Nocturne
Liao Jiekai (Singapore)
Col / 19' 11"/ In Mandarin, Hokkien and English with English subtitles
Ever since Jianxiong disappeared a few years ago due to his involvement in underground communist activities, Meifeng had been trying to move on in life without her lover. A visit to his family on Chinese New Year’s Eve brings back familiarity and stirs up unexpected tensions.
Artist’s Statement
This short film is part of my exploratory process of adapting Singapore novel "Art Studio" for my next feature film. It is also part of "667", an omni-bus Chinese dialect language film commission, in which I attempt to utilize elements of memory and politics to examine historical re-enactment in Cinema. I am also keen to investigate the complexity of the Hokkien language in Singapore, exercising selfreflexivity in questioning the very nature of the commission.
