Still - short film

Director(s): Lucky Kuswandi
Country: Indonesië/VS
Year: 2005
Language: no dialogues
Length: 15 minutes

Program: screened before Masahista
8 April - 20.00 hours - Rialto Amsterdam*

* Leading actor and co-scriptwriter Jason Woo will attend the screening.

STILL traces the physical and emotional landscapes that a young runaway treads in his journey towards self-discovery, acceptance and connection with his father.

A gay teenager detached from his surroundings, Guy (Jason Woo) runs away from home to escape the idle stillness of his life. He takes the train towards a beach town and checks into a dilapidated motel, roaming the barely-alive streets aimlessly. Bored and lonely, he seeks solace through the only way that he is familiar (and capable) of: sex with strangers. Finding no contentment, the disillusioned Guy finally calls home in an attempt to establish a meaningful relationship with his absent, distant father (Brett C. Shim), an ominous figure he barely knows or understands. As he is transported to a dream-like encounter with his father in a cold, deserted beach, Guy has to make that choice of taking the laborious first step to close the distance between them standing still.