Shirkers

'Shirkers', 2018

A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.

A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.

Director

Sandi Tan

Runtime

97 minutes

Type

Feature

Genre

Documentary

Keywords

title directed by female

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Shirkers

Sandi Tan, 2018

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1.33 : 1 ('Shirkers' footage)

Color

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Screening formats

35 mm
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A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.

In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan and her friends Sophie and Jasmine shot Singapore's first indie-a road movie called "Shirkers"-with their enigmatic American mentor, Georges Cardona. Sandi wrote the script and played the lead, a killer named S. After shooting wrapped, Georges vanished with all the footage! 20 years later, the 16mm cans are recovered in New Orleans, sending Sandi-now a novelist in Los Angeles-on a new personal odyssey across two continents and many media: 16mm, digital, Hi8, Super8, slides, animation and handwritten letters. A kaleidoscopic punk rock ghost story!

Summary

A woman explores the events surrounding a film she and her friends began making with a mysterious stranger decades ago.

Synopsis

In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan and her friends Sophie and Jasmine shot Singapore's first indie-a road movie called "Shirkers"-with their enigmatic American mentor, Georges Cardona. Sandi wrote the script and played the lead, a killer named S. After shooting wrapped, Georges vanished with all the footage! 20 years later, the 16mm cans are recovered in New Orleans, sending Sandi-now a novelist in Los Angeles-on a new personal odyssey across two continents and many media: 16mm, digital, Hi8, Super8, slides, animation and handwritten letters. A kaleidoscopic punk rock ghost story!

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Cast

Sandi Tan

Actor/Actress

Jasmine Kin Kia Ng

Actor/Actress

Philip Cheah

Actor/Actress

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Director

Sandi Tan

Screenwriter

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