Direction: Kim Yip Tong
Synopsis
On July 25, 2020, the bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on the reef off the east coast of Mauritius. Twelve days later, oil spilled, causing the worst ecological disaster ever recorded in the region.
Duration: 13 minutes
Year: 2024
Short Fiction Film
Country and Language
Mauritius
Mauritian Creole – English – French
Subtitled in French & English
Production
Gao Shan Pictures
Gao Shan Animation Studio
We Film
Location
Stella Matutina
Date and time
05/04 at 6:30 PM
Multidisciplinary artist from Mauritius. She studied textile design in Paris and London, earning a master’s degree in Information Experience Design from the Royal College of Art in London in 2017. Her current research focuses on natural history and postcolonial identity. Her practice includes kinetic installations, video mapping, painting, artistic direction, and music video production. She has created two planetarium animations, Lucent Matter (2016) and Anthozoa (2017), showcased at international festivals. Her work has been exhibited in various countries, and she is a professor of contemporary art at the ENSA Nantes Maurice School of Architecture.
Opening Ceremony
April 5th, Stella Matutina, 6:30pm
Feature-length documentary competition : 1st part
April 6th, Ciné Cambaie, 2pm
Feature-length documentary competition : 2nd part
April 7, Ciné Cambaie, 6:30pm
Short film competition
April 8th, Ciné Cambaie 6:30pm
Awards and closing ceremony
April 9th, Stella Matutina, 6:30pm
The Film Market
April 6th to 9th, Hôtel Le Récif