Short film
Pool
2007 · 14 min
A quiet, observational short that lingers on children at play, carrying an undercurrent of unspoken fear and slow recovery.
- Directed by
- Chris Chong Chan Fui
- Genres
- Documentary
- Overview
- The film depicts a group of children playing in a swimming pool in Aceh, Indonesia, working through their fear of water following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.
- How it feels
- Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Trauma, healing, survival, memory
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Chris Chong Chan Fui
- Genres
- Documentary