the water back.

A wintry forest comes to life in this delightfully weird collaboration between Lisa and JuJu Kusanagi and Yvonne Meier. Their choreography of snow and ice, trees and sunlight, body parts and forest creatures evokes the playful illusionism.

Credits:

Director: Lisa Kusanagi
Choreographers & Cast: Lisa Kusanagi, JuJu Kusanagi, Yvonne Meier
Cinematographer: Koichi Makino
Producers: Yvonne Meier, Lisa Kusanagi
Editor: Lisa Kusanagi
Composer: Ran Bagno

Jarren Lau Zong Xian
Duration: 6:26

Against the backdrop of William Blakes's "The Echoing Green", PASSING PHASES is a dance narrative film that celebrates the moment of now, the act of living.

Each dancer portrays the different phases in life; Birth, Growth and Death. Each with their own unique style and place, they exist together as a whole, much like the poem itself; the 3 stanzas that describe the act of living and it still seen as a whole.

Credits:

Director: Jarren Lau
Choreographers & Dancers: Chan Chao Peng, Cheryl Grace Wee, Pang Xue Jing
Cinematographer: Lee Jing Wei
Editor: Jarren Lau
Gaffer: Kester Kiew
Production Design: Sandra Sek