Pie dan lo

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

KIM YIP TONG

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.