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Desync

2023 · 12 min

A quiet, introspective short that blurs memory and fiction, leaving a lingering ache of unresolved family pain.

Directed by: Minerva Navasca
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jadyn Nasato, Jennifer Villaverde, Angelica Alejandro

Tagline: A young filipina filmmaker attempts to overwrite a painful memory of her mother with a perfect narrative.
Overview: Ana, a young filipina filmmaker, shoots a re-enactment of a fight she once had with her mother - a fight brought on by mutual refusals to communicate. Echoing the cultural pressure from her mother to work beyond her natural limits, Ana rewrites every single insult into a chance for forgiveness. As the story of her film diverges further and further from the memory of what happened, she questions whether her creative additions amount to yet another repression of the truth.

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Directed by: Minerva Navasca
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jadyn Nasato, Jennifer Villaverde, Angelica Alejandro

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
family
guilt
identity
art
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	0
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Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Minerva Navasca
Written by: Chen Sing Yap, Minerva Navasca
Starring: Jadyn Nasato, Jennifer Villaverde, Angelica Alejandro, Tatiana Ashton
Cinematography: Laura King
Runtime: 12 min
Country: Canada
Languages: English, Tagalog

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