Concept Trailer
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Genre | Science Fiction
Language | English
Runtime | 3 mins approx.
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Set against the backdrop of a Mars mining base where resources are scarce and trust is a luxury, a man grows determined to challenge an oppressive regime when he becomes accused for murder.
Metafrontier is an episodic science fiction thriller about kinship, betrayal, the tragedy of survival and the primal tribalism that drive societies to revolution and war.
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Winner
Unreal Engine’s Singapore Virtual Production Challenge 2023
Short Film
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Genre | Psychological Drama
Language | Singlish, Mandarin, Tagalog
Runtime | 22 Min. Approx.
Exhibition Format | 4K DCP, Stereo
Setting | Contemporary Singapore
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noun: mum; plural noun: mums
1 one's mother.
adjective: mum
2 silent; not saying a word: to keep mum.
interjection: mum
3 used to demand immediate silence.
noun: ma'am
4 used to address/refer to a woman in a polite/respectful way
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As Singapore extends its lockdown amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, a work-from-home mother fights for her job while her domestic helper seizes an opportunity to do the unthinkable.
But nothing is ever as they seem.
A cautionary tale about 2 mothers, lives overlooked and voices mummed, /mʌm/ is a psychological drama with elements of an evocative thriller that examines Singaporeans’ symbiotic relationship with migrant workers.
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Screening History -
Official Selection
2024 Macau International Short Film Festival
Short Film
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A mother and her daughter return home from the crematorium. As the day unfolds, a packet of cigarettes both threatens and strengthens what's left of the family.
Completed as part of my research under the URECA program at NTU.
Supervised by Asst. Prof. Michael Tan.
Research Topic/Statement:
In the age of rampant consumerism, the relationship we share with the objects around us seldom extend beyond its instrumental power. This project aims to open up the eyes of the artist to the mundane. Using objects as a trajectory for creative content development, Objects and Imagination: Narratives, Histories, Memories serves as a method through which an object is used as a seed from which the imagination takes over to weave a narrative around. Based on the cigarette, this project investigates the creation of narrative, through the use of short film to stir the view amongst viewer to think about the debate on sociological and psychological issues involved in one's fascination towards smoking.
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Screening History -
Official Selection
Jogjakarta NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2011, Indonesia
3rd Singapore Short Film Awards, Singapore
Short Film
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A reminiscence of the bygone in an eternal cycle of renewal.
“‘Dawn' is a short video that responds to the continual urban regeneration in Singapore. Through the voice of an old man, (Jac's) work lends a voice to the city; lamenting on the ungraspable effect of change.” – Asst. Prof. Michael Tan, Academic Advisor
“This film comprised of a series of visuals centered around the landscape of today's Singapore, with scenes especially that of construction of the integrated resorts, the 50-storey HDB flats and plenty of road networks and expressways, amongst others. It's much like a contemporary version of Rajendra Gour's ‘Sunshine Singapore’ where its value will come from an era much later for anyone wishing to capture a glimpse of an ever-changing Singapore. The story's in the voiceover, where an old man reminisces and probably resigns to his fate of being left behind in the constant of change, speaking in the Hainanese dialect.” – A Nutshell Review
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Translations: Isabel Foo / Kee Ya Ting / Foo Boon Lock
Voice: Foo Boon Lock
Music: Koen Park (of headphonica impromptu)
Camera / Cinematography: Jac Min / Chen Junbin
Written, Directed and Edited by Jac Min.
Supervised by Asst. Prof. Michael Tan.
Many thanks to Mom and Dad.
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Screening History -
In Competition
Seoul International Extreme-Short Image + Film Festival 2010, Seoul
International Selection
Very Short Film Festival, 12th Edition
Official Selection
International Short Film Festival Detmold 2010, Germany
6th Singapore Short Cuts 2009, Singapore
TWEAK 2, 2009 exhibition, Limerick City, Ireland
Singapore Short Film Awards 2010, Singapore
A Marta Summer Night: Short Film Programme, Marta Herford Museum, 2010, Germany
POST, Objectifs Films, 2015, Singapore
Short Film in collaboration with Jonathan Chong
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An exploration of Travis Bickle's psychosis, in a remix of Scorsese's film. Starting with isolation, giving way to delusions, the questioning of reality, and finally the psychosis itself.
Abstract film assignment, made under a module by Vladimir Todorovic, at the School of Art, Design and Media.
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Screening History -
In Competition
Early Melons International Student Film Festival 2011, Bratislava, Slovakia
Quote Unquote, Poemetrics, EMPAC x onedotzero, Troy, New York
