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shareWhen bots and avatars commingle with flesh and bone. Stories of simulations, AI, clones, reenactments, and images-unfound yet commingling with the human.
This screening is part of our FREE Films at 4 series.
Post-screening Q&A scheduled with filmmakers.
In this program
Chuff Chuff Chuff
Directed by Chao Koi Wang
Suspended in time and space on old monitors and an ever-chugging train, a couple spends a summer afternoon with their turtle, mourning the barrier between dreaming and reality, and grasping for what’s beyond reach.
14 Paintings
Directed by Chen Dongnan
As “copy painters” in China’s Dafen village are rebranded as original artists by the government, this doc follows the artworks themselves and their collectors.
Grieving
Directed by Chris Chi
As part of a psychiatrist’s study, an aspiring actress breaks out in her first dramatic role as a deceased person comforting the grieving clients left behind.
My Nights Glow Yellow
Directed by Hannah Bang
In this near-future short, Kacie is a companion-for-hire who helps lonely folks for a fee. But when a sincere client crosses boundaries and stirs feelings, Kacie must figure out how to manage growing confusion.
Break no.1 & Break no.2
Directed by Lei Lei
Vintage light fixtures. Images and videos of a mundane past. Snowy caps and pedestrians seared into memory, to be replayed like a favorite tv show. The everyday laced with the grand cycles of life, memorable as love and death.
Is this now the time I should let you go?
Directed by Tsai Yi-Chin
A blend of animation, home videos, and analog film, this experimental short explores the ways a lost loved one is still an active presence, capturing the elusive, ever-changing nature of memories and the sorrowful journey of letting go.
