11 Years After Diana

It has been 11 years since Diana passed away from a chronic illness that has crippled her family for more than a decade before she passed on. After 11 years, Diana’s daughter – X – revisits her journey of grief and loss through the lenses of people who she deemed were close to her mother when Diana was still alive.

Director Biography

Cindy and Xinyi have been great friends, ex-colleagues and schoolmates for the past five years. Although they both have similar interests in filmmaking, they have never worked together on a film or video project during their university years. After graduating with a degree in Psychology last year, Cindy and Xinyi decided to use this opportunity to apply what they have learned in their university days, while making this short film come to fruition.

Competition ID / Team Leader’s name: Yap Xin Yi

Mental Health Topic / Category: Grief and Loss

Eggs

A young social worker is eager to help her client, a young woman who recently lost her husband. On the morning of their first meeting, the widow finds out she’s pregnant.

Director Biography

Finding 3 like-minded individuals is not an easy feat, which is why The Pottery Club did not achieve this feat, but hopefully we created something which resonates with many minds nonetheless.

Director Statement

There is something incomprehensible about grief and loss. All of us have experienced and will experience loss and the grief that follows, yet the way we experience and deal with grief is unique to each person. For me, Eggs is an attempt to explore this simultaneously personal and universal experience of grief and loss, and show that we are all capable of caring for each other in more ways than one.

Competition ID / Team Leader’s name: Cheryl Tan

Mental Health Topic / Category: Grief and Loss

Grief Booth

After losing his mother, Jing Xuan’s relationship with his father becomes strained as both of them deal with the loss separately. Through a virtual experience at the Grief Booth, Jing Xuan attempts to rekindle his relationship with his father to process the grief together.

Competition ID / Team Leader’s name: Claudia Wee

Mental Health Topic / Category: Grief and Loss

LIFELINE

A Suicide Hotline Worker struggles to cope with the death of a frequent caller.

Directed by Aiman Azzarudin

Written by Aiman Azzarudin

Produced by Insyirah Jasman

Competition ID / Team Leader’s name: Aiman Azzarudin

Mental Health Topic / Category: Grief and Loss

Moth-er!

49 days after her mother died, a girl is being haunted by a moth, who unknowingly brings more closure than fear.

Directed by Charissa Tapay

Competition ID / Team Leader’s name: Tapay Charissa

Mental Health Topic / Category: Grief and Loss