Short film
Breaking Walls
2026 · 23 min
A quiet, intimate documentary that blends animation with real testimony, leaving a lingering sense of resilience and quiet sorrow.
- Directed by
- Jan-Dirk Bouw
- Genres
- Documentary, Animation
- Starring
- Sijtze van der Meer, Anonymous, Sheila Ho
- Overview
- Journalist and activist Hoi Yi fights against the global rise of surveillance and censorship, while suppressing his queer identity from his family. The personal repression he faces is reflected in his commitment to the freedom of others.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, tense and earnest. Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, isolation, politics, freedom
- Content
- Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Jan-Dirk Bouw
- Genres
- Documentary, Animation
- Starring
- Sijtze van der Meer, Anonymous, Sheila Ho
