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Filmmaker Sandi Tan will attend in person for discussion with local filmmaker Kavita Pillay.
In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan shot Singapore’s first road movie with her enigmatic American mentor, Georges — who then absconded with all the footage. The 16mm film is recovered 20 years later, sending Tan, now a novelist in Los Angeles, on a personal odyssey in search of Georges’ vanishing footprints –and her own.
“Director Sandi Tan puts together a magical documentary about an unrealised film project that celebrates the power of youth and friendship… an unexpected delight.” – The Guardian
“…Gloriously, gleefully idiosyncratic, a blend of punk energy and local documentation” – The New Yorker
Winner of the Directing Award for World Cinema Documentary at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Official Selection of the 2018 Hot Docs International Film Festival and the 2018 True/False Film Festival.
Sometime in the 1980s, Caspar Salmon’s grandmother was invited to a gathering on the Welsh island of Anglesey, attended exclusively by people with fishsurnames. Or so he says. Thirty years later, filmmaker Charlie Lyne attempts to sort myth from reality as he searches for the truth behind this fishy tale.
The DocYard is an award-winning film and discussion series at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, and which also sponsors special screenings and co-presentations throughout the year. Each screening is a new experience as we connect audiences directly with filmmakers exploring the documentary form through insightful post-screening discussions.