This program features three digital short films by Asian filmmakers. Singapore veteran filmmaker Eric Khoo's NO DAY OFF (39 min) records the life of a maid who leaves her husband and baby for Singapore. Darezhan Omirbayev's ABOUT LOVE (38 min) is a bitter love story based on Anton Chekhov's novel, in which a lonely math teacher falls in love with her married university classmate. Pen-ek Ratanaruang's TWELVE TWENTY (30 min) depicts the encounters of a man and a woman on a long haul flight, where they spend the next twelve hours and twenty minutes reading, drinking, eating and watching movies and sleeping by each other's side, as if they are a married couple.
Direction
Three radically different visual languages, one thematic thread.
Cinematography
Pen-ek's cramped airplane intimacy vs. Khoo's Singaporean sprawl.
Writing
Chekhov adaptation that actually understands Chekhov's ache.
Director
Darezhan Omirbayev
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pen-ek Ratanaruang shot 'Twelve Twenty' on an actual long-haul flight with minimal crew, smuggling equipment past confused flight attendants.
Eric Khoo's segment sparked debate in Singapore about migrant worker representation, with critics noting his refusal to sentimentalize exploitation.
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