Reading You
Creative Documentary
Experimental, Animation, Mixed Media
2023 | 14 mins | Malaysia, Belgium
Director, Cinematographer, Editor
An immersion into memories where absence of a person takes hold. Through the diaries left behind by the filmmaker's mother 20 years ago, Reading You is an attempt to reconcile with the decisions made in the past.
Awards
22nd Tirana International Film Festival 2024 - Best Student Documentary (OSCAR® Qualifying Competition)
“A delicate and profound exploration of grief and trauma. The film is a journey of reconciliation with the filmmakers own past through the painful memories of her own mother. Beautifully crafted, this film deeply moved us.”
Otilia Babara, Goran Gocic & Ardit Sadiku (Jury)
Festivals / Official Selections
34th Singapore International Film Festival 2023 - Southeast Asian Short Film Competition
Kortfilmfestivalen / 47th Norwegian Short Film Festival 2024 - International Short Film Competition
22nd Tirana International Film Festival 2024 - Student Documentary OSCAR® Qualifying Competition (Q&A)
SeaShorts Film Festival 2024 - Malaysian Open Competition
Outerspace Short Film Festival, Hangzhou City, China
Green Mountains Film Festival, Guilin, China
LENScape: Documentary Shorts from Southeast Asia, Indonesia & Singapore
17th Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 2024, United States
47th Festival International du Court Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand 2025, France
Sydney Short Film Festival 2025, Australia
Days of Cinema 2025, Cambodia
Festival Film Dokumenter 2025, Indonesia
