Singapore Web DesignerHaze [Short Film] Website » AEN—Designer & Consultant

Fisheye Pictures, client
Aen Tan, art director / designer
Aen Tan, Actionscript
Looi Wan Ping, director of photography
Lin Weidong, Timothy Chan, still photography

On a hot, humid day, Singapore is shrouded by the haze caused by burning forests in neighbouring Indonesia. Two teenagers decide to skip school and idle the day away. An innocent love affair plays out indoors amidst the dust and smoke that spreads outside.

The haze is an annual problem affecting Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand and Indonesia, when Indonesian farmers use slash and burn techniques to clear forests for cultivation, affecting air quality, visibility and raising health concerns.

Haze aims to capture a slice of the “youth” that all of us once owned. It is a sensitive observation of the rebellious, reckless, unpretentious, ignorant and innocent nature of youths and depicts the silly things that we do and say before we come of age.

First love is perhaps always awkward, pure in a certain way, selfish in another, beautiful and sinful at the same time.

The film does not attempt to judge the actions of its characters, but portrays the event as a phase of life that everyone goes through, that eventually helps form what we are today.

The World Premiere of Haze will screen at the Berlin International Film Festival beginning on Friday.

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