Oxymoron Life...
The wanderer Rascal embarks on a psychotic and contradictory journey to break out of the ego bubble in which his self-loathing and isolation have inserted him in. After his metamorphosis, his soulmate, Paloma, makes him realize that life is as complicated as it is simple - and that all that's left to do is to live.
nostomanie
A garden of shadows
A film-poem about shadows and light. Available on YouTube
Moving Memories
On April 1st, 2022, my grandfather passed away and i felt lost. I think my path changed when, some days after he passed away, i was offered a small VHS camera. "Moving Memories" is a visual journey that makes the viewer reflect on our momentary presence on earth and questions the nature of memory. Throughout this journey, we get to the conclusion that memories are more than just static photographs in our minds, they're alive and in constant movement, changing while we evolve as individuals. These memories have influence and help us to move on.
Landscape of our Body
As queer trans and gender non-conforming children of the Vietnamese diaspora, we are fragmented at the crossroads of being displaced from not only a sense of belonging to our ancestral land, but also our own bodies which are conditioned by society to stray away from our most authentic existence. Yet these bodies of ours are the vessels we sail to embark on a lifetime voyage of return to our original selves. It is our bodies that navigate the treacherous tides of normative systems that impose themselves on our very being. And it is our bodies that act as community lighthouses for collective liberation. Ultimately, the landscape of our bodies is our blueprint to remembering, to healing, to blooming.
The Gray-Haired Men
Blurring the lines between candid memories and narrative fiction, The Gray-Haired Men captivates as it frames the past and present as the fiction of a distant future.
nature film
A documentary recording wildlife in Lancaster, Dundee and Fife, shot on a Samsung Galaxy A51.
If This World Were Mine
If This World Were Mine: Poems is an intimate, cinematic short film adaptation of a layered poetic journey—a visual meditation on identity, introspection, and the internal landscapes we navigate as we grow. The film blends voice-over narration, evocative imagery, and reflective monologue to bring the emotional and thematic currents of the poetry to life.
Let It Be a Tale
An animated tribute to the text of "If I Must Die," the final poem written by Palestinian writer, scholar, activist, and martyr Dr. Refaat Al-Areer.
i before c
A woman cuts off her braids and finds relief in her natural hair.
VAMPIRO
Based on a poem by Verónica Sulbaran, VAMPIRO depicts the dominance of modern machismo through a man’s gestures and a woman’s vulnerability in a world that isn't kind enough for her.
Murphy's Law
A short film poem about transitioning to the next chapter of your life
Afterimages
A film-poem created for Counterclock Journal's 2023 Patchwork: Film x Poetry fellowship, featuring an original poem by Mackenzie Duan and animation by Evan Bode.
Is All
Time, transience, and presence through interpretation, repetition, and imitation.
