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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 | 7 mins
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 | 24 mins
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 | 18 mins
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 | 19 mins
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 | 18 mins
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 | 9 mins
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.
