Detours Ahead
short film
2024
A road trip traces a transition of grief to acceptance through valleys, junctions, and detours. It is a meditation on solitude, and articulates my shifting relationship with place.
Length: 7 minutes 45 seconds
Aspect Ratio: 5:2, 4k
Country of production: Canada
Medium: Animation
Genre: Coming of age, slice of life, non narrative
Film by Esther Cheung.
Sound by Ambrose Yu.
Funded by British Columbia Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.
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